diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/DebugGuard.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/DebugGuard.cs
index 2cf18b245..43eebeac8 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/DebugGuard.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/DebugGuard.cs
@@ -163,6 +163,20 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Verifies whether a specific condition is met, throwing an exception if it's false.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="target">The condition</param>
+        /// <param name="message">The error message</param>
+        [Conditional("DEBUG")]
+        public static void IsTrue(bool target, string message)
+        {
+            if (!target)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(message);
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Verifies, that the method parameter with specified target value is false
         /// and throws an exception if it is found to be so.
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/InliningOptions.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/InliningOptions.cs
index ad85c4fc8..f61e4f8ae 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/InliningOptions.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/InliningOptions.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 
 // Uncomment this for verbose profiler results:
-// #define PROFILING
+#define PROFILING
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/SimdUtils.ExtendedIntrinsics.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/SimdUtils.ExtendedIntrinsics.cs
index 2ac577264..463961d86 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/SimdUtils.ExtendedIntrinsics.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/SimdUtils.ExtendedIntrinsics.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,20 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp
                 false;
 #endif
 
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Widen and convert a vector of <see cref="short"/> values into 2 vectors of <see cref="float"/>-s.
+            /// </summary>
+            [MethodImpl(InliningOptions.ShortMethod)]
+            internal static void ConvertToSingle(
+                Vector<short> source,
+                out Vector<float> dest1,
+                out Vector<float> dest2)
+            {
+                Vector.Widen(source, out Vector<int> i1, out Vector<int> i2);
+                dest1 = Vector.ConvertToSingle(i1);
+                dest2 = Vector.ConvertToSingle(i2);
+            }
+
             /// <summary>
             /// <see cref="BulkConvertByteToNormalizedFloat"/> as many elements as possible, slicing them down (keeping the remainder).
             /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/Components/Block8x8F.Generated.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/Components/Block8x8F.Generated.cs
index 53f29734c..09ed6408d 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/Components/Block8x8F.Generated.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/Components/Block8x8F.Generated.cs
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jpeg.Components
         /// <summary>
         /// Fill the block from 'source' doing short -> float conversion.
         /// </summary>
-        public void LoadFrom(ref Block8x8 source)
+        public void LoadFromInt16Scalar(ref Block8x8 source)
         {
             ref short selfRef = ref Unsafe.As<Block8x8, short>(ref source);
 
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/Components/Block8x8F.Generated.tt b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/Components/Block8x8F.Generated.tt
index 76c61f6c3..f93ee6522 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/Components/Block8x8F.Generated.tt
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/Components/Block8x8F.Generated.tt
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jpeg.Components
         /// <summary>
         /// Fill the block from 'source' doing short -> float conversion.
         /// </summary>
-        public void LoadFrom(ref Block8x8 source)
+        public void LoadFromInt16Scalar(ref Block8x8 source)
         {
             ref short selfRef = ref Unsafe.As<Block8x8, short>(ref source);
 
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/Components/Block8x8F.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/Components/Block8x8F.cs
index 3a912dc62..137a8029d 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/Components/Block8x8F.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/Components/Block8x8F.cs
@@ -493,6 +493,51 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jpeg.Components
             }
         }
 
