diff --git a/src/libraries/Common/src/System/HexConverter.cs b/src/libraries/Common/src/System/HexConverter.cs
index 7f244771ca31a6..7932b0917dae32 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Common/src/System/HexConverter.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/Common/src/System/HexConverter.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 #nullable disable
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+#if SYSTEM_PRIVATE_CORELIB
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Runtime.Intrinsics;
+using System.Runtime.Intrinsics.X86;
+using Internal.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+#endif
 
 namespace System
 {
@@ -84,11 +90,75 @@ public static void ToCharsBuffer(byte value, Span<char> buffer, int startingInde
             buffer[startingIndex] = (char)(packedResult >> 8);
         }
 
+#if SYSTEM_PRIVATE_CORELIB
+        private static void EncodeToUtf16_Ssse3(ReadOnlySpan<byte> bytes, Span<char> chars, Casing casing)
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(bytes.Length >= 4);
+            nint pos = 0;
+
+            Vector128<byte> shuffleMask = Vector128.Create(
+                0xFF, 0xFF, 0, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 1, 0xFF,
+                0xFF, 0xFF, 2, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 3, 0xFF);
+
+            Vector128<byte> asciiTable = (casing == Casing.Upper) ?
+                Vector128.Create((byte)'0', (byte)'1', (byte)'2', (byte)'3',
+                                 (byte)'4', (byte)'5', (byte)'6', (byte)'7',
+                                 (byte)'8', (byte)'9', (byte)'A', (byte)'B',
+                                 (byte)'C', (byte)'D', (byte)'E', (byte)'F') :
+                Vector128.Create((byte)'0', (byte)'1', (byte)'2', (byte)'3',
+                                 (byte)'4', (byte)'5', (byte)'6', (byte)'7',
+                                 (byte)'8', (byte)'9', (byte)'a', (byte)'b',
+                                 (byte)'c', (byte)'d', (byte)'e', (byte)'f');
+
+            do
+            {
+                // Read 32bits from "bytes" span at "pos" offset
+                uint block = Unsafe.ReadUnaligned<uint>(
+                    ref Unsafe.Add(ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(bytes), pos));
+
+                // Calculate nibbles
+                Vector128<byte> lowNibbles = Ssse3.Shuffle(
+                    Vector128.CreateScalarUnsafe(block).AsByte(), shuffleMask);
+                Vector128<byte> highNibbles = Sse2.ShiftRightLogical(
+                    Sse2.ShiftRightLogical128BitLane(lowNibbles, 2).AsInt32(), 4).AsByte();
+
+                // Lookup the hex values at the positions of the indices
+                Vector128<byte> indices = Sse2.And(
+                    Sse2.Or(lowNibbles, highNibbles), Vector128.Create((byte)0xF));
+                Vector128<byte> hex = Ssse3.Shuffle(asciiTable, indices);
+
+                // The high bytes (0x00) of the chars have also been converted
+                // to ascii hex '0', so clear them out.
+                hex = Sse2.And(hex, Vector128.Create((ushort)0xFF).AsByte());
+
+                // Save to "chars" at pos*2 offset
+                Unsafe.WriteUnaligned(
+                    ref Unsafe.As<char, byte>(
+                        ref Unsafe.Add(ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(chars), pos * 2)), hex);
+
+                pos += 4;
+            } while (pos < bytes.Length - 3);
+
+            // Process trailing elements (bytes.Length % 4)
+            for (; pos < bytes.Length; pos++)
+            {
+                ToCharsBuffer(Unsafe.Add(ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(bytes), pos), chars, (int)pos * 2, casing);
+            }
+        }
+#endif
+
         public static void EncodeToUtf16(ReadOnlySpan<byte> bytes, Span<char> chars, Casing casing = Casing.Upper)
         {
             Debug.Assert(chars.Length >= bytes.Length * 2);
 
-            for (int pos = 0; pos < bytes.Length; ++pos)
+#if SYSTEM_PRIVATE_CORELIB
+            if (Ssse3.IsSupported && bytes.Length >= 4)
+            {
+                EncodeToUtf16_Ssse3(bytes, chars, casing);
+                return;
+            }
+#endif
+            for (int pos = 0; pos < bytes.Length; pos++)
             {
                 ToCharsBuffer(bytes[pos], chars, pos * 2, casing);
             }
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Runtime.Extensions/tests/System/Convert.ToHexString.cs b/src/libraries/System.Runtime.Extensions/tests/System/Convert.ToHexString.cs
index aea831ffc40634..3b0986a46e4149 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Runtime.Extensions/tests/System/Convert.ToHexString.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Runtime.Extensions/tests/System/Convert.ToHexString.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-using System.Text;
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
 using Xunit;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace System.Tests
 { 
@@ -62,5 +66,45 @@ public static unsafe void InputTooLarge()
         {
             AssertExtensions.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>("bytes", () => Convert.ToHexString(new ReadOnlySpan<byte>((void*)0, Int32.MaxValue)));
         }
+
+        public static IEnumerable<object[]> ToHexStringTestData()
+        {
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[0], "" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0x00 }, "00" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0x01 }, "01" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0xFF }, "FF" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0x00, 0x00 }, "0000" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0xAB, 0xCD }, "ABCD" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0xFF, 0xFF }, "FFFF" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, "000000" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03 }, "010203" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF }, "FFFFFF" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, "00000000" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0xAB, 0xCD, 0xEF, 0x12 }, "ABCDEF12" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF }, "FFFFFFFF" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, "0000000000" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0xAB, 0xCD, 0xEF, 0x12, 0x34 }, "ABCDEF1234" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF }, "FFFFFFFFFF" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, "000000000000" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0xAB, 0xCD, 0xEF, 0x12, 0x34, 0x56 }, "ABCDEF123456" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF }, "FFFFFFFFFFFF" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, "00000000000000" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0xAB, 0xCD, 0xEF, 0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78 }, "ABCDEF12345678" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF }, "FFFFFFFFFFFFFF" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, "0000000000000000" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0xAB, 0xCD, 0xEF, 0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78, 0x90 }, "ABCDEF1234567890" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF }, "FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, "000000000000000000" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09 }, "010203040506070809" };
+            yield return new object[] { new byte[] { 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF }, "FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF" };
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [MemberData(nameof(ToHexStringTestData))]
+        public static unsafe void ToHexString(byte[] input, string expected)
+        {
+            string actual = Convert.ToHexString(input);
+            Assert.Equal(expected, actual);
+        }
     }
 }