diff --git a/impeller/entity/contents/filters/gaussian_blur_filter_contents.cc b/impeller/entity/contents/filters/gaussian_blur_filter_contents.cc
index 3f0a1f467c9d4..49350b66941b1 100644
--- a/impeller/entity/contents/filters/gaussian_blur_filter_contents.cc
+++ b/impeller/entity/contents/filters/gaussian_blur_filter_contents.cc
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ std::optional<Entity> DirectionalGaussianBlurFilterContents::RenderFilter(
     FS::BlurInfo frag_info;
     auto r = Radius{transformed_blur_radius_length};
     frag_info.blur_sigma = Sigma{r}.sigma;
-    frag_info.blur_radius = r.radius;
+    frag_info.blur_radius = std::round(r.radius);
 
     // The blur direction is in input UV space.
     frag_info.blur_uv_offset =
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ std::optional<Entity> DirectionalGaussianBlurFilterContents::RenderFilter(
         source_descriptor.height_address_mode = SamplerAddressMode::kRepeat;
         break;
     }
+    input_descriptor.mag_filter = MinMagFilter::kLinear;
+    input_descriptor.min_filter = MinMagFilter::kLinear;
 
     bool has_alpha_mask = blur_style_ != BlurStyle::kNormal;
     bool has_decal_specialization =
diff --git a/impeller/entity/shaders/gaussian_blur/gaussian_blur.glsl b/impeller/entity/shaders/gaussian_blur/gaussian_blur.glsl
index 9df092e1299e4..c97b25c343470 100644
--- a/impeller/entity/shaders/gaussian_blur/gaussian_blur.glsl
+++ b/impeller/entity/shaders/gaussian_blur/gaussian_blur.glsl
@@ -60,14 +60,23 @@ void main() {
   f16vec4 total_color = f16vec4(0.0hf);
   float16_t gaussian_integral = 0.0hf;
 
-  for (float16_t i = -blur_info.blur_radius; i <= blur_info.blur_radius; i++) {
-    float16_t gaussian = IPGaussian(i, blur_info.blur_sigma);
+  for (float16_t i = -blur_info.blur_radius; i <= blur_info.blur_radius;
+       i += 2.0hf) {
+    float16_t w1 = IPGaussian(i, blur_info.blur_sigma);
+    float16_t w2 = IPGaussian(i + 1.0hf, blur_info.blur_sigma);
+    float16_t gaussian = w1 + w2;
+
+    f16vec2 offset_1 = blur_info.blur_uv_offset * i;
+    f16vec2 offset_2 = offset_1 + blur_info.blur_uv_offset;
+    vec2 pos_c1 = v_texture_coords + offset_1;
+    vec2 pos_c2 = v_texture_coords + offset_2;
+
+    vec2 coords = (w1 * pos_c1 + w2 * pos_c2) / gaussian;
+
     gaussian_integral += gaussian;
-    total_color +=
-        gaussian * Sample(texture_sampler,  // sampler
-                          v_texture_coords + blur_info.blur_uv_offset *
-                                                 i  // texture coordinates
-                   );
+    total_color += gaussian * Sample(texture_sampler,  // sampler
+                                     coords            // texture coordinates
+                              );
   }
 
   frag_color = total_color / gaussian_integral;
diff --git a/impeller/tools/malioc.json b/impeller/tools/malioc.json
index 1853a5d3beb13..b34a59e2b62dc 100644
--- a/impeller/tools/malioc.json
+++ b/impeller/tools/malioc.json
@@ -3242,7 +3242,7 @@
       "uses_late_zs_update": false,
       "variants": {
         "Main": {
-          "fp16_arithmetic": 53,
+          "fp16_arithmetic": 33,
           "has_stack_spilling": false,
           "performance": {
             "longest_path_bound_pipelines": [
@@ -3281,13 +3281,13 @@
             ],
             "total_bound_pipelines": [
               "arith_total",
-              "arith_cvt"
+              "arith_sfu"
             ],
             "total_cycles": [
-              0.578125,
-              0.25,
-              0.578125,
-              0.5,
+              0.625,
+              0.515625,
+              0.609375,
+              0.625,
               0.0,
               0.5,
               0.5
@@ -3296,7 +3296,7 @@
           "stack_spill_bytes": 0,
           "thread_occupancy": 100,
           "uniform_registers_used": 12,
-          "work_registers_used": 20
+          "work_registers_used": 22
         }
       }
     }
@@ -3314,7 +3314,7 @@
       "uses_late_zs_update": false,
       "variants": {
         "Main": {
-          "fp16_arithmetic": 45,
+          "fp16_arithmetic": 26,
           "has_stack_spilling": false,
           "performance": {
             "longest_path_bound_pipelines": [
@@ -3352,14 +3352,14 @@
               0.25
             ],
             "total_bound_pipelines": [
-              "varying",
-              "texture"
+              "arith_total",
+              "arith_fma"
             ],
             "total_cycles": [
-              0.34375,
+              0.515625,
+              0.515625,
+              0.375,
               0.25,
