diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0f7eac6..38984ea 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [workspace]
-members = ["instant-distance", "instant-distance-py"]
+members = ["distance-metrics", "instant-distance", "instant-distance-py"]
 
 [profile.bench]
 debug = true
diff --git a/distance-metrics/Cargo.toml b/distance-metrics/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d0b580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distance-metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[package]
+name = "distance-metrics"
+version = "0.6.0"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.58"
+homepage = "https://github.com/InstantDomain/instant-distance"
+repository = "https://github.com/InstantDomain/instant-distance"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/instant-distance"
+workspace = ".."
+readme = "../README.md"
+
+[dependencies]
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+bencher = "0.1.5"
+rand = { version = "0.8", features = ["small_rng"] }
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "all"
+harness = false
diff --git a/distance-metrics/benches/all.rs b/distance-metrics/benches/all.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c7a305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distance-metrics/benches/all.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+use bencher::{benchmark_group, benchmark_main, Bencher};
+
+use distance_metrics::{EuclidMetric, Metric};
+use rand::{rngs::StdRng, Rng, SeedableRng};
+
+benchmark_main!(benches);
+benchmark_group!(benches, legacy, non_simd, metric::<EuclidMetric>,);
+
+fn legacy(bench: &mut Bencher) {
+    let mut rng = StdRng::seed_from_u64(SEED);
+    let point_a = distance_metrics::FloatArray([rng.gen(); 300]);
+    let point_b = distance_metrics::FloatArray([rng.gen(); 300]);
+
+    bench.iter(|| distance_metrics::legacy_distance(&point_a, &point_b))
+}
+
+fn non_simd(bench: &mut Bencher) {
+    let mut rng = StdRng::seed_from_u64(SEED);
+    let point_a = [rng.gen(); 300];
+    let point_b = [rng.gen(); 300];
+
+    bench.iter(|| distance_metrics::euclid_distance(&point_a, &point_b))
+}
+
+fn metric<M: Metric>(bench: &mut Bencher) {
+    let mut rng = StdRng::seed_from_u64(SEED);
+    let point_a = [rng.gen(); 300];
+    let point_b = [rng.gen(); 300];
+
+    bench.iter(|| M::distance(&point_a, &point_b))
+}
+
+const SEED: u64 = 123456789;
diff --git a/distance-metrics/src/lib.rs b/distance-metrics/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..520a088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distance-metrics/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+#[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+pub mod simd_sse;
+
+#[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+pub mod simd_avx;
+
+#[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
+pub mod simd_neon;
+
+/// Defines how to compare vectors
+pub trait Metric {
+    /// Greater the value - more distant the vectors
+    fn distance(v1: &[f32], v2: &[f32]) -> f32;
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+const MIN_DIM_SIZE_AVX: usize = 32;
+
+#[cfg(any(
+    target_arch = "x86",
+    target_arch = "x86_64",
+    all(target_arch = "aarch64", target_feature = "neon")
+))]
+const MIN_DIM_SIZE_SIMD: usize = 16;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct EuclidMetric {}
+
+impl Metric for EuclidMetric {
+    fn distance(v1: &[f32], v2: &[f32]) -> f32 {
+        #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+        {
+            if is_x86_feature_detected!("avx")
+                && is_x86_feature_detected!("fma")
+                && v1.len() >= MIN_DIM_SIZE_AVX
+            {
+                return unsafe { simd_avx::euclid_distance_avx(v1, v2) };
+            }
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+        {
+            if is_x86_feature_detected!("sse") && v1.len() >= MIN_DIM_SIZE_SIMD {
+                return unsafe { simd_sse::euclid_distance_sse(v1, v2) };
+            }
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(all(target_arch = "aarch64", target_feature = "neon"))]
+        {
+            if std::arch::is_aarch64_feature_detected!("neon") && v1.len() >= MIN_DIM_SIZE_SIMD {
+                return unsafe { simple_neon::euclid_distance_neon(v1, v2) };
+            }
+        }
+
+        euclid_distance(v1, v2)
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn euclid_distance(v1: &[f32], v2: &[f32]) -> f32 {
+    let s: f32 = v1
+        .iter()
+        .copied()
+        .zip(v2.iter().copied())
+        .map(|(a, b)| (a - b).powi(2))
+        .sum();
+    s.abs().sqrt()
+}
+
