diff --git a/gpt4all-backend/llmodel.cpp b/gpt4all-backend/llmodel.cpp
index bd466921..07c56a34 100644
--- a/gpt4all-backend/llmodel.cpp
+++ b/gpt4all-backend/llmodel.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,24 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <filesystem>
 
+
+
+static
+bool requires_avxonly() {
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+    #ifndef _MSC_VER
+        return !__builtin_cpu_supports("avx2");
+    #else
+        int cpuInfo[4];
+        __cpuidex(cpuInfo, 7, 0);
+        return !(cpuInfo[1] & (1 << 5));
+    #endif
+#else
+    return false; // Don't know how to handle non-x86_64
+#endif
+}
+
+
 static Dlhandle *get_implementation(std::ifstream& f, const std::string& buildVariant) {
     // Collect all model implementation libraries
     // NOTE: allocated on heap so we leak intentionally on exit so we have a chance to clean up the
@@ -56,14 +74,6 @@ static Dlhandle *get_implementation(std::ifstream& f, const std::string& buildVa
     return nullptr;
 }
 
-static bool requires_avxonly() {
-#ifdef __x86_64__
-    return !__builtin_cpu_supports("avx2") && !__builtin_cpu_supports("fma");
-#else
-    return false;  // Don't know how to handle ARM
-#endif
-}
-
 LLModel *LLModel::construct(const std::string &modelPath, std::string buildVariant) {
     //TODO: Auto-detect
     if (buildVariant == "auto") {