diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/MixedGradientComponent.h b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/MixedGradientComponent.h
index 9c9867cf1e..658118fca4 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/MixedGradientComponent.h
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/MixedGradientComponent.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ namespace GradientSignal
         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         // GradientRequestBus
         float GetValue(const GradientSampleParams& sampleParams) const override;
+        void GetValues(AZStd::span<AZ::Vector3> positions, AZStd::span<float> outValues) const override;
         bool IsEntityInHierarchy(const AZ::EntityId& entityId) const override;
 
     protected:
@@ -110,6 +111,34 @@ namespace GradientSignal
         MixedGradientLayer* GetLayer(int layerIndex) override;
 
     private:
+        static float PerformMixingOperation(MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation operation, float prevValue, float currentUnpremultiplied)
+        {
+            switch (operation)
+            {
+            case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Initialize:
+                return currentUnpremultiplied;
+            case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Multiply:
+                return prevValue * currentUnpremultiplied;
+            case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Add:
+                return prevValue + currentUnpremultiplied;
+            case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Subtract:
+                return prevValue - currentUnpremultiplied;
+            case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Min:
+                return AZStd::min(prevValue, currentUnpremultiplied);
+            case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Max:
+                return AZStd::max(prevValue, currentUnpremultiplied);
+            case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Average:
+                return (prevValue + currentUnpremultiplied) / 2.0f;
+            case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Normal:
+                return currentUnpremultiplied;
+            case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Overlay:
+                return (prevValue >= 0.5f) ? (1.0f - (2.0f * (1.0f - prevValue) * (1.0f - currentUnpremultiplied)))
+                                                             : (2.0f * prevValue * currentUnpremultiplied);
+            default:
+                return currentUnpremultiplied;
+            }
+        }
+
         MixedGradientConfig m_configuration;
         LmbrCentral::DependencyMonitor m_dependencyMonitor;
     };
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/PosterizeGradientComponent.h b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/PosterizeGradientComponent.h
index 9b0714b449..bff49ac619 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/PosterizeGradientComponent.h
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/PosterizeGradientComponent.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ namespace GradientSignal
         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         // GradientRequestBus
         float GetValue(const GradientSampleParams& sampleParams) const override;
+        void GetValues(AZStd::span<AZ::Vector3> positions, AZStd::span<float> outValues) const override;
         bool IsEntityInHierarchy(const AZ::EntityId& entityId) const override;
 
     protected:
@@ -86,6 +87,39 @@ namespace GradientSignal
         GradientSampler& GetGradientSampler() override;
 
     private:
+
+        static float PosterizeValue(float input, float bands, PosterizeGradientConfig::ModeType mode)
+        {
+            const float clampedInput = AZ::GetClamp(input, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+            float output = 0.0f;
+
+            // "quantize" the input down to a number that goes from 0 to (bands-1)
+            const float band = AZ::GetMin(floorf(clampedInput * bands), bands - 1.0f);
+
+            // Given our quantized band, produce the right output for that band range.
+            switch (mode)
+            {
+            default:
+            case PosterizeGradientConfig::ModeType::Floor:
+                // Floor:  the output range should be the lowest value of each band, or (0 to bands-1) / bands
+                output = (band + 0.0f) / bands;
+                break;
+            case PosterizeGradientConfig::ModeType::Round:
+                // Round:  the output range should be the midpoint of each band, or (0.5 to bands-0.5) / bands
+                output = (band + 0.5f) / bands;
+                break;
+            case PosterizeGradientConfig::ModeType::Ceiling:
+                // Ceiling:  the output range should be the highest value of each band, or (1 to bands) / bands
+                output = (band + 1.0f) / bands;
+                break;
+            case PosterizeGradientConfig::ModeType::Ps:
+                // Ps:  the output range should be equally distributed from 0-1, or (0 to bands-1) / (bands-1)
+                output = band / (bands - 1.0f);
+                break;
+            }
+            return AZ::GetMin(output, 1.0f);
+        }
+
         PosterizeGradientConfig m_configuration;
         LmbrCentral::DependencyMonitor m_dependencyMonitor;
     };
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/ReferenceGradientComponent.h b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/ReferenceGradientComponent.h
index bf16b484fc..17c40865b3 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/ReferenceGradientComponent.h
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/ReferenceGradientComponent.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ namespace GradientSignal
         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         // GradientRequestBus
         float GetValue(const GradientSampleParams& sampleParams) const override;
+        void GetValues(AZStd::span<AZ::Vector3> positions, AZStd::span<float> outValues) const override;
         bool IsEntityInHierarchy(const AZ::EntityId& entityId) const override;
 
