diff --git a/ggml-quants.c b/ggml-quants.c
index ac061b63a..8236385bc 100644
--- a/ggml-quants.c
+++ b/ggml-quants.c
@@ -8525,17 +8525,36 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_iq2_xs_q8_K(const int n, float * restrict s, const void * rest
 
     const __m128i m4 = _mm_set1_epi8(0xf);
     const __m128i m1 = _mm_set1_epi8(1);
-    const __m128i m511 = _mm_set1_epi16(511);
-    const __m128i m127 = _mm_set1_epi16(127);
+    const __m256i m511 = _mm256_set1_epi16(511);
+    const __m256i mone = _mm256_set1_epi8(1);
 
-    const uint64_t * signs64 = (const uint64_t *)keven_signs_q2xs;
+    static const uint8_t k_bit_helper[32] = {
+        0x00, 0x80, 0x80, 0x00, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80, 0x00, 0x80, 0x80, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x80, 0x80, 0x00, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80, 0x00, 0x80, 0x80, 0x00,
+    };
+    static const char block_sign_shuffle_mask_1[32] = {
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02,
+        0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x06, 0x06, 0x06, 0x06, 0x06, 0x06, 0x06, 0x06,
+    };
+    static const char block_sign_shuffle_mask_2[32] = {
+        0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x0a, 0x0a, 0x0a, 0x0a, 0x0a, 0x0a, 0x0a, 0x0a,
+        0x0c, 0x0c, 0x0c, 0x0c, 0x0c, 0x0c, 0x0c, 0x0c, 0x0e, 0x0e, 0x0e, 0x0e, 0x0e, 0x0e, 0x0e, 0x0e,
+    };
+    static const uint8_t bit_selector_mask_bytes[32] = {
+        0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80,
+        0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80,
+    };
+
+    const __m256i bit_helper = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i*)k_bit_helper);
+    const __m256i bit_selector_mask = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i*)bit_selector_mask_bytes);
+    const __m256i block_sign_shuffle_1 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i*)block_sign_shuffle_mask_1);
+    const __m256i block_sign_shuffle_2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i*)block_sign_shuffle_mask_2);
 
     uint64_t aux64;
 
     // somewhat hacky, but gives a significant boost in performance
-    __m128i aux_gindex, aux_sindex;
+    __m256i aux_gindex;
     const uint16_t * gindex = (const uint16_t *)&aux_gindex;
-    const uint16_t * sindex = (const uint16_t *)&aux_sindex;
 
     __m256 accumf = _mm256_setzero_ps();
     for (int i = 0; i < nb; ++i) {
@@ -8550,26 +8569,68 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_iq2_xs_q8_K(const int n, float * restrict s, const void * rest
 
