diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 336d3f4..3953c08 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
     doc_auto_cfg,
     const_option,
     array_chunks,
-    let_chains
+    let_chains,
+    test
 )]
 #![warn(
     clippy::undocumented_unsafe_blocks,
diff --git a/src/term/b64.rs b/src/term/b64.rs
index 7e2cdde..0d46d65 100644
--- a/src/term/b64.rs
+++ b/src/term/b64.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
+#![allow(clippy::undocumented_unsafe_blocks)]
+use core::intrinsics::simd::simd_cast;
+use std::{
+    arch::x86_64::*,
+    intrinsics::transmute_unchecked,
+    simd::{prelude::*, LaneCount, MaskElement, SimdElement, SupportedLaneCount},
+};
+
 #[test]
 fn b64() {
     fn t(i: &'static str, o: &'static str) {
-        let mut x = vec![];
-        encode(i.as_bytes(), &mut x).unwrap();
+        let mut x = Vec::with_capacity(size(i.as_bytes()));
+        unsafe { portable(i.as_bytes(), x.as_mut_ptr()) };
+        unsafe { x.set_len(size(i.as_bytes())) };
         assert_eq!(x, o.as_bytes());
     }
 
@@ -10,16 +19,151 @@ fn b64() {
     t("Hello World", "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ=");
 }
 
-pub fn encode(mut input: &[u8], output: &mut impl std::io::Write) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+extern crate test;
+
+pub fn encode(i: &[u8]) -> String {
+    let mut x = Vec::with_capacity(size(i));
+    unsafe { portable(i, x.as_mut_ptr()) };
+    unsafe { x.set_len(size(i)) };
+    unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(x) }
+}
+
+trait Cast<T, const N: usize> {
+    fn cas<U: SimdT>(self) -> U;
+}
+trait SimdT {}
+impl<T: SimdElement, const N: usize> SimdT for Simd<T, N> where LaneCount<N>: SupportedLaneCount {}
+impl<T: MaskElement, const N: usize> SimdT for Mask<T, N> where LaneCount<N>: SupportedLaneCount {}
+impl<T: SimdElement, const N: usize> Cast<T, N> for Simd<T, N>
+where
+    LaneCount<N>: SupportedLaneCount,
+{
+    fn cas<U>(self) -> U {
+        assert!(std::mem::size_of::<U>() == std::mem::size_of::<Simd<T, N>>());
+        unsafe { transmute_unchecked(self) }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: MaskElement, const N: usize> Cast<T, N> for Mask<T, N>
+where
+    LaneCount<N>: SupportedLaneCount,
+{
+    fn cas<U>(self) -> U {
+        assert!(std::mem::size_of::<U>() == std::mem::size_of::<Mask<T, N>>());
+        unsafe { transmute_unchecked(self) }
+    }
+}
+
+#[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+type c = u8x32;
+unsafe fn portable(mut input: &[u8], mut output: *mut u8) {
+    while input.len() >= 32 {
+        #[allow(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
+        let indices = if cfg!(all(target_feature = "avx2", not(miri))) {
+            let lo = _mm_loadu_si128(input.as_ptr() as *const __m128i);
+            let hi = _mm_loadu_si128(input.as_ptr().add(12) as *const __m128i);
+            let i = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(
+                _mm256_set_m128i(hi, lo),
+                _mm256_set_epi8(
+                    10, 11, 9, 10, 7, 8, 6, 7, 4, 5, 3, 4, 1, 2, 0, 1, //
+                    10, 11, 9, 10, 7, 8, 6, 7, 4, 5, 3, 4, 1, 2, 0, 1, //
+                ),
+            );
+            let t0 = _mm256_and_si256(i, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x0fc0fc00));
+            let t1 = _mm256_mulhi_epu16(t0, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x04000040));
+            let t2 = _mm256_and_si256(i, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x003f03f0));
+            let t3 = _mm256_mullo_epi16(t2, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x01000010));
+
+            c::from(_mm256_or_si256(t1, t3))
+        } else {
+            let v = c::from_slice(input);
+            let i = simd_swizzle!(
+                v,
+                [
+                    1, 0, 2, 1, 4, 3, 5, 4, 7, 6, 8, 7, 10, 9, 11, 10, 13, 12, //
+                    14, 13, 16, 15, 17, 16, 19, 18, 20, 19, 22, 21, 23, 22
+                ]
+            );
+
+            // https://github.com/WojciechMula/base64simd
+            let t0 = i & u32x8::splat(0x0fc0fc00).cas::<c>();
+            let t1 = Cast::cas::<c>(mulhi(t0.cas(), u32x8::splat(0x04000040).cas()));
+            let t2 = i & u32x8::splat(0x003f03f0).cas::<c>();
+            let t3 = mullo(t2.cas(), u32x8::splat(0x01000010).cas()).cas::<c>();
+            t1 | t3
+        };
+        lookup(indices).copy_to_slice(unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(output, 32) });
+        output = unsafe { output.add(32) };
+
+        input = &input[24..];
+    }
+    unsafe { encode_simple(input, output) };
+}
+
+fn mulhi(x: u16x16, y: u16x16) -> u16x16 {
+    unsafe {
+        simd_cast::<_, u16x16>(
+            simd_cast::<_, u32x16>(x) * simd_cast::<_, u32x16>(y) >> u32x16::splat(16),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+fn mullo(x: u16x16, y: u16x16) -> u16x16 {
+    x * y
+}
+
+fn lookup(x: c) -> c {
+    let result = x.saturating_sub(c::splat(51));
+    let less = cmpgt(c::splat(26), x);
+    let result = result | (less & c::splat(13));
+
+    #[rustfmt::skip]
+    const LUT: i8x32 = i8x32::from_array([
+        b'a' as i8 - 26, b'0' as i8 - 52, b'0' as i8 - 52, b'0' as i8 - 52, b'0' as i8 - 52, b'0' as i8 - 52,
+        b'0' as i8 - 52, b'0' as i8 - 52, b'0' as i8 - 52, b'0' as i8 - 52, b'0' as i8 - 52, b'+' as i8 - 62,
+        b'/' as i8 - 63, b'A' as i8, 0, 0,
+
+        b'a' as i8 - 26, b'0' as i8 - 52, b'0' as i8 - 52, b'0' as i8 - 52, b'0' as i8 - 52, b'0' as i8 - 52,
+        b'0' as i8 - 52, b'0' as i8 - 52, b'0' as i8 - 52, b'0' as i8 - 52, b'0' as i8 - 52, b'+' as i8 - 62,
+        b'/' as i8 - 63, b'A' as i8, 0, 0
+    ]);
+    let result = if cfg!(all(target_feature = "avx2", not(miri))) {
+        unsafe { i8x32::from(_mm256_shuffle_epi8(LUT.into(), result.into())) }
+    } else {
+        (LUT.cas::<c>().swizzle_dyn(result)).cas::<i8x32>()
+    };
+
+    Cast::cas(result + x.cas::<i8x32>())
+}
+
+pub fn cmpgt(x: c, y: c) -> c {
+    x.cas::<i8x32>().simd_gt(y.cas::<i8x32>()).cas()
+}
+
+trait P {
+    unsafe fn p<const N: usize>(&mut self, data: [u8; N]);
+}
+
+impl P for *mut u8 {
+    unsafe fn p<const N: usize>(&mut self, data: [u8; N]) {
+        unsafe { self.copy_from(data.as_ptr(), N) };
+        *self = unsafe { self.add(N) };
+    }
+}
+
+#[allow(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
+/// # Safety
+///  ptr valid for [`size`]`(input)` writes.
+pub unsafe fn encode_simple(mut input: &[u8], mut output: *mut u8) {
     const Α: &[u8; 64] = b"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
     while let [a, b, c, rest @ ..] = input {
         let α = ((*a as usize) << 16) | ((*b as usize) << 8) | *c as usize;
-        output.write_all(&[
+        output.p([
             Α[α >> 18],
             Α[(α >> 12) & 0x3F],
             Α[(α >> 6) & 0x3F],
             Α[α & 0x3F],
-        ])?;
+        ]);
         input = rest;
     }
     if !input.is_empty() {
@@ -27,15 +171,14 @@ pub fn encode(mut input: &[u8], output: &mut impl std::io::Write) -> std::io::Re
         if input.len() > 1 {
             α |= (input[1] as usize) << 8;
         }
-        output.write_all(&[Α[α >> 18], Α[α >> 12 & 0x3F]])?;
+        output.p([Α[α >> 18], Α[α >> 12 & 0x3F]]);
         if input.len() > 1 {
-            output.write_all(&[Α[α >> 6 & 0x3f]])?;
+            output.p([Α[α >> 6 & 0x3f]]);
         } else {
-            output.write_all(&[b'='])?;
+            output.p([b'=']);
         }
-        output.write_all(&[b'='])?;
+        output.p([b'=']);
     }
-    Ok(())
 }
 