     protected:
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/SmoothStepGradientComponent.h b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/SmoothStepGradientComponent.h
index 85947175af..03f629ab1e 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/SmoothStepGradientComponent.h
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/SmoothStepGradientComponent.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ namespace GradientSignal
         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         // GradientRequestBus
         float GetValue(const GradientSampleParams& sampleParams) const override;
+        void GetValues(AZStd::span<AZ::Vector3> positions, AZStd::span<float> outValues) const override;
         bool IsEntityInHierarchy(const AZ::EntityId& entityId) const override;
 
     protected:
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/SurfaceAltitudeGradientComponent.h b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/SurfaceAltitudeGradientComponent.h
index 6ed841dafb..eb76fac292 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/SurfaceAltitudeGradientComponent.h
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/SurfaceAltitudeGradientComponent.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <SurfaceData/SurfaceDataTypes.h>
 #include <LmbrCentral/Dependency/DependencyNotificationBus.h>
 #include <AzCore/Component/TickBus.h>
+#include <GradientSignal/Util.h>
 
 namespace LmbrCentral
 {
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ namespace GradientSignal
         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         // GradientRequestBus
         float GetValue(const GradientSampleParams& sampleParams) const override;
+        void GetValues(AZStd::span<AZ::Vector3> positions, AZStd::span<float> outValues) const override;
 
     protected:
         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -105,7 +107,22 @@ namespace GradientSignal
         void AddTag(AZStd::string tag) override;
 
     private:
-        mutable AZStd::recursive_mutex m_cacheMutex;
+        static float CalculateAltitudeRatio(const SurfaceData::SurfacePointList& points, float altitudeMin, float altitudeMax)
+        {
+            if (points.empty())
+            {
+                return 0.0f;
+            }
+
+            // GetSurfacePoints (which was used to populate the points list) always returns points in decreasing height order, so the
+            // first point in the list contains the highest altitude.
+            const float highestAltitude = points.front().m_position.GetZ();
+
+            // Turn the absolute altitude value into a 0-1 value by returning the % of the given altitude range that it falls at.
+            return GetRatio(altitudeMin, altitudeMax, highestAltitude);
+        }
+
+        mutable AZStd::shared_mutex m_cacheMutex;
         SurfaceAltitudeGradientConfig m_configuration;
         LmbrCentral::DependencyMonitor m_dependencyMonitor;
         AZStd::atomic_bool m_dirty{ false };
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/SurfaceMaskGradientComponent.h b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/SurfaceMaskGradientComponent.h
index f5400719d0..3eafb8c115 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/SurfaceMaskGradientComponent.h
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/SurfaceMaskGradientComponent.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ namespace GradientSignal
         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         // GradientRequestBus
         float GetValue(const GradientSampleParams& sampleParams) const override;
+        void GetValues(AZStd::span<AZ::Vector3> positions, AZStd::span<float> outValues) const override;
 
     protected:
         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -80,6 +81,21 @@ namespace GradientSignal
         void AddTag(AZStd::string tag) override;
 
     private:
+        static float GetMaxSurfaceWeight(const SurfaceData::SurfacePointList& points)
+        {
+            float result = 0.0f;
+
+            for (const auto& point : points)
+            {
+                for (const auto& [maskId, weight] : point.m_masks)
+                {
+                    result = AZ::GetMax(AZ::GetClamp(weight, 0.0f, 1.0f), result);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return result;
+        }
+
         SurfaceMaskGradientConfig m_configuration;
         LmbrCentral::DependencyMonitor m_dependencyMonitor;
     };
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/SurfaceSlopeGradientComponent.h b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/SurfaceSlopeGradientComponent.h
index b6805202f1..b464b6fb0f 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/SurfaceSlopeGradientComponent.h
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/SurfaceSlopeGradientComponent.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <GradientSignal/Ebuses/SurfaceSlopeGradientRequestBus.h>
 #include <SurfaceData/SurfaceDataTypes.h>
 #include <GradientSignal/SmoothStep.h>
+#include <GradientSignal/Util.h>
 
 namespace LmbrCentral
 {
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ namespace GradientSignal
         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         // GradientRequestBus
         float GetValue(const GradientSampleParams& sampleParams) const override;
+        void GetValues(AZStd::span<AZ::Vector3> positions, AZStd::span<float> outValues) const override;
 
     protected:
         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -121,6 +123,37 @@ namespace GradientSignal
         void SetFallOffMidpoint(float midpoint) override;
 
