diff --git a/bytes.go b/bytes.go
index 6fe5734..6bfd3ea 100644
--- a/bytes.go
+++ b/bytes.go
@@ -6,16 +6,60 @@ package utils
 
 // ToLowerBytes converts ascii slice to lower-case
 func ToLowerBytes(b []byte) []byte {
-	for i := range b {
-		b[i] = toLowerTable[b[i]]
+	table := toLowerTable
+	n := len(b)
+	i := 0
+
+	// Unroll by 4 to balance instruction-level parallelism with cache pressure.
+	limit := n &^ 3
+	for i < limit {
+		b0 := b[i+0]
+		b1 := b[i+1]
+		b2 := b[i+2]
+		b3 := b[i+3]
+
+		b[i+0] = table[b0]
+		b[i+1] = table[b1]
+		b[i+2] = table[b2]
+		b[i+3] = table[b3]
+
+		i += 4
 	}
+
+	for i < n {
+		b[i] = table[b[i]]
+		i++
+	}
+
 	return b
 }
 
 // ToUpperBytes converts ascii slice to upper-case
 func ToUpperBytes(b []byte) []byte {
-	for i := range b {
-		b[i] = toUpperTable[b[i]]
+	table := toUpperTable
+	n := len(b)
+	i := 0
+
+	// Unroll by 4 to match ToLowerBytes and maximize throughput on amd64.
+	limit := n &^ 3
+	for i < limit {
+		b0 := b[i+0]
+		b1 := b[i+1]
+		b2 := b[i+2]
+		b3 := b[i+3]
+
+		b[i+0] = table[b0]
+		b[i+1] = table[b1]
+		b[i+2] = table[b2]
+		b[i+3] = table[b3]
+
+		i += 4
 	}
+
+	for i < n {
+		b[i] = table[b[i]]
+		i++
+	}
+
 	return b
 }
diff --git a/byteseq.go b/byteseq.go
index f0f4ce9..6a0b26a 100644
--- a/byteseq.go
+++ b/byteseq.go
@@ -9,10 +9,46 @@ func EqualFold[S byteSeq](b, s S) bool {
 	if len(b) != len(s) {
 		return false
 	}
-	for i := len(b) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-		if toUpperTable[b[i]] != toUpperTable[s[i]] {
+
+	table := toUpperTable
+	n := len(b)
+	i := 0
+
+	// Unroll by 4 to match other hot paths and drive instruction-level parallelism.
+	limit := n &^ 3
+	for i < limit {
+		b0 := b[i+0]
+		s0 := s[i+0]
+		if table[b0] != table[s0] {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		b1 := b[i+1]
+		s1 := s[i+1]
+		if table[b1] != table[s1] {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		b2 := b[i+2]
+		s2 := s[i+2]
+		if table[b2] != table[s2] {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		b3 := b[i+3]
+		s3 := s[i+3]
+		if table[b3] != table[s3] {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		i += 4
+	}
+
+	for i < n {
+		if table[b[i]] != table[s[i]] {
 			return false
 		}
+		i++
 	}
 	return true
 }
diff --git a/ips.go b/ips.go
index 3776956..38fe3be 100644
--- a/ips.go
+++ b/ips.go
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ import (
 // IsIPv4 works the same way as net.ParseIP,
 // but without check for IPv6 case and without returning net.IP slice, whereby IsIPv4 makes no allocations.
 func IsIPv4(s string) bool {
-	//nolint:modernize-loop // old way is more readable
-	for i := 0; i < net.IPv4len; i++ {
+	for i := range net.IPv4len {
 		if len(s) == 0 {
 			return false
 		}
diff --git a/ips_test.go b/ips_test.go
index e8aef2d..2808e0b 100644
--- a/ips_test.go
+++ b/ips_test.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func Test_IPWhitespace(t *testing.T) {
 	require.False(t, IsIPv6("::1 "))
 }
 
-// go test -v -run=^$ -bench=UnsafeString -benchmem -count=2
+// go test -v -run=^$ -bench=Benchmark_IsIPv4 -benchmem -count=6
 func Benchmark_IsIPv4(b *testing.B) {
 	ip := "174.23.33.100"
 	var res bool
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func Benchmark_IsIPv4(b *testing.B) {
 	})
 }
 
-// go test -v -run=^$ -bench=UnsafeString -benchmem -count=2
+// go test -v -run=^$ -bench=Benchmark_IsIPv6 -benchmem -count=6
 func Benchmark_IsIPv6(b *testing.B) {
 	ip := "9396:9549:b4f7:8ed0:4791:1330:8c06:e62d"
 	var res bool