diff --git a/k_quants.c b/k_quants.c
index 5334299dc..07fca9d5b 100644
--- a/k_quants.c
+++ b/k_quants.c
@@ -1293,24 +1293,107 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_q5_K_q8_K(const int n, float * restrict s, const void * restri
 
     const int nb = n / QK_K;
 
-#ifdef z__ARM_NEON
-
-    GGML_ASSERT(false);
-
-#elif defined __AVX2__
-
     static const uint32_t kmask1 = 0x3f3f3f3f;
     static const uint32_t kmask2 = 0x0f0f0f0f;
     static const uint32_t kmask3 = 0x03030303;
 
+    uint32_t utmp[4];
+
+
+#ifdef __ARM_NEON
+
+    const uint8x16_t m4b = vdupq_n_u8(0xf);
+    const uint32x4_t mzero = vdupq_n_s32(0);
+    const uint8x16_t mone = vdupq_n_u8(1);
+    const uint8x16_t mtwo = vdupq_n_u8(2);
+
+    int8x16x4_t q5bytes;
+
+    float sumf = 0;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < nb; ++i) {
+
+        const float d = y[i].d * ggml_fp16_to_fp32(x[i].d);
+        const float dmin = y[i].d * ggml_fp16_to_fp32(x[i].dmin);
+
+        const int16x8_t q8sums = vpaddq_s16(vld1q_s16(y[i].bsums), vld1q_s16(y[i].bsums + 8));
+
+        memcpy(utmp, x[i].scales, 12);
+        utmp[3] = ((utmp[2] >> 4) & kmask2) | (((utmp[1] >> 6) & kmask3) << 4);
+        const uint32_t uaux = utmp[1] & kmask1;
+        utmp[1] = (utmp[2] & kmask2) | (((utmp[0] >> 6) & kmask3) << 4);
+        utmp[2] = uaux;
+        utmp[0] &= kmask1;
+
+        const uint8x8_t mins8 = vld1_u8((const uint8_t*)utmp + 8);
+        const int16x8_t mins = vreinterpretq_s16_u16(vmovl_u8(mins8));
+        const int32x4_t prod = vaddq_s32(vmull_s16(vget_low_s16 (q8sums), vget_low_s16 (mins)),
+                                         vmull_s16(vget_high_s16(q8sums), vget_high_s16(mins)));
+        int32_t sumi_mins = vaddvq_s32(prod);
+
+        const uint8_t * scales = (const uint8_t *)utmp;
+
+        const uint8_t * restrict q5 = x[i].qs;
+        const uint8_t * restrict qh = x[i].qh;
+        const int8_t  * restrict q8 = y[i].qs;
+
+        uint8x16x2_t qhbits = vld1q_u8_x2(qh);
+
+        uint8x16x4_t q5h;
+
+        int32_t sumi = 0;
+
+        for (int j = 0; j < QK_K/64; ++j) {
+
+            const uint8x16x2_t q5bits = vld1q_u8_x2(q5); q5 += 32;
+            const int8x16x4_t q8bytes = vld1q_s8_x4(q8); q8 += 64;
+
+            q5h.val[0] = vshlq_n_u8(vandq_u8(mone, qhbits.val[0]), 4);
+            q5h.val[1] = vshlq_n_u8(vandq_u8(mone, qhbits.val[1]), 4);
+            q5h.val[2] = vshlq_n_u8(vandq_u8(mtwo, qhbits.val[0]), 3);
+            q5h.val[3] = vshlq_n_u8(vandq_u8(mtwo, qhbits.val[1]), 3);
+            qhbits.val[0] = vshrq_n_u8(qhbits.val[0], 2);
+            qhbits.val[1] = vshrq_n_u8(qhbits.val[1], 2);
+
+            q5bytes.val[0] = vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vorrq_u8(vandq_u8(q5bits.val[0], m4b), q5h.val[0]));
+            q5bytes.val[1] = vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vorrq_u8(vandq_u8(q5bits.val[1], m4b), q5h.val[1]));
+            q5bytes.val[2] = vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vorrq_u8(vshrq_n_u8(q5bits.val[0], 4), q5h.val[2]));
+            q5bytes.val[3] = vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vorrq_u8(vshrq_n_u8(q5bits.val[1], 4), q5h.val[3]));
+
+#if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_DOTPROD)
+
+            sumi += vaddvq_s32(vdotq_s32(vdotq_s32(mzero, q5bytes.val[0], q8bytes.val[0]), q5bytes.val[1], q8bytes.val[1])) * *scales++;
+            sumi += vaddvq_s32(vdotq_s32(vdotq_s32(mzero, q5bytes.val[2], q8bytes.val[2]), q5bytes.val[3], q8bytes.val[3])) * *scales++;
+#else
+
+            const int16x8_t p0 = vaddq_s16(vmull_s8(vget_low_s8 (q5bytes.val[0]), vget_low_s8 (q8bytes.val[0])),
+                                           vmull_s8(vget_high_s8(q5bytes.val[0]), vget_high_s8(q8bytes.val[0])));
+            const int16x8_t p1 = vaddq_s16(vmull_s8(vget_low_s8 (q5bytes.val[1]), vget_low_s8 (q8bytes.val[1])),
+                                           vmull_s8(vget_high_s8(q5bytes.val[1]), vget_high_s8(q8bytes.val[1])));
+            sumi += vaddvq_s16(vaddq_s16(p0, p1)) * *scales++;
+
+            const int16x8_t p2 = vaddq_s16(vmull_s8(vget_low_s8 (q5bytes.val[2]), vget_low_s8 (q8bytes.val[2])),
+                                           vmull_s8(vget_high_s8(q5bytes.val[2]), vget_high_s8(q8bytes.val[2])));
+            const int16x8_t p3 = vaddq_s16(vmull_s8(vget_low_s8 (q5bytes.val[3]), vget_low_s8 (q8bytes.val[3])),
+                                           vmull_s8(vget_high_s8(q5bytes.val[3]), vget_high_s8(q8bytes.val[3])));
+            sumi += vaddvq_s16(vaddq_s16(p2, p3)) * *scales++;
+#endif
+        }
+
+        sumf += d * sumi - dmin * sumi_mins;
+
+    }
+
+    *s = sumf;
+
+#elif defined __AVX2__
+
     const __m256i m4 = _mm256_set1_epi8(0xF);
     const __m128i mzero = _mm_setzero_si128();
     const __m256i mone  = _mm256_set1_epi8(1);
 
     __m256 acc = _mm256_setzero_ps();
 
-    uint32_t utmp[4];
-
     float summs = 0.f;
 
    for (int i = 0; i < nb; ++i) {
@@ -1385,12 +1468,6 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_q5_K_q8_K(const int n, float * restrict s, const void * restri
 
 #else
 
-    static const uint32_t kmask1 = 0x3f3f3f3f;
-    static const uint32_t kmask2 = 0x0f0f0f0f;
-    static const uint32_t kmask3 = 0x03030303;
-
-    uint32_t utmp[4];
-
     const uint8_t * scales = (const uint8_t*)&utmp[0];
     const uint8_t * mins   = (const uint8_t*)&utmp[2];