     private:
+        float GetSlopeRatio(const SurfaceData::SurfacePointList& points, float angleMin, float angleMax) const
+        {
+            if (points.empty())
+            {
+                return 0.0f;
+            }
+
+            // Assuming our surface normal vector is actually normalized, we can get the slope
+            // by just grabbing the Z value.  It's the same thing as normal.Dot(AZ::Vector3::CreateAxisZ()).
+            AZ_Assert(
+                points.front().m_normal.GetNormalized().IsClose(points.front().m_normal),
+                "Surface normals are expected to be normalized");
+            const float slope = points.front().m_normal.GetZ();
+            // Convert slope back to an angle so that we can lerp in "angular space", not "slope value space".
+            // (We want our 0-1 range to be linear across the range of angles)
+            const float slopeAngle = acosf(slope);
+
+            switch (m_configuration.m_rampType)
+            {
+            case SurfaceSlopeGradientConfig::RampType::SMOOTH_STEP:
+                return m_configuration.m_smoothStep.GetSmoothedValue(GetRatio(angleMin, angleMax, slopeAngle));
+            case SurfaceSlopeGradientConfig::RampType::LINEAR_RAMP_UP:
+                // For ramp up, linearly interpolate from min to max.
+                return GetRatio(angleMin, angleMax, slopeAngle);
+            case SurfaceSlopeGradientConfig::RampType::LINEAR_RAMP_DOWN:
+            default:
+                // For ramp down, linearly interpolate from max to min.
+                return GetRatio(angleMax, angleMin, slopeAngle);
+            }
+        }
+
         SurfaceSlopeGradientConfig m_configuration;
     };
 }
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/ThresholdGradientComponent.h b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/ThresholdGradientComponent.h
index dbf211551c..96bc235ea8 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/ThresholdGradientComponent.h
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/Components/ThresholdGradientComponent.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ namespace GradientSignal
         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         // GradientRequestBus
         float GetValue(const GradientSampleParams& sampleParams) const override;
+        void GetValues(AZStd::span<AZ::Vector3> positions, AZStd::span<float> outValues) const override;
         bool IsEntityInHierarchy(const AZ::EntityId& entityId) const override;
 
     protected:
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/GradientSampler.h b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/GradientSampler.h
index c9aa7f680c..bf5c8d1ea0 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/GradientSampler.h
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/GradientSampler.h
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ namespace GradientSignal
         auto ClearOutputValues = [](AZStd::span<float> outValues)
         {
             // If we don't have a valid gradient (or it is fully transparent), clear out all the output values.
-            memset(outValues.data(), 0, outValues.size() * sizeof(float));
+            AZStd::fill(outValues.begin(), outValues.end(), 0.0f);
         };
 
         if (m_opacity <= 0.0f || !m_gradientId.IsValid())
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/SmoothStep.h b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/SmoothStep.h
index 0489fa4893..c8fc77ac60 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/SmoothStep.h
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/SmoothStep.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <AzCore/RTTI/ReflectContext.h>
 #include <AzCore/RTTI/RTTI.h>
 #include <AzCore/Serialization/EditContextConstants.inl>
+#include <AzCore/std/containers/span.h>
 #include <GradientSignal/GradientSampler.h>
 #include <GradientSignal/Util.h>
 
@@ -26,29 +27,46 @@ namespace GradientSignal
         static void Reflect(AZ::ReflectContext* context);
 
         inline float GetSmoothedValue(float inputValue) const;
+        inline void GetSmoothedValues(AZStd::span<float> inOutValues) const;
 
         float m_falloffMidpoint = 0.5f;
         float m_falloffRange = 0.5f;
         float m_falloffStrength = 0.25f;
+
+    private:
+        inline float CalculateSmoothedValue(float min, float max, float valueFalloffStrength, float inputValue) const;
     };
 
-    inline float SmoothStep::GetSmoothedValue(float inputValue) const
+    inline float SmoothStep::CalculateSmoothedValue(float min, float max, float valueFalloffStrength, float inputValue) const
     {
-        float output = 0.0f;
-
         const float value = AZ::GetClamp(inputValue, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-        const float valueFalloffStrength = AZ::GetClamp(m_falloffStrength, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-
-        float min = m_falloffMidpoint - m_falloffRange / 2.0f;
-        float max = m_falloffMidpoint + m_falloffRange / 2.0f;
 
         float result1 = GetRatio(min, min + valueFalloffStrength, value);
         result1 = GetSmoothStep(result1);
         float result2 = GetRatio(max - valueFalloffStrength, max, value);
         result2 = GetSmoothStep(result2);
 
-        output = result1 * (1.0f - result2);
+        return result1 * (1.0f - result2);
+    }
+
+    inline float SmoothStep::GetSmoothedValue(float inputValue) const
+    {
+        const float min = m_falloffMidpoint - m_falloffRange / 2.0f;
+        const float max = m_falloffMidpoint + m_falloffRange / 2.0f;
+        const float valueFalloffStrength = AZ::GetClamp(m_falloffStrength, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+
+        return CalculateSmoothedValue(min, max, valueFalloffStrength, inputValue);
+    }
+
+    inline void SmoothStep::GetSmoothedValues(AZStd::span<float> inOutValues) const
+    {
+        const float min = m_falloffMidpoint - m_falloffRange / 2.0f;
+        const float max = m_falloffMidpoint + m_falloffRange / 2.0f;
+        const float valueFalloffStrength = AZ::GetClamp(m_falloffStrength, 0.0f, 1.0f);
 
