diff --git a/crates/gpu/src/shaders/common.wgsl b/crates/gpu/src/shaders/common.wgsl
index 2ebd727b8..1d8a701b6 100644
--- a/crates/gpu/src/shaders/common.wgsl
+++ b/crates/gpu/src/shaders/common.wgsl
@@ -242,13 +242,16 @@ fn powz(x: f32, y: f32) -> f32 {
     return pow(x, y);
 }
 
-// Rust's f32::round (half away from zero; WGSL's round() is half to even).
+// Rust's f32::round (half away from zero; WGSL's round() is half to even). Decided by comparing
+// `x` with `t ± 0.5` (exact for integer `t`) rather than subtracting: drivers may fuse a product
+// that feeds `x - t` into one fma (AMD does), skipping the product's rounding, so `5/6 · 3`,
+// which rounds to exactly 2.5 on the CPU, came out 0.49999994 above 2 and rounded down (#1605).
 fn round_away(x: f32) -> f32 {
     let t = trunc(x);
-    if (abs(x - t) >= 0.5) {
-        return t + sign(x);
+    if (x >= 0.0) {
+        return select(t, t + 1.0, x >= t + 0.5);
     }
-    return t;
+    return select(t, t - 1.0, x <= t - 0.5);
 }
 
 // f32::rem_euclid(1.0).
diff --git a/crates/gpu/src/tests/fx_stylize.rs b/crates/gpu/src/tests/fx_stylize.rs
index d0d97ba31..d9ca95712 100644
--- a/crates/gpu/src/tests/fx_stylize.rs
+++ b/crates/gpu/src/tests/fx_stylize.rs
@@ -288,6 +288,36 @@ fn transform_motion_blur() {
     }
 }
 
+/// #1605: Posterize matches the CPU exactly on every 8 bpc premultiplied colour and alpha. A
+/// straight value of 5/6 at level 4 rounds to exactly 2.5 on the CPU; drivers that fused the
+/// product into `round_away`'s subtraction (AMD) rounded it down a level.
+#[test]
+fn posterize_matches_the_cpu_on_every_8bpc_pair() {
+    let Some(g) = crate::tests::gpu() else { return };
+    let spec = effectcraft_effects::find("ec.stylize.posterize").unwrap();
+    let size = [256.0, 255.0];
+    let mut params =
+        effectcraft_effects::Params { values: spec.params.iter().map(|ps| (ps.id.to_string(), effectcraft_effects::default_value(ps, size))).collect() };
+    for level in [4.0, 7.0, 9.0] {
+        params.values.insert("level".into(), n(level));
+        // Pixel (x, a - 1): premultiplied colour min(x, a)/255 on alpha a/255.
+        let mut img = effectcraft_raster::Image::new(256, 255);
+        for a in 1..=255u32 {
+            for x in 0..256u32 {
+                let v = x.min(a) as f32 / 255.0;
+                img.data[((a - 1) * 256 + x) as usize] = [v, v, v, a as f32 / 255.0];
+            }
+        }
+        let buf = effectcraft_effects::Buf { img, offset: [0.0, 0.0], scale: 1.0 };
+        let ctx = || effectcraft_effects::EffectCtx { params: &params, time: 0.0, layer_size: size, seed: 1, adjustment: false, env: Default::default() };
+        let cpu = (spec.render)(&ctx(), buf.clone());
+        let out = effectcraft_render::Accelerator::effects(g, &[effectcraft_render::FxStep { spec, ctx: ctx() }], &buf, None).expect("the GPU runs the effect");
+        let bad: Vec<(usize, usize)> =
+            cpu.img.data.iter().zip(&out.img.data).enumerate().filter(|(_, (c, o))| c != o).map(|(i, _)| ((i % 256).min(i / 256 + 1), i / 256 + 1)).collect();
+        assert!(bad.is_empty(), "level {level}: {} (x, a) pairs differ from the CPU, first {:?}", bad.len(), &bad[..bad.len().min(8)]);
+    }
+}
+
 /// Motion Tile's Output size on an adjustment layer with a Transform after it that scales the
 /// tiles into view, and cropping (Output under 100 %): the stack's grown or cropped frame goes
 /// back onto the canvas as on the CPU (#1727).