diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/components/pdf/PdfPreviewCard.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/components/pdf/PdfPreviewCard.kt
index 10525869f..2e652ed39 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/components/pdf/PdfPreviewCard.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/components/pdf/PdfPreviewCard.kt
@@ -256,7 +256,9 @@ private fun renderFirstPage(
 
             renderer.openPage(0).use { page ->
                 val (renderW, renderH) = cappedRenderSize(page.width, page.height, targetWidthPx)
-                val bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(renderW, renderH, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888)
+                // RGB_565 halves memory vs ARGB_8888 and is visually identical for
+                // opaque PDF renders.
+                val bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(renderW, renderH, Bitmap.Config.RGB_565)
                 bitmap.eraseColor(android.graphics.Color.WHITE)
                 page.render(bitmap, null, null, PdfRenderer.Page.RENDER_MODE_FOR_DISPLAY)
                 PdfLoadState.Ready(
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/components/pdf/PdfViewerDialog.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/components/pdf/PdfViewerDialog.kt
index 523c48d81..e9b21d50b 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/components/pdf/PdfViewerDialog.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/components/pdf/PdfViewerDialog.kt
@@ -89,16 +89,18 @@ import net.engawapg.lib.zoomable.toggleScale
 import net.engawapg.lib.zoomable.zoomable
 
 // Hard ceiling on each base-rendered page bitmap, in pixels. Higher = sharper when
-// the user pinch-zooms inside the dialog, but each page costs ~maxDim^2 * 4 bytes
-// of RAM (ARGB_8888). 3072 gives ~26 MB per A4-shaped page.
+// the user pinch-zooms inside the dialog, but each page costs ~maxDim^2 * 2 bytes
+// of RAM (RGB_565). 3072 gives ~13 MB per A4-shaped page.
 private const val VIEWER_MAX_DIM_PX = 3072
 
 // Hard ceiling for the per-page zoom-aware detail render. When the user zooms in
 // past HI_RES_ZOOM_THRESHOLD we re-render the current page at
-// (VIEWER_MAX_DIM_PX * scale) capped at this value. 6144 allows up to 2x sharper
-// than the base render at peak cost of ~100 MB for one page (ARGB_8888, A4 shape).
-private const val HI_RES_MAX_DIM_PX = 6144
-private const val HI_RES_ZOOM_THRESHOLD = 1.2f
+// (VIEWER_MAX_DIM_PX * scale) capped at this value. 4096 keeps the bitmap within
+// common GPU texture limits (so drawing stays hardware-accelerated) and caps
+// memory at ~24 MB for an A4-shaped page (RGB_565). Above 4096 most mid-range
+// GPUs fall back to software rendering, which is what caused the pan/zoom jitter.
+private const val HI_RES_MAX_DIM_PX = 4096
+private const val HI_RES_ZOOM_THRESHOLD = 1.5f
 private const val HI_RES_DEBOUNCE_MS = 200L
 
 // Zoom level the viewer animates to when the user double-taps. Matches the
@@ -352,13 +354,21 @@ private fun PdfPageView(
     }
 
     val current = hiResBitmap ?: baseBitmap
+    // Cache the ImageBitmap wrapper so each recomposition doesn't allocate a new
+    // one and push Compose into thinking the texture changed.
+    val imageBitmap = remember(current) { current?.asImageBitmap() }
+
     Box(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(), contentAlignment = Alignment.Center) {
-        if (current != null) {
+        if (imageBitmap != null) {
             Image(
-                bitmap = current.asImageBitmap(),
+                bitmap = imageBitmap,
                 contentDescription = null,
                 contentScale = ContentScale.Fit,
-                filterQuality = FilterQuality.High,
+                // Medium = bilinear. High is bicubic/Mitchell and gets recomputed on every
+                // frame during pan/zoom, which is the main source of jitter when the
+                // source bitmap is several megapixels. Bilinear on a 3072-4096 px source
+                // looks effectively identical on-screen.
+                filterQuality = FilterQuality.Medium,
                 modifier =
                     Modifier
                         .fillMaxSize()
@@ -388,7 +398,10 @@ private suspend fun renderPageCatching(
                 withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
                     handle.renderer.openPage(pageIndex).use { page ->
                         val (width, height) = cappedRenderSize(page.width, page.height, maxDim)
-                        val bmp = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888)
+                        // RGB_565 uses half the memory of ARGB_8888 and is indistinguishable
+                        // for PDFs (opaque white background, no alpha). Halves GPU texture
+                        // upload size and sampling cost during pan/zoom.
+                        val bmp = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Bitmap.Config.RGB_565)
                         bmp.eraseColor(android.graphics.Color.WHITE)
                         page.render(bmp, null, null, PdfRenderer.Page.RENDER_MODE_FOR_DISPLAY)
                         bmp