+pub fn legacy_distance(lhs: &FloatArray, rhs: &FloatArray) -> f32 {
+    #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+    {
+        use std::arch::x86_64::{
+            _mm256_castps256_ps128, _mm256_extractf128_ps, _mm256_fmadd_ps, _mm256_load_ps,
+            _mm256_setzero_ps, _mm256_sub_ps, _mm_add_ps, _mm_add_ss, _mm_cvtss_f32, _mm_fmadd_ps,
+            _mm_load_ps, _mm_movehl_ps, _mm_shuffle_ps, _mm_sub_ps,
+        };
+        debug_assert_eq!(lhs.0.len() % 8, 4);
+
+        unsafe {
+            let mut acc_8x = _mm256_setzero_ps();
+            for (lh_slice, rh_slice) in lhs.0.chunks_exact(8).zip(rhs.0.chunks_exact(8)) {
+                let lh_8x = _mm256_load_ps(lh_slice.as_ptr());
+                let rh_8x = _mm256_load_ps(rh_slice.as_ptr());
+                let diff = _mm256_sub_ps(lh_8x, rh_8x);
+                acc_8x = _mm256_fmadd_ps(diff, diff, acc_8x);
+            }
+
+            let mut acc_4x = _mm256_extractf128_ps(acc_8x, 1); // upper half
+            let right = _mm256_castps256_ps128(acc_8x); // lower half
+            acc_4x = _mm_add_ps(acc_4x, right); // sum halves
+
+            let lh_4x = _mm_load_ps(lhs.0[DIMENSIONS - 4..].as_ptr());
+            let rh_4x = _mm_load_ps(rhs.0[DIMENSIONS - 4..].as_ptr());
+            let diff = _mm_sub_ps(lh_4x, rh_4x);
+            acc_4x = _mm_fmadd_ps(diff, diff, acc_4x);
+
+            let lower = _mm_movehl_ps(acc_4x, acc_4x);
+            acc_4x = _mm_add_ps(acc_4x, lower);
+            let upper = _mm_shuffle_ps(acc_4x, acc_4x, 0x1);
+            acc_4x = _mm_add_ss(acc_4x, upper);
+            _mm_cvtss_f32(acc_4x)
+        }
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+    lhs.0
+        .iter()
+        .zip(rhs.0.iter())
+        .map(|(&a, &b)| (a - b).powi(2))
+        .sum::<f32>()
+}
+
+#[repr(align(32))]
+pub struct FloatArray(pub [f32; DIMENSIONS]);
+
+const DIMENSIONS: usize = 300;
diff --git a/distance-metrics/src/simd_avx.rs b/distance-metrics/src/simd_avx.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd120a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distance-metrics/src/simd_avx.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+use std::arch::x86_64::*;
+
+#[target_feature(enable = "avx")]
+#[target_feature(enable = "fma")]
+unsafe fn hsum256_ps_avx(x: __m256) -> f32 {
+    let x128: __m128 = _mm_add_ps(_mm256_extractf128_ps(x, 1), _mm256_castps256_ps128(x));
+    let x64: __m128 = _mm_add_ps(x128, _mm_movehl_ps(x128, x128));
+    let x32: __m128 = _mm_add_ss(x64, _mm_shuffle_ps(x64, x64, 0x55));
+    _mm_cvtss_f32(x32)
+}
+
+#[target_feature(enable = "avx")]
+#[target_feature(enable = "fma")]
+pub(crate) unsafe fn euclid_distance_avx(v1: &[f32], v2: &[f32]) -> f32 {
+    let n = v1.len();
+    let m = n - (n % 32);
+    let mut ptr1: *const f32 = v1.as_ptr();
+    let mut ptr2: *const f32 = v2.as_ptr();
+    let mut sum256_1: __m256 = _mm256_setzero_ps();
+    let mut sum256_2: __m256 = _mm256_setzero_ps();
+    let mut sum256_3: __m256 = _mm256_setzero_ps();
+    let mut sum256_4: __m256 = _mm256_setzero_ps();
+    let mut i: usize = 0;
+    while i < m {
+        let sub256_1: __m256 =
+            _mm256_sub_ps(_mm256_loadu_ps(ptr1.add(0)), _mm256_loadu_ps(ptr2.add(0)));
+        sum256_1 = _mm256_fmadd_ps(sub256_1, sub256_1, sum256_1);
+
+        let sub256_2: __m256 =
+            _mm256_sub_ps(_mm256_loadu_ps(ptr1.add(8)), _mm256_loadu_ps(ptr2.add(8)));
+        sum256_2 = _mm256_fmadd_ps(sub256_2, sub256_2, sum256_2);
+
+        let sub256_3: __m256 =
+            _mm256_sub_ps(_mm256_loadu_ps(ptr1.add(16)), _mm256_loadu_ps(ptr2.add(16)));
+        sum256_3 = _mm256_fmadd_ps(sub256_3, sub256_3, sum256_3);
+
+        let sub256_4: __m256 =
+            _mm256_sub_ps(_mm256_loadu_ps(ptr1.add(24)), _mm256_loadu_ps(ptr2.add(24)));
+        sum256_4 = _mm256_fmadd_ps(sub256_4, sub256_4, sum256_4);
+
+        ptr1 = ptr1.add(32);
+        ptr2 = ptr2.add(32);
+        i += 32;
+    }
+
+    let mut result = hsum256_ps_avx(sum256_1)
+        + hsum256_ps_avx(sum256_2)
+        + hsum256_ps_avx(sum256_3)
+        + hsum256_ps_avx(sum256_4);
+    for i in 0..n - m {
+        result += (*ptr1.add(i) - *ptr2.add(i)).powi(2);
+    }
+    result.abs().sqrt()
+}
diff --git a/distance-metrics/src/simd_neon.rs b/distance-metrics/src/simd_neon.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7211d49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distance-metrics/src/simd_neon.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#[cfg(target_feature = "neon")]
+use std::arch::aarch64::*;
+
+#[cfg(target_feature = "neon")]
+pub(crate) unsafe fn euclid_distance_neon(v1: &[f32], v2: &[f32]) -> f32 {
+    let n = v1.len();
