Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques to prefetch pixel data of one or more pixels adjacent to a pixel for which pixel data is retrieved where the prefetched pixel data may be stored in noncontiguous storage locations. A device comprising a processor component and a hint generation component executed by the processor component to embed a prefetch hint in an executable read instruction, the executable read instruction to retrieve pixel data of a specified pixel and the prefetch hint to retrieve pixel data of an adjacent pixel that is geometrically adjacent to the specified pixel. Other embodiments are described and claimed.