diff --git a/stdlib/src/builtin/int.mojo b/stdlib/src/builtin/int.mojo
index 725ba3fd21..5ff333364c 100644
--- a/stdlib/src/builtin/int.mojo
+++ b/stdlib/src/builtin/int.mojo
@@ -1245,23 +1245,8 @@ struct Int(
         Returns:
             The byte array.
         """
-        alias type_len = D.sizeof()
         var value = Scalar[D](self)
-
-        @parameter
-        if is_big_endian() and not big_endian:
-            value = byte_swap(value)
-        elif not is_big_endian() and big_endian:
-            value = byte_swap(value)
-
-        var ptr = UnsafePointer.address_of(value)
-        var list = List[Byte](capacity=type_len)
-
-        # TODO: Maybe this can be a List.extend(ptr, count) method
-        memcpy(list.unsafe_ptr(), ptr.bitcast[Byte](), type_len)
-        list.size = type_len
-
-        return list^
+        return value.as_bytes[big_endian]()
 
     @always_inline("nodebug")
     fn __mlir_index__(self) -> __mlir_type.index:
diff --git a/stdlib/src/builtin/simd.mojo b/stdlib/src/builtin/simd.mojo
index fd26adfff9..279b841f72 100644
--- a/stdlib/src/builtin/simd.mojo
+++ b/stdlib/src/builtin/simd.mojo
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ from builtin.dtype import _uint_type_of_width
 from builtin.format_int import _try_write_int
 from builtin.io import _snprintf
 from documentation import doc_private
-from memory import UnsafePointer, bitcast, Span
+from memory import UnsafePointer, bitcast, memcpy, Span
 
 from utils import IndexList, StaticTuple
 from utils._visualizers import lldb_formatter_wrapping_type
@@ -1910,6 +1910,33 @@ struct SIMD[type: DType, size: Int](
             value = byte_swap(value)
         return value
 
+    fn as_bytes[big_endian: Bool = False](self) -> List[Byte]:
+        """Convert the integer to a byte array.
+
+        Parameters:
+            big_endian: Whether the byte array should be big-endian.
+
+        Returns:
+            The byte array.
+        """
+        alias type_len = type.sizeof()
+        var value = self
+
+        @parameter
+        if is_big_endian() and not big_endian:
+            value = byte_swap(value)
+        elif not is_big_endian() and big_endian:
+            value = byte_swap(value)
+
+        var ptr = UnsafePointer.address_of(value)
+        var list = List[Byte](capacity=type_len)
+
+        # TODO: Maybe this can be a List.extend(ptr, count) method
+        memcpy(list.unsafe_ptr(), ptr.bitcast[Byte](), type_len)
+        list.size = type_len
+
+        return list^
+
     fn _floor_ceil_trunc_impl[intrinsic: StringLiteral](self) -> Self:
         constrained[
             intrinsic == "llvm.floor"