 pub const fn size(of: &[u8]) -> usize {
diff --git a/src/term/iterm2.rs b/src/term/iterm2.rs
index a6e5bac..9a737a7 100644
--- a/src/term/iterm2.rs
+++ b/src/term/iterm2.rs
@@ -55,14 +55,11 @@ where
             4 => n![4],
             _ => unreachable!(),
         }
-        let mut e = Vec::with_capacity(b64::size(&d));
-        b64::encode(&d, &mut e).unwrap();
+        let e = b64::encode(&d);
         writeln!(
             to,
-            "]1337;File=inline=1;preserveAspectRatio=1;size={}:{}",
+            "]1337;File=inline=1;preserveAspectRatio=1;size={}:{e}",
             d.len(),
-            // SAFETY: b64
-            unsafe { std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(&e) }
         )?;
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src/term/kitty.rs b/src/term/kitty.rs
index 16ea2f8..b1db99a 100644
--- a/src/term/kitty.rs
+++ b/src/term/kitty.rs
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>, const N: usize> Kitty<T, N> {
         };
         let (w, h) = (self.width(), self.height());
 
-        let mut enc = Vec::with_capacity(b64::size(&bytes));
-        b64::encode(&bytes, &mut enc).unwrap();
+        let enc = b64::encode(&bytes);
         let mut chunks = enc
+            .as_bytes()
             .chunks(4096)
             // SAFETY: b64
             .map(|x| unsafe { std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(x) });