diff --git a/src/AutoSplit.py b/src/AutoSplit.py
index 831cfca7..814c1aa9 100644
--- a/src/AutoSplit.py
+++ b/src/AutoSplit.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import error_messages
 import user_profile
 from AutoControlledWorker import AutoControlledWorker
-from AutoSplitImage import COMPARISON_RESIZE, START_KEYWORD, AutoSplitImage, ImageType
+from AutoSplitImage import START_KEYWORD, AutoSplitImage, ImageType
 from capture_method import CaptureMethodBase, CaptureMethodEnum
 from gen import about, design, settings, update_checker
 from hotkeys import HOTKEYS, after_setting_hotkey, send_command
@@ -771,12 +771,7 @@ def __get_capture_for_comparison(self):
                 if recovered:
                     capture, _ = self.capture_method.get_frame(self)
 
-        return (
-            None
-            if not is_valid_image(capture)
-            else cv2.resize(capture, COMPARISON_RESIZE, interpolation=cv2.INTER_NEAREST),
-            is_old_image,
-        )
+        return capture, is_old_image
 
     def __reset_if_should(self, capture: cv2.Mat | None):
         """
diff --git a/src/AutoSplitImage.py b/src/AutoSplitImage.py
index 1bdd64be..cd65bb7f 100644
--- a/src/AutoSplitImage.py
+++ b/src/AutoSplitImage.py
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
 COMPARISON_RESIZE_WIDTH = 320
 COMPARISON_RESIZE_HEIGHT = 240
 COMPARISON_RESIZE = (COMPARISON_RESIZE_WIDTH, COMPARISON_RESIZE_HEIGHT)
-LOWER_BOUND = np.array([0, 0, 0, 1], dtype="uint8")
-UPPER_BOUND = np.array([MAXBYTE, MAXBYTE, MAXBYTE, MAXBYTE], dtype="uint8")
+COMPARISON_RESIZE_AREA = COMPARISON_RESIZE_WIDTH * COMPARISON_RESIZE_HEIGHT
+MASK_LOWER_BOUND = np.array([1], dtype="uint8")
+MASK_UPPER_BOUND = np.array([MAXBYTE], dtype="uint8")
 START_KEYWORD = "start_auto_splitter"
 RESET_KEYWORD = "reset"
 
@@ -108,15 +109,31 @@ def __read_image_bytes(self, path: str):
             error_messages.image_type(path)
             return
 
-        image = cv2.resize(image, COMPARISON_RESIZE, interpolation=cv2.INTER_NEAREST)
         self._has_transparency = check_if_image_has_transparency(image)
         # If image has transparency, create a mask
         if self._has_transparency:
-            # Create mask based on resized, nearest neighbor interpolated split image
-            self.mask = cv2.inRange(image, LOWER_BOUND, UPPER_BOUND)
-        # Add Alpha channel if missing
-        elif image.shape[2] == 3:
-            image = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2BGRA)
+            # Adaptively determine the target size according to
+            # the number of nonzero elements in the alpha channel of the split image.
+            # This may result in images bigger than COMPARISON_RESIZE if there's plenty of transparency.
+            # Which wouldn't incur any performance loss in methods where masked regions are ignored.
+            alpha_channel = image[:, :, 3]
+            scale = min(1, (COMPARISON_RESIZE_AREA / cv2.countNonZero(alpha_channel)) ** 0.5)
+
+            image = cv2.resize(
+                image,
+                dsize=None,
+                fx=scale,
+                fy=scale,
+                interpolation=cv2.INTER_NEAREST,
+            )
+
+            # Mask based on adaptively resized, nearest neighbor interpolated split image
+            self.mask = cv2.inRange(alpha_channel, MASK_LOWER_BOUND, MASK_UPPER_BOUND)
+        else:
+            image = cv2.resize(image, COMPARISON_RESIZE, interpolation=cv2.INTER_NEAREST)
+            # Add Alpha channel if missing
+            if image.shape[2] == 3:
+                image = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2BGRA)
 
         self.byte_array = image
 
@@ -134,6 +151,7 @@ def compare_with_capture(
 
         if not is_valid_image(self.byte_array) or not is_valid_image(capture):
             return 0.0
+        capture = cv2.resize(capture, self.byte_array.shape[1::-1])
         comparison_method = self.__get_comparison_method(default)
         if comparison_method == 0:
             return compare_l2_norm(self.byte_array, capture, self.mask)
diff --git a/src/compare.py b/src/compare.py
index 28061777..a6d09dc6 100644
--- a/src/compare.py
+++ b/src/compare.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import cv2
 import imagehash
-import numpy as np
 from PIL import Image
 from win32con import MAXBYTE
 
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ def compare_l2_norm(source: cv2.Mat, capture: cv2.Mat, mask: cv2.Mat | None = No
     # The L2 Error is summed across all pixels, so this normalizes
     max_error = (source.size ** 0.5) * MAXBYTE \
         if not is_valid_image(mask)\
-        else (3 * np.count_nonzero(mask) * MAXBYTE * MAXBYTE) ** 0.5
+        else (3 * cv2.countNonZero(mask) * MAXBYTE * MAXBYTE) ** 0.5
 
     if not max_error:
         return 0.0
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ def compare_template(source: cv2.Mat, capture: cv2.Mat, mask: cv2.Mat | None = N
     # that the value can be. Used for normalizing from 0 to 1.
     max_error = source.size * MAXBYTE * MAXBYTE \
         if not is_valid_image(mask) \
-        else np.count_nonzero(mask)
+        else cv2.countNonZero(mask)
 
     return 1 - (min_val / max_error)
 
diff --git a/typings/cv2/cv2.pyi b/typings/cv2/cv2.pyi
index 7cb1e09c..e3185d61 100644
--- a/typings/cv2/cv2.pyi
+++ b/typings/cv2/cv2.pyi
@@ -4391,7 +4391,7 @@ def cornerHarris(src: Mat, blockSize, ksize, k, dst: Mat = ..., borderType=...)
 def cornerMinEigenVal(src: Mat, blockSize, dst: Mat = ..., ksize=..., borderType=...) -> _dst: ...
 def cornerSubPix(image: Mat, corners, winSize, zeroZone, criteria) -> _corners: ...
 def correctMatches(F, points1, points2, newPoints1=..., newPoints2=...) -> tuple[_newPoints1, _newPoints2]: ...
-def countNonZero(src): ...
+def countNonZero(src: Mat | _NumericScalar) -> int: ...
 def createAlignMTB(max_bits=..., exclude_range=..., cut=...): ...
 def createBackgroundSubtractorKNN(history=..., dist2Threshold=..., detectShadows=...): ...
 def createBackgroundSubtractorMOG2(history=..., varThreshold=..., detectShadows=...): ...
@@ -4948,7 +4948,7 @@ def reprojectImageTo3D(disparity, Q, _3dImage=..., handleMissingValues=..., ddep
 
 
 def resize(
-    src: Mat, dsize: _Size, dst: Mat = ..., fx: float = ...,
+    src: Mat | int | bool, dsize: _Size | None, dst: Mat | _NumericScalar = ..., fx: float = ...,
     fy: float = ..., interpolation: int = ...,
 ) -> Mat: ...