diff --git a/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml-cuda.cu
index 2db50437..bd3814c7 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -523,6 +523,8 @@ static_assert(sizeof(block_iq2_xs) == sizeof(ggml_fp16_t) + QK_K/8*sizeof(uint16
 #define CUDA_ACC_BLOCK_SIZE 256
 #define CUDA_IM2COL_BLOCK_SIZE 256
 
+#define CUDA_Q8_0_NE_ALIGN 2048
+
 // dmmv = dequantize_mul_mat_vec
 #ifndef GGML_CUDA_DMMV_X
 #define GGML_CUDA_DMMV_X 32
@@ -2327,6 +2329,45 @@ static __global__ void convert_unary(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t * __res
     y[i] = x[i];
 }
 
+template <bool need_check>
+static __global__ void dequantize_block_q8_0_f16(const void * __restrict__ vx, half * __restrict__ y, const int k) {
+#if __CUDA_ARCH__ >= CC_PASCAL
+    constexpr int nint = CUDA_Q8_0_NE_ALIGN/sizeof(int) + WARP_SIZE;
+
+    const int   i0 = CUDA_Q8_0_NE_ALIGN*blockIdx.x;
+    const int * x0 = ((int *) vx) + blockIdx.x * nint;
+    half2 * y2 = (half2 *) (y + i0);
+
+    __shared__ int vals[nint];
+
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int ix0 = 0; ix0 < nint; ix0 += WARP_SIZE) {
+        if (need_check && i0*sizeof(block_q8_0)/QK8_0 + sizeof(int)*(ix0 + threadIdx.x) >= k*sizeof(block_q8_0)/QK8_0) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        const int ix = ix0 + threadIdx.x;
+        vals[ix] = x0[ix];
+    }
+
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int iy = 0; iy < CUDA_Q8_0_NE_ALIGN; iy += 2*WARP_SIZE) {
+        if (need_check && i0 + iy + 2*threadIdx.x >= k) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const half * b0 = ((const half  *) vals) + (sizeof(block_q8_0)/sizeof(half)) * ((iy + 2*threadIdx.x)/QK8_0);
+        const half    d = *b0;
+        const char2  qs = ((const char2 *) (b0 + 1))[threadIdx.x % (QK8_0/2)];
+
+        y2[iy/2 + threadIdx.x] = __hmul2(make_half2(qs.x, qs.y), __half2half2(d));
+    }
+#else
+    (void) vx; (void) y; (void) k;
+    bad_arch();
+#endif // __CUDA_ARCH__ >= CC_PASCAL
+}
+
 // VDR = vec dot ratio, how many contiguous integers each thread processes when the vec dot kernel is called
 // MMVQ = mul_mat_vec_q, MMQ = mul_mat_q
 
@@ -6181,6 +6222,17 @@ static void dequantize_block_cuda(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t * __restri
     dequantize_block<qk, qr, dequantize_kernel><<<num_blocks, CUDA_DEQUANTIZE_BLOCK_SIZE, 0, stream>>>(vx, y, k);
 }
 
+static void dequantize_block_q8_0_f16_cuda(const void * __restrict__ vx, half * __restrict__ y, const int k, cudaStream_t stream) {
+    const int num_blocks = (k + CUDA_Q8_0_NE_ALIGN - 1) / CUDA_Q8_0_NE_ALIGN;
+    if (k % CUDA_Q8_0_NE_ALIGN == 0) {
+        const bool need_check = false;
+        dequantize_block_q8_0_f16<need_check><<<num_blocks, WARP_SIZE, 0, stream>>>(vx, y, k);
+    } else {
+        const bool need_check = true;
+        dequantize_block_q8_0_f16<need_check><<<num_blocks, WARP_SIZE, 0, stream>>>(vx, y, k);
+    }
+}
+
 template<typename dst_t>
 static void dequantize_row_q2_K_cuda(const void * vx, dst_t * y, const int k, cudaStream_t stream) {
     const int nb = k / QK_K;
@@ -6246,6 +6298,7 @@ static void convert_unary_cuda(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t * __restrict_
 }
 
 static to_fp16_cuda_t ggml_get_to_fp16_cuda(ggml_type type) {
+    int id;
     switch (type) {
         case GGML_TYPE_Q4_0:
             return dequantize_block_cuda<QK4_0, QR4_0, dequantize_q4_0>;
@@ -6256,6 +6309,10 @@ static to_fp16_cuda_t ggml_get_to_fp16_cuda(ggml_type type) {
         case GGML_TYPE_Q5_1:
             return dequantize_block_cuda<QK5_1, QR5_1, dequantize_q5_1>;
         case GGML_TYPE_Q8_0:
+            CUDA_CHECK(cudaGetDevice(&id));
+            if (g_device_caps[id].cc >= CC_PASCAL) {
+                return dequantize_block_q8_0_f16_cuda;
+            }
             return dequantize_block_cuda<QK8_0, QR8_0, dequantize_q8_0>;
         case GGML_TYPE_Q2_K:
             return dequantize_row_q2_K_cuda;