diff --git a/stb_image_resize.h b/stb_image_resize.h
index 7c8397c..693d068 100644
--- a/stb_image_resize.h
+++ b/stb_image_resize.h
@@ -1429,16 +1429,64 @@ static void stbir__resample_horizontal_downsample(stbir__info* stbir_info, int n
         int max_n = n1;
         int coefficient_group = coefficient_width * x;
 
-        for (k = n0; k <= max_n; k++)
-        {
-            int out_pixel_index = k * channels;
-            float coefficient = horizontal_coefficients[coefficient_group + k - n0];
-            int c;
+        switch (channels) {
+            case 1:
+                for (k = n0; k <= max_n; k++)
+                {
+                    int out_pixel_index = k * 1;
+                    float coefficient = horizontal_coefficients[coefficient_group + k - n0];
+                    STBIR__DEBUG_ASSERT(coefficient != 0);
+                    output_buffer[out_pixel_index + 0] += decode_buffer[in_pixel_index + 0] * coefficient;
+                }
+                break;
 
-            STBIR__DEBUG_ASSERT(coefficient != 0);
+            case 2:
+                for (k = n0; k <= max_n; k++)
+                {
+                    int out_pixel_index = k * 2;
+                    float coefficient = horizontal_coefficients[coefficient_group + k - n0];
+                    STBIR__DEBUG_ASSERT(coefficient != 0);
+                    output_buffer[out_pixel_index + 0] += decode_buffer[in_pixel_index + 0] * coefficient;
+                    output_buffer[out_pixel_index + 1] += decode_buffer[in_pixel_index + 1] * coefficient;
+                }
+                break;
 
-            for (c = 0; c < channels; c++)
-                output_buffer[out_pixel_index + c] += decode_buffer[in_pixel_index + c] * coefficient;
+            case 3:
+                for (k = n0; k <= max_n; k++)
+                {
+                    int out_pixel_index = k * 3;
+                    float coefficient = horizontal_coefficients[coefficient_group + k - n0];
+                    STBIR__DEBUG_ASSERT(coefficient != 0);
+                    output_buffer[out_pixel_index + 0] += decode_buffer[in_pixel_index + 0] * coefficient;
+                    output_buffer[out_pixel_index + 1] += decode_buffer[in_pixel_index + 1] * coefficient;
+                    output_buffer[out_pixel_index + 2] += decode_buffer[in_pixel_index + 2] * coefficient;
+                }
+                break;
+
+            case 4:
+                for (k = n0; k <= max_n; k++)
+                {
+                    int out_pixel_index = k * 4;
+                    float coefficient = horizontal_coefficients[coefficient_group + k - n0];
+                    STBIR__DEBUG_ASSERT(coefficient != 0);
+                    output_buffer[out_pixel_index + 0] += decode_buffer[in_pixel_index + 0] * coefficient;
+                    output_buffer[out_pixel_index + 1] += decode_buffer[in_pixel_index + 1] * coefficient;
+                    output_buffer[out_pixel_index + 2] += decode_buffer[in_pixel_index + 2] * coefficient;
+                    output_buffer[out_pixel_index + 3] += decode_buffer[in_pixel_index + 3] * coefficient;
+                }
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                for (k = n0; k <= max_n; k++)
+                {
+                    int c;
+                    int out_pixel_index = k * channels;
+                    float coefficient = horizontal_coefficients[coefficient_group + k - n0];
+                    STBIR__DEBUG_ASSERT(coefficient != 0);
+                    for (c = 0; c < channels; c++)
+                        output_buffer[out_pixel_index + c] += decode_buffer[in_pixel_index + c] * coefficient;
+                }
+                break;
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1717,13 +1765,51 @@ static void stbir__resample_vertical_downsample(stbir__info* stbir_info, int n,
 
         float* ring_buffer_entry = stbir__get_ring_buffer_scanline(k, ring_buffer, ring_buffer_begin_index, ring_buffer_first_scanline, kernel_pixel_width, ring_buffer_length);
 
-        for (x = 0; x < output_w; x++)
-        {
-            int in_pixel_index = x * channels;
+        switch (channels) {
+            case 1:
+                for (x = 0; x < output_w; x++)
+                {
+                    int in_pixel_index = x * 1;
+                    ring_buffer_entry[in_pixel_index + 0] += horizontal_buffer[in_pixel_index + 0] * coefficient;
+                }
+                break;
+            case 2:
+                for (x = 0; x < output_w; x++)
+                {
+                    int in_pixel_index = x * 2;
+                    ring_buffer_entry[in_pixel_index + 0] += horizontal_buffer[in_pixel_index + 0] * coefficient;
+                    ring_buffer_entry[in_pixel_index + 1] += horizontal_buffer[in_pixel_index + 1] * coefficient;
+                }
+                break;
+            case 3:
+                for (x = 0; x < output_w; x++)
+                {
+                    int in_pixel_index = x * 3;
+                    ring_buffer_entry[in_pixel_index + 0] += horizontal_buffer[in_pixel_index + 0] * coefficient;
+                    ring_buffer_entry[in_pixel_index + 1] += horizontal_buffer[in_pixel_index + 1] * coefficient;
+                    ring_buffer_entry[in_pixel_index + 2] += horizontal_buffer[in_pixel_index + 2] * coefficient;
+                }
+                break;
+            case 4:
+                for (x = 0; x < output_w; x++)
+                {
+                    int in_pixel_index = x * 4;
+                    ring_buffer_entry[in_pixel_index + 0] += horizontal_buffer[in_pixel_index + 0] * coefficient;
+                    ring_buffer_entry[in_pixel_index + 1] += horizontal_buffer[in_pixel_index + 1] * coefficient;
+                    ring_buffer_entry[in_pixel_index + 2] += horizontal_buffer[in_pixel_index + 2] * coefficient;
+                    ring_buffer_entry[in_pixel_index + 3] += horizontal_buffer[in_pixel_index + 3] * coefficient;
+                }
+                break;
+            default:
+                for (x = 0; x < output_w; x++)
+                {
+                    int in_pixel_index = x * channels;
 
-            int c;
-            for (c = 0; c < channels; c++)
-                ring_buffer_entry[in_pixel_index + c] += horizontal_buffer[in_pixel_index + c] * coefficient;
+                    int c;
+                    for (c = 0; c < channels; c++)
+                        ring_buffer_entry[in_pixel_index + c] += horizontal_buffer[in_pixel_index + c] * coefficient;
+                }
+                break;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/resample_test.cpp b/tests/resample_test.cpp
index d746f6c..d96562f 100644
--- a/tests/resample_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/resample_test.cpp
@@ -141,6 +141,21 @@ static void resizer(int argc, char **argv)
 	exit(0);
 }
 
+static void performance(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	unsigned char* input_pixels;
+	unsigned char* output_pixels;
+	int w, h;
+	int n, i;
+	int out_w, out_h;
+	input_pixels = stbi_load(argv[1], &w, &h, &n, 0);
+	out_w = w/4;
+	out_h = h/4;
+	output_pixels = (unsigned char*) malloc(out_w*out_h*n);
+   for (i=0; i < 100; ++i)
+	   stbir_resize_uint8_srgb(input_pixels, w, h, 0, output_pixels, out_w, out_h, 0, n, -1,0);
+	exit(0);
+}
 
 void test_suite(int argc, char **argv);
 
@@ -153,6 +168,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 	int out_w, out_h, out_stride;
 
 	//resizer(argc, argv);
+   performance(argc, argv);
 
 #if 1
 	test_suite(argc, argv);