diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
index 7b13cc10b..b3f6177dd 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ struct vk_device_struct {
     vk_pipeline pipeline_tanh_f32;
     vk_pipeline pipeline_diag_mask_inf_f32;
     vk_pipeline pipeline_soft_max_f32, pipeline_soft_max_f32_f16;
+    vk_pipeline pipeline_soft_max_f32_wg512, pipeline_soft_max_f32_f16_wg512;
     vk_pipeline pipeline_rope_norm_f32, pipeline_rope_norm_f16;
     vk_pipeline pipeline_rope_neox_f32, pipeline_rope_neox_f16;
     vk_pipeline pipeline_argsort_f32;
@@ -1498,7 +1499,9 @@ static void ggml_vk_load_shaders(vk_device& device) {
     ggml_vk_create_pipeline(device, device->pipeline_diag_mask_inf_f32, "diag_mask_inf_f32", diag_mask_inf_f32_len, diag_mask_inf_f32_data, "main", 2, sizeof(vk_op_diag_mask_push_constants), {512, 1, 1}, {}, 1);
 
     ggml_vk_create_pipeline(device, device->pipeline_soft_max_f32, "soft_max_f32", soft_max_f32_len, soft_max_f32_data, "main", 3, sizeof(vk_op_soft_max_push_constants), {1, 1, 1}, { device->subgroup_size }, 1);
+    ggml_vk_create_pipeline(device, device->pipeline_soft_max_f32_wg512, "soft_max_f32_wg512", soft_max_f32_len, soft_max_f32_data, "main", 3, sizeof(vk_op_soft_max_push_constants), {1, 1, 1}, { 512 }, 1);
     ggml_vk_create_pipeline(device, device->pipeline_soft_max_f32_f16, "soft_max_f32_f16", soft_max_f32_f16_len, soft_max_f32_f16_data, "main", 3, sizeof(vk_op_soft_max_push_constants), {1, 1, 1}, { device->subgroup_size }, 1);
+    ggml_vk_create_pipeline(device, device->pipeline_soft_max_f32_f16_wg512, "soft_max_f32_f16_wg512", soft_max_f32_f16_len, soft_max_f32_f16_data, "main", 3, sizeof(vk_op_soft_max_push_constants), {1, 1, 1}, { 512 }, 1);
 
     ggml_vk_create_pipeline(device, device->pipeline_rope_norm_f32, "rope_norm_f32", rope_norm_f32_len, rope_norm_f32_data, "main", 4, sizeof(vk_op_rope_push_constants), {1, 512, 1}, {}, 1);
     ggml_vk_create_pipeline(device, device->pipeline_rope_norm_f16, "rope_norm_f16", rope_norm_f16_len, rope_norm_f16_data, "main", 4, sizeof(vk_op_rope_push_constants), {1, 512, 1}, {}, 1);
@@ -3933,10 +3936,10 @@ static vk_pipeline ggml_vk_op_get_pipeline(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, const
         GGML_ASSERT(!src1 || src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 || src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
 
         if (src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 && (src1 == nullptr || src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F32) && dst->type == GGML_TYPE_F32) {
-            return ctx->device->pipeline_soft_max_f32;
+            return src0->ne[0] > 1024 ? ctx->device->pipeline_soft_max_f32_wg512 : ctx->device->pipeline_soft_max_f32;
         }
         if (src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 && src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 && dst->type == GGML_TYPE_F32) {
-            return ctx->device->pipeline_soft_max_f32_f16;
+            return src0->ne[0] > 1024 ? ctx->device->pipeline_soft_max_f32_f16_wg512 : ctx->device->pipeline_soft_max_f32_f16;
         }
         return nullptr;
     case GGML_OP_ROPE:
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/soft_max.comp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/soft_max.comp
index a83b9a405..f9727679e 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/soft_max.comp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/soft_max.comp
@@ -152,30 +152,21 @@ void main() {
     // instantiate the soft_max function for several different
     // dimensions, to allow loop unrolling
     uint num_blocks = (p.KX + BLOCK_SIZE - 1) / BLOCK_SIZE;
-    switch (num_blocks) {
-    case 1:
-        soft_max(1);
-        break;
-    case 2:
-        soft_max(2);
-        break;
-    case 3:
-        soft_max(3);
-        break;
-    case 4:
-        soft_max(4);
-        break;
-    case 5:
-    case 6:
-    case 7:
-    case 8:
-        soft_max(8);
-        break;
-    case 16:
-        soft_max(16);
-        break;
-    default:
+    if (num_blocks > 32) {
         soft_max(num_blocks);
-        break;
+    } else if (num_blocks > 16) {
+        soft_max(32);
+    } else if (num_blocks > 8) {
+        soft_max(16);
+    } else if (num_blocks > 4) {
+        soft_max(8);
+    } else if (num_blocks == 4) {
+        soft_max(4);
+    } else if (num_blocks == 3) {
+        soft_max(3);
+    } else if (num_blocks == 2) {
+        soft_max(2);
+    } else if (num_blocks == 1) {
+        soft_max(1);
     }
 }