diff --git a/stdlib/src/utils/write.mojo b/stdlib/src/utils/write.mojo
index e6b7814f73..b1ab1fda8a 100644
--- a/stdlib/src/utils/write.mojo
+++ b/stdlib/src/utils/write.mojo
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
 # ===----------------------------------------------------------------------=== #
 """Establishes the contract between `Writer` and `Writable` types."""
 
+from bit import byte_swap
 from collections import InlineArray
 from sys.info import is_gpu
 
-from memory import UnsafePointer, memcpy, Span
+from memory import UnsafePointer, memcpy, Span, bitcast
 
 from utils import StaticString
 
@@ -389,41 +390,27 @@ fn write_buffered[
 # ===-----------------------------------------------------------------------===#
 
 
-@always_inline
-fn _hex_digit_to_hex_char(b: Byte) -> Byte:
-    alias values = SIMD[DType.uint8, 16](
-        Byte(ord("0")),
-        Byte(ord("1")),
-        Byte(ord("2")),
-        Byte(ord("3")),
-        Byte(ord("4")),
-        Byte(ord("5")),
-        Byte(ord("6")),
-        Byte(ord("7")),
-        Byte(ord("8")),
-        Byte(ord("9")),
-        Byte(ord("a")),
-        Byte(ord("b")),
-        Byte(ord("c")),
-        Byte(ord("d")),
-        Byte(ord("e")),
-        Byte(ord("f")),
-    )
-    return values[int(b)]
+# fmt: off
+alias _hex_table = SIMD[DType.uint8, 16](
+    ord("0"), ord("1"), ord("2"), ord("3"), ord("4"), ord("5"), ord("6"),
+    ord("7"), ord("8"), ord("9"), ord("a"), ord("b"), ord("c"), ord("d"),
+    ord("e"), ord("f"),
+)
+# fmt: on
 
 
 @always_inline
-fn _hex_digits_to_hex_chars(b: SIMD[DType.uint8, _]) -> __type_of(b):
-    alias `0` = Byte(ord("0"))
-    alias `9` = Byte(ord("9"))
-    alias `a` = Byte(ord("a"))
-    alias I8 = DType.int8
-    alias U8 = DType.uint8
-    return (
-        `0`
-        + b
-        + (((b <= 9).cast[I8]() - 1) & (`a` - `9` - 1).cast[I8]()).cast[U8]()
-    )
+fn _hex_digits_to_hex_chars(x: Scalar, ptr: UnsafePointer[Byte]):
+    alias size = x.type.sizeof()
+    var data: SIMD[DType.uint8, size]
+
+    @parameter
+    if size == 1:
+        data = bitcast[DType.uint8, size](x)
+    else:
+        data = bitcast[DType.uint8, size](byte_swap(x))
+    var nibbles = (data >> 4).interleave(data & 0xF)
+    ptr.store(_hex_table._dynamic_shuffle(nibbles))
 
 
 @always_inline
@@ -465,16 +452,10 @@ fn _write_hex[amnt_hex_bytes: Int](p: UnsafePointer[Byte], decimal: Int):
     @parameter
     if amnt_hex_bytes == 2:
         (p + 1).init_pointee_move(`x`)
+        _hex_digits_to_hex_chars(Scalar[DType.uint8](decimal), p + 2)
     elif amnt_hex_bytes == 4:
         (p + 1).init_pointee_move(`u`)
+        _hex_digits_to_hex_chars(Scalar[DType.uint16](decimal), p + 2)
     else:
         (p + 1).init_pointee_move(`U`)
-
-    var idx = 0
-
-    @parameter
-    for i in reversed(range(amnt_hex_bytes)):
-        (p + 2 + idx).init_pointee_move(
-            _hex_digit_to_hex_char((decimal // (16**i)) % 16)
-        )
-        idx += 1
+        _hex_digits_to_hex_chars(Scalar[DType.uint32](decimal), p + 2)
diff --git a/stdlib/test/utils/test_write.mojo b/stdlib/test/utils/test_write.mojo
index 790ad6382b..3703599ba5 100644
--- a/stdlib/test/utils/test_write.mojo
+++ b/stdlib/test/utils/test_write.mojo
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ from utils.write import (
     Writable,
     Writer,
     _write_hex,
-    _hex_digit_to_hex_char,
     _hex_digits_to_hex_chars,
 )
 from utils.inline_string import _FixedString
@@ -100,30 +99,6 @@ def test_write_int_padded():
 
 
 def test_write_hex():
-    values = List[Byte](
-        ord("0"),
-        ord("1"),
-        ord("2"),
-        ord("3"),
-        ord("4"),
-        ord("5"),
-        ord("6"),
-        ord("7"),
-        ord("8"),
-        ord("9"),
-        ord("a"),
-        ord("b"),
-        ord("c"),
-        ord("d"),
-        ord("e"),
-        ord("f"),
-    )
-    idx = 0
-    for value in values:
-        assert_equal(_hex_digit_to_hex_char(idx), value[])
-        assert_equal(_hex_digits_to_hex_chars(Byte(idx)), value[])
-        idx += 1
-
     items = List[Byte](0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
     alias S = StringSlice[__origin_of(items)]
     ptr = items.unsafe_ptr()