Gamma Cross code seems to be coming from year 2005 or earlier, with
complex table based machinery to approximate "raise to power"
calculations. Which, for Gamma Cross, have always been hardcoded to
2.0 "since forever". Which is either just "x*x" or "sqrt(x)".
So just do that. Applying Gamma Cross on 4K UHD resolution, Windows
Ryzen 5950X machine: 36.2ms -> 8.1ms