diff --git a/accel/llvm/ops_llvm.py b/accel/llvm/ops_llvm.py
index 2e97cecbb0..22c36f5395 100644
--- a/accel/llvm/ops_llvm.py
+++ b/accel/llvm/ops_llvm.py
@@ -91,6 +91,29 @@ class LLVM:
 
   # looks like we have two options, either use clang or handle vectorization in tinygrad
   # for the sake of the GPU, we should probably do in tinygrad
+
+  # ARM NEON is 128b wide, aka <4 x float> (similar to most GPUs)
+  # Firestorm (big M1 core) can do up to 4 ops per cycle @ 3.2 GHz = 3.2*4*4*2 = 102.4 GFLOPS (fma)
+
+  # There's also AMX https://github.com/corsix/amx/blob/main/README.md
+  # It seems like torch CPU must be using this? I'm seeing ~150 GFLOPS with convs
+  # Calling nnp_s4gemm_only_3x3__neon and nnp_owt8x8_3x3_with_bias__neon which don't seem like AMX
+  # Could this be a winograd conv?
+
+  # 2048x2048 matmul in 9.88 ms (17.18 GOPS) = 1739 GFLOPS (so much! this has to be the AMX)
+  # calling libBLAS.dylib`SGEMM
+  #  0x1c3ac5070: 0x0020100d   .long  0x0020100d                ; AMX instruction 0 = ldx
+  #  0x1c3ac5074: 0x0020102b   .long  0x0020102b                ; AMX instruction 1 = ldy (presumed typo in ldst.md)
+  #  0x1c3ac5078: 0x0020119f   .long  0x0020119f                ; AMX instruction 12 = fma32
+  #  0x1c3ac507c: 0x0020118e   .long  0x0020118e                ; AMX instruction 12 = fma32
+  #  0x1c3ac5080: 0x9144410f   add    x15, x8, #0x110, lsl #12  ; =0x110000
+  #  0x1c3ac5084: 0x00201188   .long  0x00201188                ; AMX instruction 12 = fma32
+  #  0x1c3ac5088: 0x0020118f   .long  0x0020118f                ; AMX instruction 12 = fma32
+  #  0x1c3ac508c: 0x8b0a016b   add    x11, x11, x10
+  #  0x1c3ac5090: 0x8b0c01ad   add    x13, x13, x12
+  #  0x1c3ac5094: 0xf1000529   subs   x9, x9, #0x1
+  #  0x1c3ac5098: 0x54fffec1   b.ne   0x1c3ac5070               ; <+140>
+
   def __init__(self):
     if LLVM.engine is not None:
       return
diff --git a/test/test_speed_v_torch.py b/test/test_speed_v_torch.py
index 641b127917..96f9d29e89 100644
--- a/test/test_speed_v_torch.py
+++ b/test/test_speed_v_torch.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import unittest
 import torch
+torch.set_num_threads(1)
 import time
 import numpy as np
 from tinygrad.tensor import Tensor
@@ -9,7 +10,43 @@ from tinygrad.nn import Conv2d
 IN_CHANS = [int(x) for x in os.getenv("IN_CHANS", "1,16,64").split(",")]
 
 CNT = 5
-class TestSpeedVTorch(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestSpeed(unittest.TestCase):
+  def test_gemm(self):
+    N = 2048
+    torch.manual_seed(0)
+    torch_a = torch.rand(N, N)
+    torch_b = torch.rand(N, N)
+    tiny_a = Tensor(torch_a.cpu().numpy())
+    tiny_b = Tensor(torch_b.cpu().numpy())
+
+    ets_torch = []
+    for _ in range(CNT):
+      torch_a += 1
+      st = time.monotonic()
+      while 1:
+        torch_c = torch_a @ torch_b
+      et_torch = (time.monotonic() - st) * 1000
+      ets_torch.append(et_torch)
+
+    ets_tinygrad = []
+    for _ in range(CNT):
+      tiny_a += 1
+      tiny_a.realize()
+      st = time.monotonic()
+      tiny_c = tiny_a @ tiny_b
+      tiny_c.realize()
+      et_tinygrad = (time.monotonic() - st) * 1000
+      ets_tinygrad.append(et_tinygrad)
+
+    val_torch = torch_c.numpy().sum()
+    val_tinygrad = tiny_c.numpy().sum()
+
+    et_torch = np.median(ets_torch)
+    et_tinygrad = np.median(ets_tinygrad)
+    print(f"{N}x{N} {et_torch:7.2f} ms in torch, {et_tinygrad:7.2f} ms in tinygrad, {et_tinygrad/et_torch:7.2f}x slower", val_torch, val_tinygrad)
+    relative_error = abs((val_tinygrad-val_torch)/val_torch)
+    assert relative_error < 0.01
+
   def test_conv2d(self):
     torch.manual_seed(0)
     for bs in [32]: