diff --git a/src/ucs/arch/aarch64/cpu.h b/src/ucs/arch/aarch64/cpu.h
index 360f4843eaa..1fee75a9608 100644
--- a/src/ucs/arch/aarch64/cpu.h
+++ b/src/ucs/arch/aarch64/cpu.h
@@ -203,6 +203,12 @@ static inline void *ucs_memcpy_relaxed(void *dst, const void *src, size_t len)
     return memcpy(dst, src, len);
 }
 
+static UCS_F_ALWAYS_INLINE void
+ucs_memcpy_nontemporal(void *dst, const void *src, size_t len)
+{
+    memcpy(dst, src, len);
+}
+
 static inline ucs_status_t ucs_arch_get_cache_size(size_t *cache_sizes)
 {
     return UCS_ERR_UNSUPPORTED;
diff --git a/src/ucs/arch/ppc64/cpu.h b/src/ucs/arch/ppc64/cpu.h
index 964c29d1675..d1aeb9fe737 100644
--- a/src/ucs/arch/ppc64/cpu.h
+++ b/src/ucs/arch/ppc64/cpu.h
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ static inline void *ucs_memcpy_relaxed(void *dst, const void *src, size_t len)
     return memcpy(dst, src, len);
 }
 
+static UCS_F_ALWAYS_INLINE void
+ucs_memcpy_nontemporal(void *dst, const void *src, size_t len)
+{
+    memcpy(dst, src, len);
+}
+
 static inline ucs_status_t ucs_arch_get_cache_size(size_t *cache_sizes)
 {
     return UCS_ERR_UNSUPPORTED;
diff --git a/src/ucs/arch/x86_64/cpu.c b/src/ucs/arch/x86_64/cpu.c
index 8362b131445..4540f091555 100644
--- a/src/ucs/arch/x86_64/cpu.c
+++ b/src/ucs/arch/x86_64/cpu.c
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 #define X86_CPU_CACHE_TAG_L1_ONLY 0x40
 #define X86_CPU_CACHE_TAG_LEAF4   0xff
 
+#if defined (__SSE4_1__)
+#define _mm_load(a)    _mm_stream_load_si128((__m128i *) (a))
+#define _mm_store(a,v) _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *) (a), (v))
+#endif
+
 
 typedef enum ucs_x86_cpu_cache_type {
     X86_CPU_CACHE_TYPE_DATA        = 1,
@@ -586,4 +591,61 @@ ucs_status_t ucs_arch_get_cache_size(size_t *cache_sizes)
     return cache_count == UCS_CPU_CACHE_LAST ? UCS_OK : UCS_ERR_UNSUPPORTED;
 }
 
+void ucs_x86_memcpy_sse_movntdqa(void *dst, const void *src, size_t len)
+{
+#if defined (__SSE4_1__)
+    /* Copy unaligned portion of src */
+    if ((uintptr_t)src & 15) {
+        uintptr_t aligned  = (uintptr_t)src & ~15;
+        uintptr_t misalign = (uintptr_t)src & 15;
+        uintptr_t copy     = ucs_min(len, 16 - misalign);
+
+        __m128i tmp = _mm_load(aligned);
+        memcpy(dst, UCS_PTR_BYTE_OFFSET(&tmp, misalign), copy);
+
+        src = UCS_PTR_BYTE_OFFSET(src, copy);
+        dst = UCS_PTR_BYTE_OFFSET(dst, copy);
+        len -= copy;
+    }
+
+    /* Copy 64 bytes at a time */
+    while (len >= 64) {
+        __m128i *S = (__m128i *)src;
+        __m128i *D = (__m128i *)dst;
+        __m128i tmp[4];
+
+        tmp[0] = _mm_load(S + 0);
+        tmp[1] = _mm_load(S + 1);
+        tmp[2] = _mm_load(S + 2);
+        tmp[3] = _mm_load(S + 3);
+
+        _mm_store(D + 0, tmp[0]);
+        _mm_store(D + 1, tmp[1]);
+        _mm_store(D + 2, tmp[2]);
+        _mm_store(D + 3, tmp[3]);
+
+        src = UCS_PTR_BYTE_OFFSET(src, 64);
+        dst = UCS_PTR_BYTE_OFFSET(dst, 64);
+        len -= 64;
+    }
+
+    /* Copy 16 bytes at a time */
+    while (len >= 16) {
+        _mm_store(dst, _mm_load(src));
+
+        src = UCS_PTR_BYTE_OFFSET(src, 16);
+        dst = UCS_PTR_BYTE_OFFSET(dst, 16);
+        len -= 16;
+    }
+
+    /* Copy any remaining bytes */
+    if (len) {
+        __m128i tmp = _mm_load(src);
+        memcpy(dst, &tmp, len);
+    }
+#else
+    memcpy(dst, src, len);
+#endif
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/ucs/arch/x86_64/cpu.h b/src/ucs/arch/x86_64/cpu.h
index 264fb7f3fee..7fc00627e6e 100644
--- a/src/ucs/arch/x86_64/cpu.h
+++ b/src/ucs/arch/x86_64/cpu.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ ucs_cpu_flag_t ucs_arch_get_cpu_flag() UCS_F_NOOPTIMIZE;
 ucs_cpu_vendor_t ucs_arch_get_cpu_vendor();
 void ucs_cpu_init();
 ucs_status_t ucs_arch_get_cache_size(size_t *cache_sizes);
+void ucs_x86_memcpy_sse_movntdqa(void *dst, const void *src, size_t len);
 
