diff --git a/crates/core_simd/src/swizzle_dyn.rs b/crates/core_simd/src/swizzle_dyn.rs
index 8a1079042f0..b033f1cb87e 100644
--- a/crates/core_simd/src/swizzle_dyn.rs
+++ b/crates/core_simd/src/swizzle_dyn.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ where
     /// A planned compiler improvement will enable using `#[target_feature]` instead.
     #[inline]
     pub fn swizzle_dyn(self, idxs: Simd<u8, N>) -> Self {
-        #![allow(unused_imports, unused_unsafe)]
+        #![allow(unused_imports, unused_unsafe, unreachable_patterns)]
         #[cfg(all(
             any(target_arch = "aarch64", target_arch = "arm64ec"),
             target_endian = "little"
@@ -66,20 +66,146 @@ where
                 // FIXME: initial AVX512VBMI variant didn't actually pass muster
                 // #[cfg(target_feature = "avx512vbmi")]
                 // 64 => transize(x86::_mm512_permutexvar_epi8, self, idxs),
-                _ => {
-                    let mut array = [0; N];
-                    for (i, k) in idxs.to_array().into_iter().enumerate() {
-                        if (k as usize) < N {
-                            array[i] = self[k as usize];
-                        };
-                    }
-                    array.into()
-                }
+                #[cfg(any(
+                    all(
+                        any(
+                            target_arch = "aarch64",
+                            target_arch = "arm64ec",
+                            all(target_arch = "arm", target_feature = "v7")
+                        ),
+                        target_feature = "neon",
+                        target_endian = "little"
+                    ),
+                    target_feature = "ssse3",
+                    target_feature = "simd128"
+                ))]
+                _ => dispatch_compat(self, idxs),
+                _ => swizzle_dyn_scalar(self, idxs),
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
+#[inline(always)]
+fn swizzle_dyn_scalar<const N: usize>(bytes: Simd<u8, N>, idxs: Simd<u8, N>) -> Simd<u8, N>
+where
+    LaneCount<N>: SupportedLaneCount,
+{
+    let mut array = [0; N];
+    for (i, k) in idxs.to_array().into_iter().enumerate() {
+        if (k as usize) < N {
+            array[i] = bytes[k as usize];
+        };
+    }
+    array.into()
+}
+
+/// Dispatch two swizzle_dyn_compat and swizzle_dyn_zext according to N.
+/// Should only be called if the target architecture has a vectorized swizzle_dyn for some power-of-two size (e.g 8, 16).
+#[inline(always)]
+fn dispatch_compat<const N: usize>(bytes: Simd<u8, N>, idxs: Simd<u8, N>) -> Simd<u8, N>
+where
+    LaneCount<N>: SupportedLaneCount,
+{
+    #![allow(
+        dead_code,
+        unused_unsafe,
+        unreachable_patterns,
+        non_contiguous_range_endpoints
+    )]
+
+    // SAFETY: only unsafe usage is transize, see comment on transize
+    unsafe {
+        match N {
+            5..16 => swizzle_dyn_zext::<N, 16>(bytes, idxs),
+            // only arm actually has 8-byte swizzle_dyn
+            #[cfg(all(
+                any(
+                    target_arch = "aarch64",
+                    target_arch = "arm64ec",
+                    all(target_arch = "arm", target_feature = "v7")
+                ),
+                target_feature = "neon",
+                target_endian = "little"
+            ))]
+            16 => transize(swizzle_dyn_compat::<16, 8>, bytes, idxs),
+            17..32 => swizzle_dyn_zext::<N, 32>(bytes, idxs),
+            32 => transize(swizzle_dyn_compat::<32, 16>, bytes, idxs),
+            33..64 => swizzle_dyn_zext::<N, 64>(bytes, idxs),
+            64 => transize(swizzle_dyn_compat::<64, 32>, bytes, idxs),
+            _ => swizzle_dyn_scalar(bytes, idxs),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Implement swizzle_dyn for N by temporarily zero extending to N_EXT.
+#[inline(always)]
+#[allow(unused)]
+fn swizzle_dyn_zext<const N: usize, const N_EXT: usize>(
+    bytes: Simd<u8, N>,
+    idxs: Simd<u8, N>,
+) -> Simd<u8, N>
+where
+    LaneCount<N>: SupportedLaneCount,
+    LaneCount<N_EXT>: SupportedLaneCount,
+{
+    assert!(N_EXT.is_power_of_two(), "N_EXT should be power of two!");
+    assert!(N < N_EXT, "N_EXT should be larger than N");
+    Simd::swizzle_dyn(bytes.resize::<N_EXT>(0), idxs.resize::<N_EXT>(0)).resize::<N>(0)
+}
+
+/// "Downgrades" a swizzle_dyn op on N lanes to 4 swizzle_dyn ops on N/2 lanes.
+///
+/// This only makes sense if swizzle_dyn actually has a vectorized implementation for a lower size (N/2, N/4, N/8, etc).
+/// e.g. on x86, swizzle_dyn_compat for N=64 can be efficient if we have at least ssse3 for pshufb
+///
+/// If there is no vectorized implementation for a lower size,
+/// this runs in N*logN time and will be slower than the scalar implementation.
+#[inline(always)]
+#[allow(unused)]
+fn swizzle_dyn_compat<const N: usize, const HALF_N: usize>(
+    bytes: Simd<u8, N>,
+    idxs: Simd<u8, N>,
+) -> Simd<u8, N>
+where
+    LaneCount<N>: SupportedLaneCount,
+    LaneCount<HALF_N>: SupportedLaneCount,
+{
+    use crate::simd::cmp::SimdPartialOrd;
+    assert!(N.is_power_of_two(), "doesn't work for non-power-of-two N");
+    assert!(N < u8::MAX as usize, "doesn't work for N >= 256");
+    assert_eq!(N / 2, HALF_N, "HALF_N must equal N divided by two");
+
+    let mid = Simd::splat(HALF_N as u8);
+
+    // unset the "mid" bit from the indices, e.g. 8..15 -> 0..7, 16..31 -> 8..15,
+    // ensuring that a half-swizzle on the higher half of `bytes` will select the correct indices
+    // since N is a power of two, any zeroing indices will remain zeroing
+    let idxs_trunc = idxs & !mid;
+
+    let idx_lo = Simd::<u8, HALF_N>::from_slice(&idxs_trunc[..HALF_N]);
+    let idx_hi = Simd::<u8, HALF_N>::from_slice(&idxs_trunc[HALF_N..]);
+
+    let bytes_lo = Simd::<u8, HALF_N>::from_slice(&bytes[..HALF_N]);
+    let bytes_hi = Simd::<u8, HALF_N>::from_slice(&bytes[HALF_N..]);
+
+    macro_rules! half_swizzle {
+        ($bytes:ident) => {{
+            let lo = Simd::swizzle_dyn($bytes, idx_lo);
+            let hi = Simd::swizzle_dyn($bytes, idx_hi);
+
+            let mut res = [0; N];
+            res[..HALF_N].copy_from_slice(&lo[..]);
+            res[HALF_N..].copy_from_slice(&hi[..]);
+            Simd::from_array(res)
+        }};
+    }
+
+    let result_lo = half_swizzle!(bytes_lo);
+    let result_hi = half_swizzle!(bytes_hi);
+    idxs.simd_lt(mid).select(result_lo, result_hi)
+}
+
 /// "vpshufb like it was meant to be" on AVX2
 ///
 /// # Safety