-        return output;
+        for (auto& inOutValue : inOutValues)
+        {
+            inOutValue = CalculateSmoothedValue(min, max, valueFalloffStrength, inOutValue);
+        }
     }
-}
+} // namespace GradientSignal
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/MixedGradientComponent.cpp b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/MixedGradientComponent.cpp
index e042188f8a..23bdd379fe 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/MixedGradientComponent.cpp
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/MixedGradientComponent.cpp
@@ -257,62 +257,80 @@ namespace GradientSignal
 
     float MixedGradientComponent::GetValue(const GradientSampleParams& sampleParams) const
     {
-        AZ_PROFILE_FUNCTION(Entity);
-
         //accumulate the mixed/combined result of all layers and operations
         float result = 0.0f;
-        float operationResult = 0.0f;
 
         for (const auto& layer : m_configuration.m_layers)
         {
             // added check to prevent opacity of 0.0, which will bust when we unpremultiply the alpha out
             if (layer.m_enabled && layer.m_gradientSampler.m_opacity != 0.0f)
             {
+                // Precalculate the inverse opacity that we'll use for blending the current accumulated value with.
+                // In the one case of "Initialize" blending, force this value to 0 so that we erase any accumulated values.
+                const float inverseOpacity = (layer.m_operation == MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Initialize)
+                    ? 0.0f
+                    : (1.0f - layer.m_gradientSampler.m_opacity);
+
                 // this includes leveling and opacity result, we need unpremultiplied opacity to combine properly
                 float current = layer.m_gradientSampler.GetValue(sampleParams);
                 // unpremultiplied alpha (we clamp the end result)
-                float currentUnpremultiplied = current / layer.m_gradientSampler.m_opacity;
-                switch (layer.m_operation)
-                {
-                default:
-                case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Initialize:
-                    //reset the result of the mixed/combined layers to the current value
-                    result = 0.0f;
-                    operationResult = currentUnpremultiplied;
-                    break;
-                case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Multiply:
-                    operationResult = result * currentUnpremultiplied;
-                    break;
-                case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Add:
-                    operationResult = result + currentUnpremultiplied;
-                    break;
-                case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Subtract:
-                    operationResult = result - currentUnpremultiplied;
-                    break;
-                case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Min:
-                    operationResult = AZStd::min(currentUnpremultiplied, result);
-                    break;
-                case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Max:
-                    operationResult = AZStd::max(currentUnpremultiplied, result);
-                    break;
-                case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Average:
-                    operationResult = (result + currentUnpremultiplied) / 2.0f;
-                    break;
-                case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Normal:
-                    operationResult = currentUnpremultiplied;
-                    break;
-                case MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Overlay:
-                    operationResult = (result >= 0.5f) ? (1.0f - (2.0f * (1.0f - result) * (1.0f - currentUnpremultiplied))) : (2.0f * result * currentUnpremultiplied);
-                    break;
-                }
+                const float currentUnpremultiplied = current / layer.m_gradientSampler.m_opacity;
+                const float operationResult = PerformMixingOperation(layer.m_operation, result, currentUnpremultiplied);
                 // blend layers (re-applying opacity, which is why we needed to use unpremultiplied)
-                result = (result * (1.0f - layer.m_gradientSampler.m_opacity)) + (operationResult * layer.m_gradientSampler.m_opacity);
+                result = (result * inverseOpacity) + (operationResult * layer.m_gradientSampler.m_opacity);
             }
         }
 