 static inline int ucs_arch_x86_rdtsc_enabled()
 {
@@ -109,6 +110,12 @@ static inline void *ucs_memcpy_relaxed(void *dst, const void *src, size_t len)
     return memcpy(dst, src, len);
 }
 
+static UCS_F_ALWAYS_INLINE void
+ucs_memcpy_nontemporal(void *dst, const void *src, size_t len)
+{
+    ucs_x86_memcpy_sse_movntdqa(dst, src, len);
+}
+
 END_C_DECLS
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/uct/rocm/copy/rocm_copy_ep.c b/src/uct/rocm/copy/rocm_copy_ep.c
index 35bca63142e..b89567669cc 100644
--- a/src/uct/rocm/copy/rocm_copy_ep.c
+++ b/src/uct/rocm/copy/rocm_copy_ep.c
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 #include <uct/base/uct_log.h>
 #include <ucs/debug/memtrack.h>
 #include <ucs/type/class.h>
+#include <ucs/arch/cpu.h>
+
+#define uct_rocm_memcpy_h2d(_d,_s,_l)  memcpy((_d),(_s),(_l))
+#define uct_rocm_memcpy_d2h(_d,_s,_l)  ucs_memcpy_nontemporal((_d),(_s),(_l))
 
 static UCS_CLASS_INIT_FUNC(uct_rocm_copy_ep_t, const uct_ep_params_t *params)
 {
@@ -44,9 +48,9 @@ uct_rocm_copy_ep_zcopy(uct_ep_h tl_ep,
     }
 
     if (is_put)
-        memcpy((void *)remote_addr, iov->buffer, size);
+        uct_rocm_memcpy_h2d((void *)remote_addr, iov->buffer, size);
     else
-        memcpy(iov->buffer, (void *)remote_addr, size);
+        uct_rocm_memcpy_d2h(iov->buffer, (void *)remote_addr, size);
 
     return UCS_OK;
 }
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ ucs_status_t uct_rocm_copy_ep_put_short(uct_ep_h tl_ep, const void *buffer,
                                         unsigned length, uint64_t remote_addr,
                                         uct_rkey_t rkey)
 {
-    memcpy((void *)remote_addr, buffer, length);
+    uct_rocm_memcpy_h2d((void *)remote_addr, buffer, length);
 
     UCT_TL_EP_STAT_OP(ucs_derived_of(tl_ep, uct_base_ep_t), PUT, SHORT, length);
     ucs_trace_data("PUT_SHORT size %d from %p to %p",
@@ -99,8 +103,7 @@ ucs_status_t uct_rocm_copy_ep_get_short(uct_ep_h tl_ep, void *buffer,
                                         unsigned length, uint64_t remote_addr,
                                         uct_rkey_t rkey)
 {
-    /* device to host */
-    memcpy(buffer, (void *)remote_addr, length);
+    uct_rocm_memcpy_d2h(buffer, (void *)remote_addr, length);
 
     UCT_TL_EP_STAT_OP(ucs_derived_of(tl_ep, uct_base_ep_t), GET, SHORT, length);
     ucs_trace_data("GET_SHORT size %d from %p to %p",