+    let m = n - (n % 16);
+    let mut ptr1: *const f32 = v1.as_ptr();
+    let mut ptr2: *const f32 = v2.as_ptr();
+    let mut sum1 = vdupq_n_f32(0.);
+    let mut sum2 = vdupq_n_f32(0.);
+    let mut sum3 = vdupq_n_f32(0.);
+    let mut sum4 = vdupq_n_f32(0.);
+
+    let mut i: usize = 0;
+    while i < m {
+        let sub1 = vsubq_f32(vld1q_f32(ptr1), vld1q_f32(ptr2));
+        sum1 = vfmaq_f32(sum1, sub1, sub1);
+
+        let sub2 = vsubq_f32(vld1q_f32(ptr1.add(4)), vld1q_f32(ptr2.add(4)));
+        sum2 = vfmaq_f32(sum2, sub2, sub2);
+
+        let sub3 = vsubq_f32(vld1q_f32(ptr1.add(8)), vld1q_f32(ptr2.add(8)));
+        sum3 = vfmaq_f32(sum3, sub3, sub3);
+
+        let sub4 = vsubq_f32(vld1q_f32(ptr1.add(12)), vld1q_f32(ptr2.add(12)));
+        sum4 = vfmaq_f32(sum4, sub4, sub4);
+
+        ptr1 = ptr1.add(16);
+        ptr2 = ptr2.add(16);
+        i += 16;
+    }
+    let mut result = vaddvq_f32(sum1) + vaddvq_f32(sum2) + vaddvq_f32(sum3) + vaddvq_f32(sum4);
+    for i in 0..n - m {
+        result += (*ptr1.add(i) - *ptr2.add(i)).powi(2);
+    }
+    result.abs().sqrt()
+}
diff --git a/distance-metrics/src/simd_sse.rs b/distance-metrics/src/simd_sse.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eebc249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distance-metrics/src/simd_sse.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#[cfg(target_arch = "x86")]
+use std::arch::x86::*;
+#[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+use std::arch::x86_64::*;
+
+#[target_feature(enable = "sse")]
+unsafe fn hsum128_ps_sse(x: __m128) -> f32 {
+    let x64: __m128 = _mm_add_ps(x, _mm_movehl_ps(x, x));
+    let x32: __m128 = _mm_add_ss(x64, _mm_shuffle_ps(x64, x64, 0x55));
+    _mm_cvtss_f32(x32)
+}
+
+#[target_feature(enable = "sse")]
+pub(crate) unsafe fn euclid_distance_sse(v1: &[f32], v2: &[f32]) -> f32 {
+    let n = v1.len();
+    let m = n - (n % 16);
+    let mut ptr1: *const f32 = v1.as_ptr();
+    let mut ptr2: *const f32 = v2.as_ptr();
+    let mut sum128_1: __m128 = _mm_setzero_ps();
+    let mut sum128_2: __m128 = _mm_setzero_ps();
+    let mut sum128_3: __m128 = _mm_setzero_ps();
+    let mut sum128_4: __m128 = _mm_setzero_ps();
+    let mut i: usize = 0;
+    while i < m {
+        let sub128_1 = _mm_sub_ps(_mm_loadu_ps(ptr1), _mm_loadu_ps(ptr2));
+        sum128_1 = _mm_add_ps(_mm_mul_ps(sub128_1, sub128_1), sum128_1);
+
+        let sub128_2 = _mm_sub_ps(_mm_loadu_ps(ptr1.add(4)), _mm_loadu_ps(ptr2.add(4)));
+        sum128_2 = _mm_add_ps(_mm_mul_ps(sub128_2, sub128_2), sum128_2);
+
+        let sub128_3 = _mm_sub_ps(_mm_loadu_ps(ptr1.add(8)), _mm_loadu_ps(ptr2.add(8)));
+        sum128_3 = _mm_add_ps(_mm_mul_ps(sub128_3, sub128_3), sum128_3);
+
+        let sub128_4 = _mm_sub_ps(_mm_loadu_ps(ptr1.add(12)), _mm_loadu_ps(ptr2.add(12)));
+        sum128_4 = _mm_add_ps(_mm_mul_ps(sub128_4, sub128_4), sum128_4);
+
+        ptr1 = ptr1.add(16);
+        ptr2 = ptr2.add(16);
+        i += 16;
+    }
+
+    let mut result = hsum128_ps_sse(sum128_1)
+        + hsum128_ps_sse(sum128_2)
+        + hsum128_ps_sse(sum128_3)
+        + hsum128_ps_sse(sum128_4);
+    for i in 0..n - m {
+        result += (*ptr1.add(i) - *ptr2.add(i)).powi(2);
+    }
+    result.abs().sqrt()
+}
diff --git a/instant-distance-py/Cargo.toml b/instant-distance-py/Cargo.toml
index eafab40..d749518 100644
--- a/instant-distance-py/Cargo.toml
+++ b/instant-distance-py/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
 bincode = "1.3.1"
+distance-metrics = { version = "0.6", path = "../distance-metrics" }
 instant-distance = { version = "0.6", path = "../instant-distance", features = ["with-serde"] }
 pyo3 = { version = "0.18.0", features = ["extension-module"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
-serde-big-array = "0.4.1"
diff --git a/instant-distance-py/src/lib.rs b/instant-distance-py/src/lib.rs
index 223c557..4d98768 100644
--- a/instant-distance-py/src/lib.rs
+++ b/instant-distance-py/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@ use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufReader, BufWriter};
 use std::iter::FromIterator;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
+use distance_metrics::EuclidMetric;
+use distance_metrics::Metric;
 use instant_distance::Point;
 use pyo3::conversion::IntoPy;
-use pyo3::exceptions::{PyTypeError, PyValueError};
+use pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError;
 use pyo3::types::{PyList, PyModule, PyString};
 use pyo3::{pyclass, pymethods, pymodule};
 use pyo3::{Py, PyAny, PyErr, PyObject, PyRef, PyRefMut, PyResult, Python};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use serde_big_array::BigArray;
 
