diff --git a/ggml-opencl.cpp b/ggml-opencl.cpp
index 477435ebf..225303b54 100644
--- a/ggml-opencl.cpp
+++ b/ggml-opencl.cpp
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ void vec_dot_q4_K(__global const struct block_q4_K* x, const int ib, const int i
     *result = sum;
 }
 
-__kernel void dequantize_mul_mat_vec_q4_K_fast(__global struct block_q4_K * xx, __local float* tmp, __global float* y, __global float* dst, const int ncols) {
+__kernel void dequantize_mul_mat_vec_q4_K_fast(__global struct block_q4_K * xx, __local float* tmp, __global float* yy, __global float* dst, const int ncols) {
 
     //to rename it later, just to test now
     const uint16_t kmask1 = 0x3f3f;
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ __kernel void dequantize_mul_mat_vec_q4_K_fast(__global struct block_q4_K * xx,
 
         const uint8_t * q1 = x[i].qs + q_offset;
         const uint8_t * q2 = q1 + 64;
-        const float   * y1 = y + i*QK_K + y_offset;
+        const float   * y1 = yy + i*QK_K + y_offset;
         const float   * y2 = y1 + 128;
 
         const float dall = vload_half(0, &x[i].d);
@@ -562,6 +562,82 @@ void vec_dot_q6_K(__global const struct block_q6_K* x, const int ib, const int i
 
 }
 
+__kernel void dequantize_mul_mat_vec_q6_K_fast(__global struct block_q6_K * xx, __local float* tmp, __global const float * yy, __global float * dst, const int ncols) {
+
+    const int row = get_group_id(0);
+
+    const int num_blocks_per_row = ncols / QK_K;
+    const int ib0 = row*num_blocks_per_row;
+
+    const struct block_q6_K * x = xx + ib0;
+
+    const int tid = get_local_id(0)/K_QUANTS_PER_ITERATION;  // 0...31 or 0...16
+    const int ix  = get_local_id(0)%K_QUANTS_PER_ITERATION;  // 0 or 0, 1
+
+    const int step = 16/K_QUANTS_PER_ITERATION;          // 16 or 8
+
+    const int im = tid/step;                             // 0 or 1. 0 computes 0..., 1 computes 128...
+    const int in = tid - step*im;                        // 0...15 or 0...7
+
+#if K_QUANTS_PER_ITERATION == 1
+    const int l0 = K_QUANTS_PER_ITERATION*in;            // 0...15
+    const int is = 0;
+#else
+    const int l0 = 4 * in;                               // 0, 4, 8, ..., 28
+    const int is = in / 4;
+#endif
+    const int ql_offset = 64*im + l0;
+    const int qh_offset = 32*im + l0;
+    const int s_offset  =  8*im + is;
+    const int y_offset = 128*im + l0;
+
+    tmp[16 * ix + tid] = 0; // partial sum for thread in warp
+
+    for (int i = ix; i < num_blocks_per_row; i += K_QUANTS_PER_ITERATION) {
+
+        const float   * y  = yy + i * QK_K + y_offset;
+        const uint8_t * ql = x[i].ql + ql_offset;
+        const uint8_t * qh = x[i].qh + qh_offset;
+        const int8_t  * s  = x[i].scales + s_offset;
+
+        const float d = vload_half(0, &x[i].d);
+
+#if K_QUANTS_PER_ITERATION == 1
+        float sum = y[ 0] * s[0] * d * ((int8_t)((ql[ 0] & 0xF) | ((qh[ 0] & 0x03) << 4)) - 32)
+                  + y[16] * s[1] * d * ((int8_t)((ql[16] & 0xF) | ((qh[16] & 0x03) << 4)) - 32)
+                  + y[32] * s[2] * d * ((int8_t)((ql[32] & 0xF) | ((qh[ 0] & 0x0c) << 2)) - 32)
+                  + y[48] * s[3] * d * ((int8_t)((ql[48] & 0xF) | ((qh[16] & 0x0c) << 2)) - 32)
+                  + y[64] * s[4] * d * ((int8_t)((ql[ 0]  >> 4) | ((qh[ 0] & 0x30) >> 0)) - 32)
+                  + y[80] * s[5] * d * ((int8_t)((ql[16]  >> 4) | ((qh[16] & 0x30) >> 0)) - 32)
+                  + y[96] * s[6] * d * ((int8_t)((ql[32]  >> 4) | ((qh[ 0] & 0xc0) >> 2)) - 32)
+                  +y[112] * s[7] * d * ((int8_t)((ql[48]  >> 4) | ((qh[16] & 0xc0) >> 2)) - 32);
+        tmp[16 * ix + tid] += sum;
+#else
+        float sum = 0;
+        for (int l = 0; l < 4; ++l) {
+            sum += y[l+ 0] * s[0] * d * ((int8_t)((ql[l+ 0] & 0xF) | (((qh[l] >> 0) & 3) << 4)) - 32)
+                 + y[l+32] * s[2] * d * ((int8_t)((ql[l+32] & 0xF) | (((qh[l] >> 2) & 3) << 4)) - 32)
+                 + y[l+64] * s[4] * d * ((int8_t)((ql[l+ 0]  >> 4) | (((qh[l] >> 4) & 3) << 4)) - 32)
+                 + y[l+96] * s[6] * d * ((int8_t)((ql[l+32]  >> 4) | (((qh[l] >> 6) & 3) << 4)) - 32);
+        }
+        tmp[16 * ix + tid] += sum;
+#endif
+
+    }
+
+    // sum up partial sums and write back result
+    barrier(CLK_LOCAL_MEM_FENCE);
+    for (int s=16; s>0; s>>=1) {
+        if (tid < s) {
+            tmp[tid] += tmp[tid + s];
+        }
+        barrier(CLK_LOCAL_MEM_FENCE);
+    }
+    if (tid == 0) {
+        dst[row] = tmp[0];
+    }
+}
+
 );
 
 
@@ -1041,7 +1117,7 @@ void ggml_cl_init(void) {
     CL_CHECK((dequantize_mul_mat_vec_q3_K_cl = clCreateKernel(program, "dequantize_mul_mat_vec_q3_K", &err), err));
     CL_CHECK((dequantize_mul_mat_vec_q4_K_cl = clCreateKernel(program, "dequantize_mul_mat_vec_q4_K_fast", &err), err));
     CL_CHECK((dequantize_mul_mat_vec_q5_K_cl = clCreateKernel(program, "dequantize_mul_mat_vec_q5_K", &err), err));
-    CL_CHECK((dequantize_mul_mat_vec_q6_K_cl = clCreateKernel(program, "dequantize_mul_mat_vec_q6_K", &err), err));
+    CL_CHECK((dequantize_mul_mat_vec_q6_K_cl = clCreateKernel(program, "dequantize_mul_mat_vec_q6_K_fast", &err), err));
 
     // mul kernel
     CL_CHECK((mul_f32_cl = clCreateKernel(program, "mul_f32", &err), err));