         return AZ::GetClamp(result, 0.0f, 1.0f);
     }
 
+    void MixedGradientComponent::GetValues(AZStd::span<AZ::Vector3> positions, AZStd::span<float> outValues) const
+    {
+        if (positions.size() != outValues.size())
+        {
+            AZ_Assert(false, "input and output lists are different sizes (%zu vs %zu).", positions.size(), outValues.size());
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Initialize all of our output data to 0.0f. Layer blends will combine with this, so we need it to have an initial value.
+        AZStd::fill(outValues.begin(), outValues.end(), 0.0f);
+
+        AZStd::vector<float> layerValues(positions.size());
+
+        // accumulate the mixed/combined result of all layers and operations
+        for (const auto& layer : m_configuration.m_layers)
+        {
+            // added check to prevent opacity of 0.0, which will bust when we unpremultiply the alpha out
+            if (layer.m_enabled && layer.m_gradientSampler.m_opacity != 0.0f)
+            {
+                // Precalculate the inverse opacity that we'll use for blending the current accumulated value with.
+                // In the one case of "Initialize" blending, force this value to 0 so that we erase any accumulated values.
+                const float inverseOpacity = (layer.m_operation == MixedGradientLayer::MixingOperation::Initialize)
+                    ? 0.0f
+                    : (1.0f - layer.m_gradientSampler.m_opacity);
+
+                // this includes leveling and opacity result, we need unpremultiplied opacity to combine properly
+                layer.m_gradientSampler.GetValues(positions, layerValues);
+
+                for (size_t index = 0; index < outValues.size(); index++)
+                {
+                    // unpremultiplied alpha (we clamp the end result)
+                    const float currentUnpremultiplied = layerValues[index] / layer.m_gradientSampler.m_opacity;
+                    const float operationResult = PerformMixingOperation(layer.m_operation, outValues[index], currentUnpremultiplied);
+                    // blend layers (re-applying opacity, which is why we needed to use unpremultiplied)
+                    outValues[index] = (outValues[index] * inverseOpacity) + (operationResult * layer.m_gradientSampler.m_opacity);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (auto& outValue : outValues)
+        {
+            outValue = AZ::GetClamp(outValue, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+
     bool MixedGradientComponent::IsEntityInHierarchy(const AZ::EntityId& entityId) const
     {
         for (const auto& layer : m_configuration.m_layers)
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/PosterizeGradientComponent.cpp b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/PosterizeGradientComponent.cpp
index 21d321df13..4616e080f1 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/PosterizeGradientComponent.cpp
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/PosterizeGradientComponent.cpp
@@ -151,34 +151,28 @@ namespace GradientSignal
     float PosterizeGradientComponent::GetValue(const GradientSampleParams& sampleParams) const
     {
         const float bands = AZ::GetMax(static_cast<float>(m_configuration.m_bands), 2.0f);
-        const float input = AZ::GetClamp(m_configuration.m_gradientSampler.GetValue(sampleParams), 0.0f, 1.0f);
-        float output = 0.0f;
+        const float input = m_configuration.m_gradientSampler.GetValue(sampleParams);
+        return PosterizeValue(input, bands, m_configuration.m_mode);
+    }
+
+    void PosterizeGradientComponent::GetValues(AZStd::span<AZ::Vector3> positions, AZStd::span<float> outValues) const
+    {
+        if (positions.size() != outValues.size())
+        {
+            AZ_Assert(false, "input and output lists are different sizes (%zu vs %zu).", positions.size(), outValues.size());
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const float bands = AZ::GetMax(static_cast<float>(m_configuration.m_bands), 2.0f);
 
-        // "quantize" the input down to a number that goes from 0 to (bands-1)
-        const float band = AZ::GetClamp(floorf(input * bands), 0.0f, bands - 1.0f);
+        // Fill in the outValues with all of the generated inupt gradient values.
+        m_configuration.m_gradientSampler.GetValues(positions, outValues);
 
-        // Given our quantized band, produce the right output for that band range.
-        switch (m_configuration.m_mode)
+        // Run through all the input values and posterize them.
+        for (auto& outValue : outValues)
         {
-            default:
-            case PosterizeGradientConfig::ModeType::Floor:
-                // Floor:  the output range should be the lowest value of each band, or (0 to bands-1) / bands
-                output = (band + 0.0f) / bands;
-                break;
-            case PosterizeGradientConfig::ModeType::Round:
-                // Round:  the output range should be the midpoint of each band, or (0.5 to bands-0.5) / bands
-                output = (band + 0.5f) / bands;
-                break;
-            case PosterizeGradientConfig::ModeType::Ceiling:
-                // Ceiling:  the output range should be the highest value of each band, or (1 to bands) / bands
-                output = (band + 1.0f) / bands;
-                break;
-            case PosterizeGradientConfig::ModeType::Ps:
-                // Ps:  the output range should be equally distributed from 0-1, or (0 to bands-1) / (bands-1)
-                output = band / (bands - 1.0f);
-                break;
+            outValue = PosterizeValue(outValue, bands, m_configuration.m_mode);
         }
-        return AZ::GetClamp(output, 0.0f, 1.0f);
     }
 
     bool PosterizeGradientComponent::IsEntityInHierarchy(const AZ::EntityId& entityId) const
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/ReferenceGradientComponent.cpp b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/ReferenceGradientComponent.cpp
index ea304a7eed..e135401ff5 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/ReferenceGradientComponent.cpp
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/ReferenceGradientComponent.cpp
@@ -131,13 +131,18 @@ namespace GradientSignal
 
     float ReferenceGradientComponent::GetValue(const GradientSampleParams& sampleParams) const
     {
-        AZ_PROFILE_FUNCTION(Entity);
-
-        float output = 0.0f;
+        return m_configuration.m_gradientSampler.GetValue(sampleParams);
+    }
 