         __m256i sumi1 = _mm256_setzero_si256();
         __m256i sumi2 = _mm256_setzero_si256();
-        for (int ib32 = 0; ib32 < QK_K/32; ib32 += 2) {
+        for (int ib32 = 0; ib32 < QK_K/32; ib32 += 4) {
+
+            const __m256i q2_data = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i*)q2);  q2 += 16;
+            aux_gindex = _mm256_and_si256(q2_data, m511);
+
+            const __m256i partial_sign_bits = _mm256_srli_epi16(q2_data, 9);
+            const __m256i partial_sign_bits_upper = _mm256_srli_epi16(q2_data, 13);
+            const __m256i partial_sign_bits_for_counting = _mm256_xor_si256(partial_sign_bits, partial_sign_bits_upper);
+
+            const __m256i odd_bits = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(bit_helper, partial_sign_bits_for_counting);
+            const __m256i full_sign_bits = _mm256_or_si256(partial_sign_bits, odd_bits);
+
             const __m256i q8_1 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)q8); q8 += 32;
             const __m256i q8_2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)q8); q8 += 32;
-            const __m128i q2_data = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)q2);  q2 +=  8;
-            aux_gindex = _mm_and_si128(q2_data, m511);
-            aux_sindex = _mm_and_si128(_mm_srli_epi16(q2_data, 9), m127);
-            const __m256i q2_1 = _mm256_set_epi64x(iq2xs_grid[gindex[3]], iq2xs_grid[gindex[2]], iq2xs_grid[gindex[1]], iq2xs_grid[gindex[0]]);
-            const __m256i q2_2 = _mm256_set_epi64x(iq2xs_grid[gindex[7]], iq2xs_grid[gindex[6]], iq2xs_grid[gindex[5]], iq2xs_grid[gindex[4]]);
-            const __m256i s2_1 = _mm256_set_epi64x(signs64[sindex[3]], signs64[sindex[2]], signs64[sindex[1]], signs64[sindex[0]]);
-            const __m256i s2_2 = _mm256_set_epi64x(signs64[sindex[7]], signs64[sindex[6]], signs64[sindex[5]], signs64[sindex[4]]);
-            const __m256i q8s_1 = _mm256_sign_epi8(q8_1, s2_1);
-            const __m256i q8s_2 = _mm256_sign_epi8(q8_2, s2_2);
+            const __m256i q8_3 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)q8); q8 += 32;
+            const __m256i q8_4 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)q8); q8 += 32;
+
+            const __m256i q2_1 = _mm256_set_epi64x(iq2xs_grid[gindex[ 3]], iq2xs_grid[gindex[ 2]],
+                                                   iq2xs_grid[gindex[ 1]], iq2xs_grid[gindex[ 0]]);
+            const __m256i q2_2 = _mm256_set_epi64x(iq2xs_grid[gindex[ 7]], iq2xs_grid[gindex[ 6]],
+                                                   iq2xs_grid[gindex[ 5]], iq2xs_grid[gindex[ 4]]);
+            const __m256i q2_3 = _mm256_set_epi64x(iq2xs_grid[gindex[11]], iq2xs_grid[gindex[10]],
+                                                   iq2xs_grid[gindex[ 9]], iq2xs_grid[gindex[ 8]]);
+            const __m256i q2_4 = _mm256_set_epi64x(iq2xs_grid[gindex[15]], iq2xs_grid[gindex[14]],
+                                                   iq2xs_grid[gindex[13]], iq2xs_grid[gindex[12]]);
+
+            const __m128i full_signs_l = _mm256_castsi256_si128(full_sign_bits);
+            const __m128i full_signs_h = _mm256_extractf128_si256(full_sign_bits, 1);
+            const __m256i full_signs_1 = _mm256_set_m128i(full_signs_l, full_signs_l);
+            const __m256i full_signs_2 = _mm256_set_m128i(full_signs_h, full_signs_h);
+
+            __m256i signs;
+            signs = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(full_signs_1, block_sign_shuffle_1);
+            signs = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_and_si256(signs, bit_selector_mask), bit_selector_mask);
+            const __m256i q8s_1 = _mm256_sign_epi8(q8_1, _mm256_or_si256(signs, mone));
+
+            signs = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(full_signs_1, block_sign_shuffle_2);
+            signs = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_and_si256(signs, bit_selector_mask), bit_selector_mask);
+            const __m256i q8s_2 = _mm256_sign_epi8(q8_2, _mm256_or_si256(signs, mone));
+
+            signs = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(full_signs_2, block_sign_shuffle_1);
+            signs = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_and_si256(signs, bit_selector_mask), bit_selector_mask);
+            const __m256i q8s_3 = _mm256_sign_epi8(q8_3, _mm256_or_si256(signs, mone));
+
+            signs = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(full_signs_2, block_sign_shuffle_2);
+            signs = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_and_si256(signs, bit_selector_mask), bit_selector_mask);
+            const __m256i q8s_4 = _mm256_sign_epi8(q8_4, _mm256_or_si256(signs, mone));
+
             const __m256i dot1  = _mm256_maddubs_epi16(q2_1, q8s_1);
             const __m256i dot2  = _mm256_maddubs_epi16(q2_2, q8s_2);
+            const __m256i dot3  = _mm256_maddubs_epi16(q2_3, q8s_3);
+            const __m256i dot4  = _mm256_maddubs_epi16(q2_4, q8s_4);
 
             const __m256i sc1 = _mm256_cvtepi8_epi16(_mm_shuffle_epi8(scales, get_scale_shuffle(ib32+0)));
             const __m256i sc2 = _mm256_cvtepi8_epi16(_mm_shuffle_epi8(scales, get_scale_shuffle(ib32+1)));
+            const __m256i sc3 = _mm256_cvtepi8_epi16(_mm_shuffle_epi8(scales, get_scale_shuffle(ib32+2)));
+            const __m256i sc4 = _mm256_cvtepi8_epi16(_mm_shuffle_epi8(scales, get_scale_shuffle(ib32+3)));
 
             sumi1 = _mm256_add_epi32(sumi1, _mm256_madd_epi16(dot1, sc1));
             sumi2 = _mm256_add_epi32(sumi2, _mm256_madd_epi16(dot2, sc2));
+            sumi1 = _mm256_add_epi32(sumi1, _mm256_madd_epi16(dot3, sc3));
+            sumi2 = _mm256_add_epi32(sumi2, _mm256_madd_epi16(dot4, sc4));
         }
 
         accumf = _mm256_fmadd_ps(_mm256_set1_ps(d), _mm256_cvtepi32_ps(_mm256_add_epi32(sumi1, sumi2)), accumf);