 #[pymodule]
 #[pyo3(name = "instant_distance")]
@@ -62,8 +64,8 @@ struct HnswMap {
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
 enum HnswMapWithMetric {
-    Euclid(instant_distance::HnswMap<FloatArray, MapValue>),
-    Cosine(instant_distance::HnswMap<FloatArray, MapValue>),
+    Euclid(instant_distance::HnswMap<FloatArray<EuclidMetric>, MapValue>),
+    Cosine(instant_distance::HnswMap<FloatArray<EuclidMetric>, MapValue>),
 }
 
 #[pymethods]
@@ -126,9 +128,6 @@ impl HnswMap {
 }
 
 /// An instance of hierarchical navigable small worlds
-///
-/// For now, this is specialized to only support 300-element (32-bit) float vectors
-/// with a squared Euclidean distance metric.
 #[pyclass]
 struct Hnsw {
     inner: HnswWithMetric,
@@ -136,8 +135,8 @@ struct Hnsw {
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
 enum HnswWithMetric {
-    Euclid(instant_distance::Hnsw<FloatArray>),
-    Cosine(instant_distance::Hnsw<FloatArray>),
+    Euclid(instant_distance::Hnsw<FloatArray<EuclidMetric>>),
+    Cosine(instant_distance::Hnsw<FloatArray<EuclidMetric>>),
 }
 