-        output = m_configuration.m_gradientSampler.GetValue(sampleParams);
+    void ReferenceGradientComponent::GetValues(AZStd::span<AZ::Vector3> positions, AZStd::span<float> outValues) const
+    {
+        if (positions.size() != outValues.size())
+        {
+            AZ_Assert(false, "input and output lists are different sizes (%zu vs %zu).", positions.size(), outValues.size());
+            return;
+        }
 
-        return output;
+        m_configuration.m_gradientSampler.GetValues(positions, outValues);
     }
 
     bool ReferenceGradientComponent::IsEntityInHierarchy(const AZ::EntityId& entityId) const
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/SmoothStepGradientComponent.cpp b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/SmoothStepGradientComponent.cpp
index 510ed41510..683f0a37fa 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/SmoothStepGradientComponent.cpp
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/SmoothStepGradientComponent.cpp
@@ -168,12 +168,20 @@ namespace GradientSignal
 
     float SmoothStepGradientComponent::GetValue(const GradientSampleParams& sampleParams) const
     {
-        float output = 0.0f;
+        const float value = m_configuration.m_gradientSampler.GetValue(sampleParams);
+        return m_configuration.m_smoothStep.GetSmoothedValue(value);
+    }
 
-        const float value = AZ::GetClamp(m_configuration.m_gradientSampler.GetValue(sampleParams), 0.0f, 1.0f);
-        output = m_configuration.m_smoothStep.GetSmoothedValue(value);
+    void SmoothStepGradientComponent::GetValues(AZStd::span<AZ::Vector3> positions, AZStd::span<float> outValues) const
+    {
+        if (positions.size() != outValues.size())
+        {
+            AZ_Assert(false, "input and output lists are different sizes (%zu vs %zu).", positions.size(), outValues.size());
+            return;
+        }
 
-        return output;
+        m_configuration.m_gradientSampler.GetValues(positions, outValues);
+        m_configuration.m_smoothStep.GetSmoothedValues(outValues);
     }
 
     bool SmoothStepGradientComponent::IsEntityInHierarchy(const AZ::EntityId& entityId) const
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/SurfaceAltitudeGradientComponent.cpp b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/SurfaceAltitudeGradientComponent.cpp
index 8b36182750..ee6c272e40 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/SurfaceAltitudeGradientComponent.cpp
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/SurfaceAltitudeGradientComponent.cpp
@@ -202,19 +202,49 @@ namespace GradientSignal
 
     float SurfaceAltitudeGradientComponent::GetValue(const GradientSampleParams& sampleParams) const
     {
-        AZStd::lock_guard<decltype(m_cacheMutex)> lock(m_cacheMutex);
+        AZStd::shared_lock<decltype(m_cacheMutex)> lock(m_cacheMutex);
 
         SurfaceData::SurfacePointList points;
         SurfaceData::SurfaceDataSystemRequestBus::Broadcast(&SurfaceData::SurfaceDataSystemRequestBus::Events::GetSurfacePoints,
             sampleParams.m_position, m_configuration.m_surfaceTagsToSample, points);
 
-        if (points.empty())
+        return CalculateAltitudeRatio(points, m_configuration.m_altitudeMin, m_configuration.m_altitudeMax);
+    }
+
+    void SurfaceAltitudeGradientComponent::GetValues(AZStd::span<AZ::Vector3> positions, AZStd::span<float> outValues) const
+    {
+        if (positions.size() != outValues.size())
         {
-            return 0.0f;
+            AZ_Assert(false, "input and output lists are different sizes (%zu vs %zu).", positions.size(), outValues.size());
+            return;
         }
 
-        const AZ::Vector3& position = points.front().m_position;
-        return GetRatio(m_configuration.m_altitudeMin, m_configuration.m_altitudeMax, position.GetZ());
+        AZStd::shared_lock<decltype(m_cacheMutex)> lock(m_cacheMutex);
+        bool valuesFound = false;
+
+        // Rather than calling GetSurfacePoints on the EBus repeatedly in a loop, we instead pass a lambda into the EBus that contains
+        // the loop within it so that we can avoid the repeated EBus-calling overhead.
+        SurfaceData::SurfaceDataSystemRequestBus::Broadcast(
+            [this, positions, &outValues, &valuesFound](SurfaceData::SurfaceDataSystemRequestBus::Events* surfaceDataRequests)
+            {
+                // It's possible that there's nothing connected to the EBus, so keep track of the fact that we have valid results.
+                valuesFound = true;
+                SurfaceData::SurfacePointList points;
+
+                // For each position, call GetSurfacePoints() and turn the height into a 0-1 value based on our min/max altitudes.
+                for (size_t index = 0; index < positions.size(); index++)
+                {
+                    points.clear();
+                    surfaceDataRequests->GetSurfacePoints(positions[index], m_configuration.m_surfaceTagsToSample, points);
+                    outValues[index] = CalculateAltitudeRatio(points, m_configuration.m_altitudeMin, m_configuration.m_altitudeMax);
+                }
+            });
+
+        if (!valuesFound)
+        {
+            // No surface data, so no output values.
+            AZStd::fill(outValues.begin(), outValues.end(), 0.0f);
+        }
     }
 
     void SurfaceAltitudeGradientComponent::OnCompositionChanged()
@@ -246,7 +276,7 @@ namespace GradientSignal
     {
         AZ_PROFILE_FUNCTION(Entity);
 
