# Torque - SIMD-accelerated JSON encoding and decoding

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/torque-simd-accelerated-json-encoding-and-decoding/74769>\
**Category:** Announcing\
**Tags:** library, performance, json\
**Created:** [March 24, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/torque-simd-accelerated-json-encoding-and-decoding/74769 "2026-03-24T13:57:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![lpgauth](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/lpgauth/32/36192_2.png) [@lpgauth](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/lpgauth)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/torque-simd-accelerated-json-encoding-and-decoding/74769/4 "2026-03-24T16:06:04Z")

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Yes, you’re right. The default binaries assume the host CPU will support SSE2 or NEON. For better performance (AVX2 or AVX512) or if your CPU doesn’t support the base SSE2/NEON you can build from source by passing `TORQUE_BUILD=true`.

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