diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/url-popover/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap b/packages/block-editor/src/components/url-popover/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
index 12c09f2c7c98ab..c7ecbc209a2417 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/url-popover/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/url-popover/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ exports[`URLPopover matches the snapshot in its default state 1`] = `
   <span>
     <div
       class="components-popover block-editor-url-popover is-positioned"
-      style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px;"
+      style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; transform: none;"
       tabindex="-1"
     >
       <div
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ exports[`URLPopover matches the snapshot when the settings are toggled open 1`]
   <span>
     <div
       class="components-popover block-editor-url-popover is-positioned"
-      style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px;"
+      style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; transform: none;"
       tabindex="-1"
     >
       <div
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ exports[`URLPopover matches the snapshot when there are no settings 1`] = `
   <span>
     <div
       class="components-popover block-editor-url-popover is-positioned"
-      style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px;"
+      style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; transform: none;"
       tabindex="-1"
     >
       <div
diff --git a/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
index bcb1b610267188..21d968568374b4 100644
--- a/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 -   `Popover`: Prevent unnecessary paint caused by using outline ([#46201](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/46201)).
 -   `PaletteEdit`: Global styles: add onChange actions to color palette items [#45681](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/45681).
 -   Lighten the border color on control components ([#46252](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/46252)).
+-   `Popover`: Prevent unnecessary paint when scrolling by using transform instead of top/left positionning ([#46187](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/46187)).
+-   `CircularOptionPicker`: Prevent unecessary paint on hover ([#46197](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/46197)).
 
 ### Experimental
 
diff --git a/packages/components/src/popover/index.tsx b/packages/components/src/popover/index.tsx
index c56d1f8475315a..14f1ddd8bab967 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/popover/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/popover/index.tsx
@@ -489,8 +489,15 @@ const UnforwardedPopover = (
 					? undefined
 					: {
 							position: strategy,
-							left: Number.isNaN( x ) ? 0 : x ?? undefined,
-							top: Number.isNaN( y ) ? 0 : y ?? undefined,
+							top: 0,
+							left: 0,
+							// `x` and `y` are framer-motion specific props and are shorthands
+							// for `translateX` and `translateY`. Currently it is not possible
+							// to use `translateX` and `translateY` because those values would
+							// be overridden by the return value of the
+							// `placementToMotionAnimationProps` function in `AnimatedWrapper`
+							x: Math.round( x ?? 0 ) || undefined,
+							y: Math.round( y ?? 0 ) || undefined,
 					  }
 			}
 		>
diff --git a/packages/components/src/popover/style.scss b/packages/components/src/popover/style.scss
index d595c23ae274a9..790b840e6a648b 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/popover/style.scss
+++ b/packages/components/src/popover/style.scss
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ $shadow-popover-border-top-only-alternate: 0 #{-$border-width} 0 $gray-900;
 
 .components-popover {
 	z-index: z-index(".components-popover");
+	will-change: transform;
 
 	&.is-expanded {
 		position: fixed;
diff --git a/packages/nux/src/components/dot-tip/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap b/packages/nux/src/components/dot-tip/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
index 876bae4b690887..a453da0254b487 100644
--- a/packages/nux/src/components/dot-tip/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
+++ b/packages/nux/src/components/dot-tip/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ exports[`DotTip should render correctly 1`] = `
   aria-label="Editor tips"
   class="components-popover nux-dot-tip is-positioned"
   role="dialog"
-  style="position: absolute; opacity: 0; transform: translateX(-2em) scale(0) translateZ(0); transform-origin: 0% 50% 0; left: 0px; top: 0px;"
+  style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; opacity: 0; transform: translateX(-2em) scale(0) translateZ(0); transform-origin: 0% 50% 0;"
   tabindex="-1"
 >
   <div
diff --git a/test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/paragraph.spec.js b/test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/paragraph.spec.js
index c713379569b90c..19c386cce457d9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/paragraph.spec.js
+++ b/test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/paragraph.spec.js
@@ -195,8 +195,12 @@ test.describe( 'Paragraph', () => {
 					);
 					await expect( draggingUtils.dropZone ).toBeVisible();
 					await expect
-						.poll( () => draggingUtils.dropZone.boundingBox() )
-						.toEqual( firstBlockBox );
+						.poll( () =>
+							draggingUtils.confirmValidDropZonePosition(
+								firstBlockBox
+							)
+						)
+						.toBeTruthy();
 				}
 
 				{
@@ -207,8 +211,12 @@ test.describe( 'Paragraph', () => {
 					);
 					await expect( draggingUtils.dropZone ).toBeVisible();
 					await expect
-						.poll( () => draggingUtils.dropZone.boundingBox() )
-						.toEqual( firstBlockBox );
+						.poll( () =>
+							draggingUtils.confirmValidDropZonePosition(
+								firstBlockBox
+							)
+						)
+						.toBeTruthy();
 				}
 
 				{
@@ -219,8 +227,12 @@ test.describe( 'Paragraph', () => {
 					);
 					await expect( draggingUtils.dropZone ).toBeVisible();
 					await expect
-						.poll( () => draggingUtils.dropZone.boundingBox() )
-						.toEqual( firstBlockBox );
+						.poll( () =>
+							draggingUtils.confirmValidDropZonePosition(
+								firstBlockBox
+							)
+						)
+						.toBeTruthy();
 				}
 