-        AZStd::lock_guard<decltype(m_cacheMutex)> lock(m_cacheMutex);
+        AZStd::unique_lock<decltype(m_cacheMutex)> lock(m_cacheMutex);
 
         if (m_configuration.m_shapeEntityId.IsValid())
         {
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/SurfaceMaskGradientComponent.cpp b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/SurfaceMaskGradientComponent.cpp
index df7a3f5787..f697050f56 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/SurfaceMaskGradientComponent.cpp
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/SurfaceMaskGradientComponent.cpp
@@ -161,8 +161,6 @@ namespace GradientSignal
 
     float SurfaceMaskGradientComponent::GetValue(const GradientSampleParams& params) const
     {
-        AZ_PROFILE_FUNCTION(Entity);
-
         float result = 0.0f;
 
         if (!m_configuration.m_surfaceTagList.empty())
@@ -171,18 +169,50 @@ namespace GradientSignal
             SurfaceData::SurfaceDataSystemRequestBus::Broadcast(&SurfaceData::SurfaceDataSystemRequestBus::Events::GetSurfacePoints,
                 params.m_position, m_configuration.m_surfaceTagList, points);
 
-            for (const auto& point : points)
-            {
-                for (const auto& maskPair : point.m_masks)
-                {
-                    result = AZ::GetMax(AZ::GetClamp(maskPair.second, 0.0f, 1.0f), result);
-                }
-            }
+            result = GetMaxSurfaceWeight(points);
         }
 
         return result;
     }
 
+    void SurfaceMaskGradientComponent::GetValues(AZStd::span<AZ::Vector3> positions, AZStd::span<float> outValues) const
+    {
+        if (positions.size() != outValues.size())
+        {
+            AZ_Assert(false, "input and output lists are different sizes (%zu vs %zu).", positions.size(), outValues.size());
+            return;
+        }
+
+        bool valuesFound = false;
+
+        if (!m_configuration.m_surfaceTagList.empty())
+        {
+            // Rather than calling GetSurfacePoints on the EBus repeatedly in a loop, we instead pass a lambda into the EBus that contains
+            // the loop within it so that we can avoid the repeated EBus-calling overhead.
+            SurfaceData::SurfaceDataSystemRequestBus::Broadcast(
+                [this, positions, &outValues, &valuesFound](SurfaceData::SurfaceDataSystemRequestBus::Events* surfaceDataRequests)
+                {
+                    // It's possible that there's nothing connected to the EBus, so keep track of the fact that we have valid results.
+                    valuesFound = true;
+                    SurfaceData::SurfacePointList points;
+
+                    for (size_t index = 0; index < positions.size(); index++)
+                    {
+                        points.clear();
+                        surfaceDataRequests->GetSurfacePoints(positions[index], m_configuration.m_surfaceTagList, points);
+                        outValues[index] = GetMaxSurfaceWeight(points);
+                    }
+                });
+        }
+
+        if (!valuesFound)
+        {
+            // No surface tags, so no output values.
+            AZStd::fill(outValues.begin(), outValues.end(), 0.0f);
+        }
+
+    }
+
     size_t SurfaceMaskGradientComponent::GetNumTags() const
     {
         return m_configuration.GetNumTags();
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/SurfaceSlopeGradientComponent.cpp b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/SurfaceSlopeGradientComponent.cpp
index 84e0b61a62..50105a862f 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/SurfaceSlopeGradientComponent.cpp
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/SurfaceSlopeGradientComponent.cpp
@@ -209,36 +209,50 @@ namespace GradientSignal
         SurfaceData::SurfaceDataSystemRequestBus::Broadcast(&SurfaceData::SurfaceDataSystemRequestBus::Events::GetSurfacePoints,
             sampleParams.m_position, m_configuration.m_surfaceTagsToSample, points);
 
-        if (points.empty())
+        const float angleMin = AZ::DegToRad(AZ::GetClamp(m_configuration.m_slopeMin, 0.0f, 90.0f));
+        const float angleMax = AZ::DegToRad(AZ::GetClamp(m_configuration.m_slopeMax, 0.0f, 90.0f));
+
+        return GetSlopeRatio(points, angleMin, angleMax);
+    }
+
+    void SurfaceSlopeGradientComponent::GetValues(AZStd::span<AZ::Vector3> positions, AZStd::span<float> outValues) const
+    {
+        if (positions.size() != outValues.size())
         {
-            return 0.0f;
+            AZ_Assert(false, "input and output lists are different sizes (%zu vs %zu).", positions.size(), outValues.size());
+            return;
         }
 
