Experiments were conducted to determine the transverse stress sensitivity of the critical current (Ic) of jelly‐roll multifilamentary Nb3Al wires at 8 and 12 T. For comparison, similar experiments were conducted on bronze‐process (NbTi)3Sn wires. At 12 T and under a transverse compressive stress of 150 MPa−conditions expected in fusion magnets−theIcdegradation of the Nb3Al specimen was ∼20% vs ∼65% for the (NbTi)3Sn specimen. The intrinsic superiority of Nb3Al over (NbTi)3Sn with regard to transverse compressive stress is thus clear. There is optimism that Nb3Al will eventually become a useful superconductor for large‐scale, high‐field applications.