 #[pymethods]
@@ -414,73 +413,42 @@ impl Neighbor {
     }
 }
 
-#[repr(align(32))]
 #[derive(Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
-struct FloatArray(#[serde(with = "BigArray")] [f32; DIMENSIONS]);
+struct FloatArray<M> {
+    array: Vec<f32>,
+    phantom: PhantomData<M>,
+}
 
-impl FloatArray {
+impl<M: Metric> FloatArray<M> {
     fn try_from_pylist(list: &PyList) -> Result<Vec<Self>, PyErr> {
         list.into_iter().map(FloatArray::try_from).collect()
     }
 }
 
-impl TryFrom<&PyAny> for FloatArray {
-    type Error = PyErr;
-
-    fn try_from(value: &PyAny) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        let mut new = FloatArray([0.0; DIMENSIONS]);
-        for (i, val) in value.iter()?.enumerate() {
-            match i >= DIMENSIONS {
-                true => return Err(PyTypeError::new_err("point array too long")),
-                false => new.0[i] = val?.extract::<f32>()?,
-            }
+impl<M: Metric> From<Vec<f32>> for FloatArray<M> {
+    fn from(array: Vec<f32>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            array,
+            phantom: PhantomData,
         }
-        Ok(new)
     }
 }
 
-impl Point for FloatArray {
+impl<M: Metric> TryFrom<&PyAny> for FloatArray<M> {
+    type Error = PyErr;
+
+    fn try_from(value: &PyAny) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let array: Vec<f32> = value
+            .iter()?
+            .map(|val| val.and_then(|v| v.extract::<f32>()))
+            .collect::<Result<_, _>>()?;
+        Ok(Self::from(array))
+    }
+}
+
+impl<M: Metric + Clone + Sync> Point for FloatArray<M> {
     fn distance(&self, rhs: &Self) -> f32 {
-        #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
-        {
-            use std::arch::x86_64::{
-                _mm256_castps256_ps128, _mm256_extractf128_ps, _mm256_fmadd_ps, _mm256_load_ps,
-                _mm256_setzero_ps, _mm256_sub_ps, _mm_add_ps, _mm_add_ss, _mm_cvtss_f32,
-                _mm_fmadd_ps, _mm_load_ps, _mm_movehl_ps, _mm_shuffle_ps, _mm_sub_ps,
-            };
-            debug_assert_eq!(self.0.len() % 8, 4);
-
-            unsafe {
-                let mut acc_8x = _mm256_setzero_ps();
-                for (lh_slice, rh_slice) in self.0.chunks_exact(8).zip(rhs.0.chunks_exact(8)) {
-                    let lh_8x = _mm256_load_ps(lh_slice.as_ptr());
-                    let rh_8x = _mm256_load_ps(rh_slice.as_ptr());
-                    let diff = _mm256_sub_ps(lh_8x, rh_8x);
-                    acc_8x = _mm256_fmadd_ps(diff, diff, acc_8x);
-                }
-
-                let mut acc_4x = _mm256_extractf128_ps(acc_8x, 1); // upper half
-                let right = _mm256_castps256_ps128(acc_8x); // lower half
-                acc_4x = _mm_add_ps(acc_4x, right); // sum halves
-
-                let lh_4x = _mm_load_ps(self.0[DIMENSIONS - 4..].as_ptr());
-                let rh_4x = _mm_load_ps(rhs.0[DIMENSIONS - 4..].as_ptr());
-                let diff = _mm_sub_ps(lh_4x, rh_4x);
-                acc_4x = _mm_fmadd_ps(diff, diff, acc_4x);
-
-                let lower = _mm_movehl_ps(acc_4x, acc_4x);
-                acc_4x = _mm_add_ps(acc_4x, lower);
-                let upper = _mm_shuffle_ps(acc_4x, acc_4x, 0x1);
-                acc_4x = _mm_add_ss(acc_4x, upper);
-                _mm_cvtss_f32(acc_4x)
-            }
-        }
-        #[cfg(not(target_arch = "x86_64"))]
-        self.0
-            .iter()
-            .zip(rhs.0.iter())
-            .map(|(&a, &b)| (a - b).powi(2))
-            .sum::<f32>()
+        M::distance(&self.array, &rhs.array)
     }
 }
 
@@ -504,5 +472,3 @@ impl IntoPy<Py<PyAny>> for &'_ MapValue {
         }
     }
 }
-
-const DIMENSIONS: usize = 300;