-        // Assuming our surface normal vector is actually normalized, we can get the slope
-        // by just grabbing the Z value.  It's the same thing as normal.Dot(AZ::Vector3::CreateAxisZ()).
-        AZ_Assert(points.front().m_normal.GetNormalized().IsClose(points.front().m_normal), "Surface normals are expected to be normalized");
-        const float slope = points.front().m_normal.GetZ();
-        // Convert slope back to an angle so that we can lerp in "angular space", not "slope value space".
-        // (We want our 0-1 range to be linear across the range of angles)
-        const float slopeAngle = acosf(slope);
+        bool valuesFound = false;
 
-        const float angleMin = AZ::DegToRad(AZ::GetClamp(m_configuration.m_slopeMin, 0.0f, 90.0f));
-        const float angleMax = AZ::DegToRad(AZ::GetClamp(m_configuration.m_slopeMax, 0.0f, 90.0f));
-
-        switch (m_configuration.m_rampType)
+        // Rather than calling GetSurfacePoints on the EBus repeatedly in a loop, we instead pass a lambda into the EBus that contains
+        // the loop within it so that we can avoid the repeated EBus-calling overhead.
+        SurfaceData::SurfaceDataSystemRequestBus::Broadcast(
+            [this, positions, &outValues, &valuesFound](SurfaceData::SurfaceDataSystemRequestBus::Events* surfaceDataRequests)
+            {
+                // It's possible that there's nothing connected to the EBus, so keep track of the fact that we have valid results.
+                valuesFound = true;
+                SurfaceData::SurfacePointList points;
+
+                const float angleMin = AZ::DegToRad(AZ::GetClamp(m_configuration.m_slopeMin, 0.0f, 90.0f));
+                const float angleMax = AZ::DegToRad(AZ::GetClamp(m_configuration.m_slopeMax, 0.0f, 90.0f));
+
+                for (size_t index = 0; index < positions.size(); index++)
+                {
+                    points.clear();
+                    surfaceDataRequests->GetSurfacePoints(positions[index], m_configuration.m_surfaceTagsToSample, points);
+                    outValues[index] = GetSlopeRatio(points, angleMin, angleMax);
+                }
+            });
+
+        if (!valuesFound)
         {
-            case SurfaceSlopeGradientConfig::RampType::SMOOTH_STEP:
-                return m_configuration.m_smoothStep.GetSmoothedValue(GetRatio(angleMin, angleMax, slopeAngle));
-            case SurfaceSlopeGradientConfig::RampType::LINEAR_RAMP_UP:
-                // For ramp up, linearly interpolate from min to max.
-                return GetRatio(angleMin, angleMax, slopeAngle);
-            case SurfaceSlopeGradientConfig::RampType::LINEAR_RAMP_DOWN:
-            default:
-                // For ramp down, linearly interpolate from max to min.
-                return GetRatio(angleMax, angleMin, slopeAngle);
+            // No surface tags, so no output values.
+            AZStd::fill(outValues.begin(), outValues.end(), 0.0f);
         }
     }
 
+
     float SurfaceSlopeGradientComponent::GetSlopeMin() const
     {
         return m_configuration.m_slopeMin;
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/ThresholdGradientComponent.cpp b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/ThresholdGradientComponent.cpp
index a47ebdebe6..5df579576d 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/ThresholdGradientComponent.cpp
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/ThresholdGradientComponent.cpp
@@ -138,11 +138,22 @@ namespace GradientSignal
 
     float ThresholdGradientComponent::GetValue(const GradientSampleParams& sampleParams) const
     {
-        float output = 0.0f;
+        return (m_configuration.m_gradientSampler.GetValue(sampleParams) <= m_configuration.m_threshold) ? 0.0f : 1.0f;
+    }
 
-        output = m_configuration.m_gradientSampler.GetValue(sampleParams) <= m_configuration.m_threshold ? 0.0f : 1.0f;
+    void ThresholdGradientComponent::GetValues(AZStd::span<AZ::Vector3> positions, AZStd::span<float> outValues) const
+    {
+        if (positions.size() != outValues.size())
+        {
+            AZ_Assert(false, "input and output lists are different sizes (%zu vs %zu).", positions.size(), outValues.size());
+            return;
+        }
 
-        return output;
+        m_configuration.m_gradientSampler.GetValues(positions, outValues);
+        for (auto& outValue : outValues)
+        {
+            outValue = (outValue <= m_configuration.m_threshold) ? 0.0f : 1.0f;
+        }
     }
 
     bool ThresholdGradientComponent::IsEntityInHierarchy(const AZ::EntityId& entityId) const