diff --git a/bench/basic.rs b/bench/basic.rs
index 2035593..546e911 100644
--- a/bench/basic.rs
+++ b/bench/basic.rs
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ fn main() {
             IndexType::Flurry => {
                 let mut test_bench = TestBench {
                     index: flurry::HashMap::new(),
-                    initial_cnt: 50_000_000,
+                    initial_cnt: 100_000_000,
                 };
                 let result = shumai::run(&mut test_bench, c, repeat);
                 result.write_json().unwrap();
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ fn main() {
             IndexType::ART => {
                 let mut test_bench = TestBench {
                     index: Art::default(),
-                    initial_cnt: 50_000_000,
+                    initial_cnt: 100_000_000,
                 };
                 let result = shumai::run(&mut test_bench, c, repeat);
                 result.write_json().unwrap();
diff --git a/src/base_node.rs b/src/base_node.rs
index d36511f..3a3889b 100644
--- a/src/base_node.rs
+++ b/src/base_node.rs
@@ -261,7 +261,11 @@ impl BaseNode {
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn prefix(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        self.meta.prefix[..self.meta.prefix_cnt as usize].as_ref()
+        unsafe {
+            self.meta
+                .prefix
+                .get_unchecked(..self.meta.prefix_cnt as usize)
+        }
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn insert_grow<CurT: Node, BiggerT: Node, A: Allocator + Send + Clone + 'static>(
diff --git a/src/node_16.rs b/src/node_16.rs
index 8c7c23b..8c79ff4 100644
--- a/src/node_16.rs
+++ b/src/node_16.rs
@@ -64,41 +64,20 @@ impl Node16 {
     }
 
     fn get_child_pos(&self, key: u8) -> Option<usize> {
-        #[cfg(all(target_feature = "sse2", not(miri)))]
-        unsafe {
-            self.get_child_pos_sse2(key)
-        }
-
-        #[cfg(any(not(target_feature = "sse2"), miri))]
-        self.get_child_pos_linear(key)
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(any(not(target_feature = "sse2"), miri))]
-    fn get_child_pos_linear(&self, key: u8) -> Option<usize> {
-        for i in 0..self.base.meta.count {
-            if self.keys[i as usize] == Self::flip_sign(key) {
-                return Some(i as usize);
+        // TODO: xiangpeng check this code is being auto-vectorized
+        let target = Self::flip_sign(key);
+        for (i, k) in self
+            .keys
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .take(self.base.meta.count as usize)
+        {
+            if *k == target {
+                return Some(i);
             }
         }
         None
     }
-
-    #[cfg(target_feature = "sse2")]
-    unsafe fn get_child_pos_sse2(&self, key: u8) -> Option<usize> {
-        use std::arch::x86_64::{
-            __m128i, _mm_cmpeq_epi8, _mm_loadu_si128, _mm_movemask_epi8, _mm_set1_epi8,
-        };
-        let cmp = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(
-            _mm_set1_epi8(Self::flip_sign(key) as i8),
-            _mm_loadu_si128(&self.keys as *const [u8; 16] as *const __m128i),
-        );
-        let bit_field = _mm_movemask_epi8(cmp) & ((1 << self.base.meta.count) - 1);
-        if bit_field > 0 {
-            Some(Self::ctz(bit_field as u16) as usize)
-        } else {
-            None
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 pub(crate) struct Node16Iter<'a> {
@@ -223,8 +202,8 @@ impl Node for Node16 {
 
     fn get_child(&self, key: u8) -> Option<NodePtr> {
         let pos = self.get_child_pos(key)?;
-        let child = self.children[pos];
-        Some(child)
+        let child = unsafe { self.children.get_unchecked(pos) };
+        Some(*child)
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature = "db_extension")]
diff --git a/src/node_256.rs b/src/node_256.rs
index ec97f41..47720e5 100644
--- a/src/node_256.rs
+++ b/src/node_256.rs
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ impl Node256 {
     fn get_mask(&self, key: usize) -> bool {
         let idx = key / 8;
         let bit = key % 8;
-        let key_mask = self.key_mask[idx];
-        key_mask & (1 << bit) != 0
+        let key_mask = unsafe { self.key_mask.get_unchecked(idx) };
+        *key_mask & (1 << bit) != 0
     }
 }
 
@@ -118,18 +118,8 @@ impl Node for Node256 {
 
     fn get_child(&self, key: u8) -> Option<NodePtr> {
         if self.get_mask(key as usize) {
-            let child = self.children[key as usize];
-
-            #[cfg(all(target_feature = "sse2", not(miri)))]
-            {
-                let ptr = child.as_ptr();
-                use core::arch::x86_64::{_mm_prefetch, _MM_HINT_T0};
-                unsafe {
-                    _mm_prefetch(ptr as *const i8, _MM_HINT_T0);
-                }
-            }
-
-            Some(child)
+            let child = unsafe { self.children.get_unchecked(key as usize) };
+            Some(*child)
         } else {
             None
         }
diff --git a/src/node_4.rs b/src/node_4.rs
index b976417..e9c378d 100644
--- a/src/node_4.rs
+++ b/src/node_4.rs
@@ -138,10 +138,14 @@ impl Node for Node4 {
     }
 
     fn get_child(&self, key: u8) -> Option<NodePtr> {
-        for i in 0..self.base.meta.count {
-            if self.keys[i as usize] == key {
-                let child = self.children[i as usize];
-                return Some(child);
+        for (k, c) in self
+            .keys
+            .iter()
+            .zip(self.children.iter())
+            .take(self.base.meta.count as usize)
+        {
+            if *k == key {
+                return Some(*c);
             }
         }
         None
diff --git a/src/node_48.rs b/src/node_48.rs
index c10f27f..8820901 100644
--- a/src/node_48.rs
+++ b/src/node_48.rs
@@ -115,21 +115,12 @@ impl Node for Node48 {
     }
 
     fn get_child(&self, key: u8) -> Option<NodePtr> {
-        if self.child_idx[key as usize] == EMPTY_MARKER {
+        let pos = unsafe { self.child_idx.get_unchecked(key as usize) };
+        if *pos == EMPTY_MARKER {
             None
         } else {
-            let child = self.children[self.child_idx[key as usize] as usize];
-
-            #[cfg(all(target_feature = "sse2", not(miri)))]
-            {
-                let ptr = child.as_ptr();
-                use core::arch::x86_64::{_mm_prefetch, _MM_HINT_T0};
-                unsafe {
-                    _mm_prefetch(ptr as *const i8, _MM_HINT_T0);
-                }
-            }
-
-            Some(child)
+            let child = unsafe { self.children.get_unchecked(*pos as usize) };
+            Some(*child)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/tree.rs b/src/tree.rs
index c033b71..ecfe1bc 100644
--- a/src/tree.rs
+++ b/src/tree.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ impl<T: RawKey, A: Allocator + Clone + Send> RawTree<T, A> {
                     return None;
                 }
 
-                let child_node = node.as_ref().get_child(key.as_bytes()[level as usize]);
+                let child_node = node
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .get_child(unsafe { *key.as_bytes().get_unchecked(level as usize) });
                 if node.check_version().is_err() {
                     continue 'outer;
                 }