-              0.34375,
-              0.125,
               0.0,
               0.5,
               0.5
@@ -3368,7 +3368,7 @@
           "stack_spill_bytes": 0,
           "thread_occupancy": 100,
           "uniform_registers_used": 14,
-          "work_registers_used": 14
+          "work_registers_used": 21
         }
       }
     }
@@ -3386,7 +3386,7 @@
       "uses_late_zs_update": false,
       "variants": {
         "Main": {
-          "fp16_arithmetic": 42,
+          "fp16_arithmetic": 23,
           "has_stack_spilling": false,
           "performance": {
             "longest_path_bound_pipelines": [
@@ -3425,13 +3425,13 @@
             ],
             "total_bound_pipelines": [
               "arith_total",
-              "arith_sfu"
+              "arith_fma"
             ],
             "total_cycles": [
-              0.3125,
-              0.203125,
-              0.296875,
-              0.3125,
+              0.46875,
+              0.46875,
+              0.328125,
+              0.4375,
               0.0,
               0.25,
               0.25
@@ -3440,7 +3440,7 @@
           "stack_spill_bytes": 0,
           "thread_occupancy": 100,
           "uniform_registers_used": 10,
-          "work_registers_used": 16
+          "work_registers_used": 18
         }
       }
     }
@@ -3458,7 +3458,7 @@
       "uses_late_zs_update": false,
       "variants": {
         "Main": {
-          "fp16_arithmetic": 35,
+          "fp16_arithmetic": 19,
           "has_stack_spilling": false,
           "performance": {
             "longest_path_bound_pipelines": [
@@ -3496,14 +3496,14 @@
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             ],
             "total_bound_pipelines": [
-              "varying",
-              "texture"
+              "arith_total",
+              "arith_fma"
             ],
             "total_cycles": [
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-              0.203125,
-              0.203125,
-              0.125,
+              0.46875,
+              0.46875,
+              0.234375,
+              0.25,
               0.0,
               0.25,
               0.25
@@ -3512,7 +3512,7 @@
           "stack_spill_bytes": 0,
           "thread_occupancy": 100,
           "uniform_registers_used": 10,
-          "work_registers_used": 13
+          "work_registers_used": 19
         }
       }
     }
@@ -6603,7 +6603,7 @@
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       "variants": {
         "Main": {
-          "fp16_arithmetic": 66,
+          "fp16_arithmetic": 52,
           "has_stack_spilling": false,
           "performance": {
             "longest_path_bound_pipelines": [
@@ -6644,13 +6644,13 @@
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             "total_bound_pipelines": [
               "arith_total",
-              "arith_cvt"
+              "arith_sfu"
             ],
             "total_cycles": [
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-              0.328125,
-              0.53125,
-              0.5,
+              0.625,
+              0.578125,
+              0.546875,
+              0.625,
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               0.5,
               0.5
@@ -6659,7 +6659,7 @@
           "stack_spill_bytes": 0,
           "thread_occupancy": 100,
           "uniform_registers_used": 12,
-          "work_registers_used": 21
+          "work_registers_used": 25
         }
       }
     },
@@ -6670,7 +6670,7 @@
       "type": "Fragment",
       "variants": {
         "Main": {
-          "has_stack_spilling": false,
+          "has_stack_spilling": true,
           "performance": {
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               null
@@ -6689,16 +6689,16 @@
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             ],
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-              2.0,
+              3.630000114440918,
+              1.0,
               0.0
             ],
             "total_bound_pipelines": [
               "arithmetic"
             ],
             "total_cycles": [
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-              2.0,
+              10.333333015441895,
+              6.0,
               2.0
             ]
           },
@@ -6722,7 +6722,7 @@
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       "variants": {
         "Main": {
-          "fp16_arithmetic": 61,
+          "fp16_arithmetic": 47,
           "has_stack_spilling": false,
           "performance": {
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@@ -6760,14 +6760,14 @@