 				{
@@ -231,8 +243,12 @@ test.describe( 'Paragraph', () => {
 					);
 					await expect( draggingUtils.dropZone ).toBeVisible();
 					await expect
-						.poll( () => draggingUtils.dropZone.boundingBox() )
-						.toEqual( firstBlockBox );
+						.poll( () =>
+							draggingUtils.confirmValidDropZonePosition(
+								firstBlockBox
+							)
+						)
+						.toBeTruthy();
 				}
 
 				{
@@ -309,8 +325,12 @@ test.describe( 'Paragraph', () => {
 					);
 					await expect( draggingUtils.dropZone ).toBeVisible();
 					await expect
-						.poll( () => draggingUtils.dropZone.boundingBox() )
-						.toEqual( secondBlockBox );
+						.poll( () =>
+							draggingUtils.confirmValidDropZonePosition(
+								secondBlockBox
+							)
+						)
+						.toBeTruthy();
 				}
 
 				{
@@ -321,8 +341,12 @@ test.describe( 'Paragraph', () => {
 					);
 					await expect( draggingUtils.dropZone ).toBeVisible();
 					await expect
-						.poll( () => draggingUtils.dropZone.boundingBox() )
-						.toEqual( secondBlockBox );
+						.poll( () =>
+							draggingUtils.confirmValidDropZonePosition(
+								secondBlockBox
+							)
+						)
+						.toBeTruthy();
 				}
 
 				{
@@ -333,8 +357,12 @@ test.describe( 'Paragraph', () => {
 					);
 					await expect( draggingUtils.dropZone ).toBeVisible();
 					await expect
-						.poll( () => draggingUtils.dropZone.boundingBox() )
-						.toEqual( secondBlockBox );
+						.poll( () =>
+							draggingUtils.confirmValidDropZonePosition(
+								secondBlockBox
+							)
+						)
+						.toBeTruthy();
 				}
 
 				{
@@ -345,8 +373,12 @@ test.describe( 'Paragraph', () => {
 					);
 					await expect( draggingUtils.dropZone ).toBeVisible();
 					await expect
-						.poll( () => draggingUtils.dropZone.boundingBox() )
-						.toEqual( secondBlockBox );
+						.poll( () =>
+							draggingUtils.confirmValidDropZonePosition(
+								secondBlockBox
+							)
+						)
+						.toBeTruthy();
 				}
 			} );
 
@@ -387,8 +419,12 @@ test.describe( 'Paragraph', () => {
 					);
 					await expect( draggingUtils.dropZone ).toBeVisible();
 					await expect
-						.poll( () => draggingUtils.dropZone.boundingBox() )
-						.toEqual( firstBlockBox );
+						.poll( () =>
+							draggingUtils.confirmValidDropZonePosition(
+								firstBlockBox
+							)
+						)
+						.toBeTruthy();
 				}
 
 				{
@@ -399,8 +435,12 @@ test.describe( 'Paragraph', () => {
 					);
 					await expect( draggingUtils.dropZone ).toBeVisible();
 					await expect
-						.poll( () => draggingUtils.dropZone.boundingBox() )
-						.toEqual( firstBlockBox );
+						.poll( () =>
+							draggingUtils.confirmValidDropZonePosition(
+								firstBlockBox
+							)
+						)
+						.toBeTruthy();
 				}
 
 				{
@@ -411,8 +451,12 @@ test.describe( 'Paragraph', () => {
 					);
 					await expect( draggingUtils.dropZone ).toBeVisible();
 					await expect
-						.poll( () => draggingUtils.dropZone.boundingBox() )
-						.toEqual( firstBlockBox );
+						.poll( () =>
+							draggingUtils.confirmValidDropZonePosition(
+								firstBlockBox
+							)
+						)
+						.toBeTruthy();
 				}
 
 				{
@@ -423,8 +467,12 @@ test.describe( 'Paragraph', () => {
 					);
 					await expect( draggingUtils.dropZone ).toBeVisible();
 					await expect
-						.poll( () => draggingUtils.dropZone.boundingBox() )
-						.toEqual( secondBlockBox );
+						.poll( () =>
+							draggingUtils.confirmValidDropZonePosition(
+								secondBlockBox
+							)
+						)
+						.toBeTruthy();
 				}
 
 				{
@@ -435,8 +483,12 @@ test.describe( 'Paragraph', () => {
 					);
 					await expect( draggingUtils.dropZone ).toBeVisible();
 					await expect
-						.poll( () => draggingUtils.dropZone.boundingBox() )
-						.toEqual( secondBlockBox );
+						.poll( () =>
+							draggingUtils.confirmValidDropZonePosition(
+								secondBlockBox
+							)
+						)
+						.toBeTruthy();
 				}
 
 				{
@@ -447,8 +499,12 @@ test.describe( 'Paragraph', () => {
 					);
 					await expect( draggingUtils.dropZone ).toBeVisible();
 					await expect
-						.poll( () => draggingUtils.dropZone.boundingBox() )
-						.toEqual( secondBlockBox );
+						.poll( () =>
+							draggingUtils.confirmValidDropZonePosition(
+								secondBlockBox
+							)
+						)
+						.toBeTruthy();
 				}
 			} );
 		} );
@@ -508,4 +564,14 @@ class DraggingUtils {
 		await this.page.mouse.move( 0, 0 );
 		await this.page.mouse.down();
 	}
+
+	async confirmValidDropZonePosition( element ) {
+		// Check that both x and y axis of the dropzone
+		// have a less than 1 difference with a given target element
+		const box = await this.dropZone.boundingBox();
+		return (
+			Math.abs( element.x - box.x ) < 1 &&
+			Math.abs( element.y - box.y ) < 1
+		);
+	}
 }