diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/PixelFormats/Argb32.cs b/src/ImageSharp/PixelFormats/Argb32.cs
index 61e860aee..cb2a1b87e 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/PixelFormats/Argb32.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/PixelFormats/Argb32.cs
@@ -58,11 +58,24 @@ namespace ImageSharp.PixelFormats
         /// <param name="g">The green component.</param>
         /// <param name="b">The blue component.</param>
         /// <param name="a">The alpha component.</param>
-        public Argb32(byte r, byte g, byte b, byte a = 255)
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        public Argb32(byte r, byte g, byte b, byte a)
         {
             this.PackedValue = Pack(r, g, b, a);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Argb32"/> struct.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="r">The red component.</param>
+        /// <param name="g">The green component.</param>
+        /// <param name="b">The blue component.</param>
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        public Argb32(byte r, byte g, byte b)
+        {
+            this.PackedValue = Pack(r, g, b, 255);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Argb32"/> struct.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/PixelFormats/Rgba32.cs b/src/ImageSharp/PixelFormats/Rgba32.cs
index 15a9ed0fd..c5f752336 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/PixelFormats/Rgba32.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/PixelFormats/Rgba32.cs
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@ namespace ImageSharp
         [FieldOffset(3)]
         public byte A;
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The packed representation of the value.
-        /// </summary>
-        [FieldOffset(0)]
-        public uint Rgba;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// The shift count for the red component
         /// </summary>
@@ -85,6 +79,21 @@ namespace ImageSharp
         /// </summary>
         private static readonly Vector4 Half = new Vector4(0.5F);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Rgba32"/> struct.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="r">The red component.</param>
+        /// <param name="g">The green component.</param>
+        /// <param name="b">The blue component.</param>
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        public Rgba32(byte r, byte g, byte b)
+        {
+            this.R = r;
+            this.G = g;
+            this.B = b;
+            this.A = 255;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Rgba32"/> struct.
         /// </summary>
@@ -93,8 +102,7 @@ namespace ImageSharp
         /// <param name="b">The blue component.</param>
         /// <param name="a">The alpha component.</param>
         [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-        public Rgba32(byte r, byte g, byte b, byte a = 255)
-            : this()
+        public Rgba32(byte r, byte g, byte b, byte a)
         {
             this.R = r;
             this.G = g;
@@ -155,6 +163,24 @@ namespace ImageSharp
             this.Rgba = packed;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the packed representation of the Rgba32 struct.
+        /// </summary>
+        public uint Rgba
+        {
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            get
+            {
+                return Unsafe.As<Rgba32, uint>(ref this);
+            }
+
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            set
+            {
+                Unsafe.As<Rgba32, uint>(ref this) = value;
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public uint PackedValue { get => this.Rgba; set => this.Rgba = value; }
 
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/General/PixelConversion.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/General/PixelConversion.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77e728280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/General/PixelConversion.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+namespace ImageSharp.Benchmarks.General
+{
+    using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+    using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+    using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// When implementing TPixel --> Rgba32 style conversions on IPixel, should which API should we prefer?
+    /// 1. Rgba32 ToRgba32(); 
+    /// OR
+    /// 2. void CopyToRgba32(ref Rgba32 dest);
+    /// ?
+    /// </summary>
+    public class PixelConversion
+    {
+        interface ITestPixel<T>
+            where T : struct, ITestPixel<T>
+        {
+            Rgba32 ToRgba32();
+
+            void CopyToRgba32(ref Rgba32 dest);
+        }
+
+        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+        struct TestArgb : ITestPixel<TestArgb>
+        {
+            private byte a, r, g, b;
+
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            public Rgba32 ToRgba32()
+            {
+                return new Rgba32(this.r, this.g, this.b, this.a);
+            }
+
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            public void CopyToRgba32(ref Rgba32 dest)
+            {
+                dest.R = this.r;
+                dest.G = this.g;
+                dest.B = this.b;
+                dest.A = this.a;
+            }
+        }
+
+        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+        struct TestRgba : ITestPixel<TestRgba>
+        {
+            private byte r, g, b, a;
+            
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            public Rgba32 ToRgba32()
+            {
+                return Unsafe.As<TestRgba, Rgba32>(ref this);
+            }
+
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            public void CopyToRgba32(ref Rgba32 dest)
+            {
+                dest = Unsafe.As<TestRgba, Rgba32>(ref this);
+            }
+        }
+
+        struct ConversionRunner<T>
+            where T : struct, ITestPixel<T>
+        {
+            private T[] source;
+
+            private Rgba32[] dest;
+
+            public ConversionRunner(int count)
+            {
+                this.source = new T[count];
+                this.dest = new Rgba32[count];
+            }
+
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            public void RunRetvalConversion()
+            {
+                int count = this.source.Length;
+
+                ref T sourceBaseRef = ref this.source[0];
+                ref Rgba32 destBaseRef = ref this.dest[0];
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+                {
+                    Unsafe.Add(ref destBaseRef, i) = Unsafe.Add(ref sourceBaseRef, i).ToRgba32();
+                }
+            }
+
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            public void RunCopyToConversion()
+            {
+                int count = this.source.Length;
+
+                ref T sourceBaseRef = ref this.source[0];
+                ref Rgba32 destBaseRef = ref this.dest[0];
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+                {
+                    Unsafe.Add(ref sourceBaseRef, i).CopyToRgba32(ref Unsafe.Add(ref destBaseRef, i));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private ConversionRunner<TestRgba> inOrderRunner;
+
+        private ConversionRunner<TestArgb> permutedRunner;
+
+        [Params(128)]
+        public int Count { get; set; }
+
+        [Setup]
+        public void Setup()
+        {
+            this.inOrderRunner = new ConversionRunner<TestRgba>(this.Count);
+            this.permutedRunner = new ConversionRunner<TestArgb>(this.Count);
+        }
+
+        [Benchmark(Baseline = true)]
+        public void InOrderRetval()
+        {
+            this.inOrderRunner.RunRetvalConversion();
+        }
+
+        [Benchmark]
+        public void InOrderCopyTo()
+        {
+            this.inOrderRunner.RunCopyToConversion();
+        }
+
+        [Benchmark]
+        public void PermutedRetval()
+        {
+            this.permutedRunner.RunRetvalConversion();
+        }
+
+        [Benchmark]
+        public void PermutedCopyTo()
+        {
+            this.permutedRunner.RunCopyToConversion();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Results:
+     * 
+     *            Method | Count |        Mean |    StdDev | Scaled | Scaled-StdDev |
+     *   --------------- |------ |------------ |---------- |------- |-------------- |
+     *     InOrderRetval |   128 |  89.7358 ns | 2.2389 ns |   1.00 |          0.00 |
+     *     InOrderCopyTo |   128 |  89.4112 ns | 2.2901 ns |   1.00 |          0.03 |
+     *    PermutedRetval |   128 | 845.4038 ns | 5.6154 ns |   9.43 |          0.23 |
+     *    PermutedCopyTo |   128 | 155.6004 ns | 3.8870 ns |   1.73 |          0.06 |
+     *  
+     */
+}
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