+        [MethodImpl(InliningOptions.ShortMethod)]
+        public void LoadFrom(ref Block8x8 source)
+        {
+#if SUPPORTS_EXTENDED_INTRINSICS
+            if (SimdUtils.IsAvx2CompatibleArchitecture)
+            {
+                this.LoadFromInt16ExtendedAvx2(ref source);
+                return;
+            }
+#endif
+            this.LoadFromInt16Scalar(ref source);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Loads values from <paramref name="source"/> using extended AVX2 intrinsics.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="source">The source <see cref="Block8x8"/></param>
+        public void LoadFromInt16ExtendedAvx2(ref Block8x8 source)
+        {
+            DebugGuard.IsTrue(
+                SimdUtils.IsAvx2CompatibleArchitecture,
+                "LoadFromUInt16ExtendedAvx2 only works on AVX2 compatible architecture!");
+
+            ref Vector<short> sRef = ref Unsafe.As<Block8x8, Vector<short>>(ref source);
+            ref Vector<float> dRef = ref Unsafe.As<Block8x8F, Vector<float>>(ref this);
+
+            // Vector<ushort>.Count == 16 on AVX2
+            // We can process 2 block rows in a single step
+            SimdUtils.ExtendedIntrinsics.ConvertToSingle(sRef, out Vector<float> top, out Vector<float> bottom);
+            dRef = top;
+            Unsafe.Add(ref dRef, 1) = bottom;
+
+            SimdUtils.ExtendedIntrinsics.ConvertToSingle(Unsafe.Add(ref sRef, 1), out top, out bottom);
+            Unsafe.Add(ref dRef, 2) = top;
+            Unsafe.Add(ref dRef, 3) = bottom;
+
+            SimdUtils.ExtendedIntrinsics.ConvertToSingle(Unsafe.Add(ref sRef, 2), out top, out bottom);
+            Unsafe.Add(ref dRef, 4) = top;
+            Unsafe.Add(ref dRef, 5) = bottom;
+
+            SimdUtils.ExtendedIntrinsics.ConvertToSingle(Unsafe.Add(ref sRef, 3), out top, out bottom);
+            Unsafe.Add(ref dRef, 6) = top;
+            Unsafe.Add(ref dRef, 7) = bottom;
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override string ToString()
         {
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Common/SimdUtilsTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Common/SimdUtilsTests.cs
index c63cb3438..4f8a2cdaf 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Common/SimdUtilsTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Common/SimdUtilsTests.cs
@@ -257,6 +257,27 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Common
             );
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(1234)]
+        public void ExtendedIntrinsics_ConvertToSingle(short scale)
+        {
+            int n = Vector<float>.Count;
+            short[] sData = new Random(scale).GenerateRandomInt16Array(2 * n, (short)-scale, scale);
+            float[] fData = sData.Select(u => (float)u).ToArray();
+
+            var source = new Vector<short>(sData);
+
+            var expected1 = new Vector<float>(fData, 0);
+            var expected2 = new Vector<float>(fData, n);
+
+            // Act:
+            SimdUtils.ExtendedIntrinsics.ConvertToSingle(source, out Vector<float> actual1, out Vector<float> actual2);
+
+            // Assert:
+            Assert.Equal(expected1, actual1);
+            Assert.Equal(expected2, actual2);
+        }
+
         [Theory]
         [MemberData(nameof(ArbitraryArraySizes))]
         public void BulkConvertNormalizedFloatToByteClampOverflows(int count)
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Jpg/Block8x8FTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Jpg/Block8x8FTests.cs
index e72f4945b..81c76390c 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Jpg/Block8x8FTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Jpg/Block8x8FTests.cs
@@ -408,5 +408,47 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Jpg
                 Assert.Equal(original[i] * 42f, actual[i]);
             }
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void LoadFromUInt16Scalar()
+        {
+            if (this.SkipOnNonAvx2Runner())
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            short[] data = Create8x8ShortData();
+
+            var source = new Block8x8(data);
+
+            Block8x8F dest = default;
+            dest.LoadFromInt16Scalar(ref source);
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < Block8x8F.Size; i++)
+            {
+                Assert.Equal((float)data[i], dest[i]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void LoadFromUInt16ExtendedAvx2()
+        {
+            if (this.SkipOnNonAvx2Runner())
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            short[] data = Create8x8ShortData();
+
+            var source = new Block8x8(data);
+            
+            Block8x8F dest = default;
+            dest.LoadFromInt16ExtendedAvx2(ref source);
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < Block8x8F.Size; i++)
+            {
+                Assert.Equal((float)data[i], dest[i]);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Jpg/JpegProfilingBenchmarks.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Jpg/JpegProfilingBenchmarks.cs
index f60f478e1..7d5130e1b 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Jpg/JpegProfilingBenchmarks.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Jpg/JpegProfilingBenchmarks.cs
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Jpg
             TestImages.Jpeg.Baseline.Jpeg444,
         };
 
-        [Theory] // Benchmark, enable manually
-        [MemberData(nameof(DecodeJpegData))]
+        //[Theory] // Benchmark, enable manually
+        //[MemberData(nameof(DecodeJpegData))]
         public void DecodeJpeg(string fileName)
         {
             this.DecodeJpegBenchmarkImpl(fileName, new JpegDecoder());
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Jpg/Utils/JpegFixture.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Jpg/Utils/JpegFixture.cs
index d14fbc3fc..89fdd5745 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Jpg/Utils/JpegFixture.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Jpg/Utils/JpegFixture.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,12 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Jpg.Utils
             {
                 for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++)
                 {
-                    result[i * 8 + j] = (short)(i * 10 + j);
+                    short val = (short)(i * 10 + j);
+                    if ((i + j) % 2 == 0)
+                    {
+                        val *= -1;
+                    }
+                    result[i * 8 + j] = val;
                 }
             }
             return result;
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/ProfilingBenchmarks.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/ProfilingBenchmarks.cs
index fa873ef85..bc9b2a947 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/ProfilingBenchmarks.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/ProfilingBenchmarks.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests
     public class ProfilingBenchmarks : MeasureFixture
     {
         public const string SkipProfilingTests =
-#if false
+#if true
             null;
 #else
             "Profiling benchmark, enable manually!";
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestUtilities/TestDataGenerator.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestUtilities/TestDataGenerator.cs
index 56cde41fc..e3d8bf380 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestUtilities/TestDataGenerator.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestUtilities/TestDataGenerator.cs
@@ -88,6 +88,17 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests
             return values;
         }
 
+        public static short[] GenerateRandomInt16Array(this Random rnd, int length, short minVal, short maxVal)
+        {
+            short[] values = new short[length];
+            for (int i = 0; i < values.Length; i++)
+            {
+                values[i] = (short)rnd.Next(minVal, maxVal);
+            }
+
+            return values;
+        }
+
         private static float GetRandomFloat(this Random rnd, float minVal, float maxVal) => ((float)rnd.NextDouble() * (maxVal - minVal)) + minVal;
     }
 }
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