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             ],
             "total_bound_pipelines": [
-              "varying",
-              "texture"
+              "arith_total",
+              "arith_fma"
             ],
             "total_cycles": [
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-              0.125,
+              0.578125,
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               0.5,
               0.5
@@ -6776,7 +6776,7 @@
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           "thread_occupancy": 100,
           "uniform_registers_used": 12,
-          "work_registers_used": 20
+          "work_registers_used": 22
         }
       }
     },
@@ -6787,7 +6787,7 @@
       "type": "Fragment",
       "variants": {
         "Main": {
-          "has_stack_spilling": false,
+          "has_stack_spilling": true,
           "performance": {
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               null
@@ -6803,25 +6803,25 @@
               "texture"
             ],
             "shortest_path_bound_pipelines": [
-              "arithmetic"
+              "load_store"
             ],
             "shortest_path_cycles": [
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-              2.0,
+              2.9700000286102295,
+              7.0,
               1.0
             ],
             "total_bound_pipelines": [
-              "arithmetic"
+              "load_store"
             ],
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-              5.0,
-              2.0,
+              8.0,
+              11.0,
               2.0
             ]
           },
           "thread_occupancy": 100,
           "uniform_registers_used": 1,
-          "work_registers_used": 3
+          "work_registers_used": 4
         }
       }
     }
@@ -6839,7 +6839,7 @@
       "uses_late_zs_update": false,
       "variants": {
         "Main": {
-          "fp16_arithmetic": 70,
+          "fp16_arithmetic": 50,
           "has_stack_spilling": false,
           "performance": {
             "longest_path_bound_pipelines": [
@@ -6879,13 +6879,13 @@
             ],
             "total_bound_pipelines": [
               "arith_total",
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+              "arith_fma"
             ],
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+              0.484375,
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               0.25,
               0.25
@@ -6894,7 +6894,7 @@
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           "thread_occupancy": 100,
           "uniform_registers_used": 8,
-          "work_registers_used": 20
+          "work_registers_used": 23
         }
       }
     },
@@ -6905,7 +6905,7 @@
       "type": "Fragment",
       "variants": {
         "Main": {
-          "has_stack_spilling": false,
+          "has_stack_spilling": true,
           "performance": {
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               null
@@ -6924,16 +6924,16 @@
               "arithmetic"
             ],
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+              1.9800000190734863,
+              0.0,
               0.0
             ],
             "total_bound_pipelines": [
               "arithmetic"
             ],
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+              7.666666507720947,
               5.0,
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               1.0
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           },
@@ -6957,7 +6957,7 @@
       "uses_late_zs_update": false,
       "variants": {
         "Main": {
-          "fp16_arithmetic": 66,
+          "fp16_arithmetic": 47,
           "has_stack_spilling": false,
           "performance": {
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@@ -6996,14 +6996,14 @@
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             ],
             "total_bound_pipelines": [
-              "varying",
-              "texture"
+              "arith_total",
+              "arith_fma"
             ],
             "total_cycles": [
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+              0.484375,
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               0.25
@@ -7012,7 +7012,7 @@
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+          "work_registers_used": 22
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@@ -7050,14 +7050,14 @@
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+              5.666666507720947,
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     }