diff --git a/compute/aggregators.go b/compute/aggregators.go
index a7c1efc4..d1964683 100644
--- a/compute/aggregators.go
+++ b/compute/aggregators.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package compute
 
 import (
 	"math"
+	"simd/archsimd"
 	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/thanos-io/promql-engine/warnings"
@@ -204,6 +205,68 @@ type MaxAcc struct {
 	warn     warnings.Warnings
 }
 
+func maxLikeAddFloatSIMD(vs []float64) float64 {
+	m := vs[0]
+	if len(vs) == 1 {
+		return m
+	}
+
+	// Float64x8 needs AVX-512. Use scalar fallback otherwise.
+	if !archsimd.X86.AVX512() {
+		for _, v := range vs[1:] {
+			if m < v || math.IsNaN(m) {
+				m = v
+			}
+		}
+		return m
+	}
+
+	vmax := archsimd.BroadcastFloat64x8(m)
+
+	i := 1
+	for ; i+8 <= len(vs); i += 8 {
+		v := archsimd.LoadFloat64x8Slice(vs[i:])
+
+		// replace if (v > vmax) OR (vmax is NaN)
+		replace := v.Greater(vmax).Or(vmax.IsNaN())
+
+		// Merge semantics are inverted (mask=false picks 2nd arg),
+		// so to pick v when replace=true:
+		vmax = v.Merge(vmax, replace)
+	}
+
+	// reduce lanes back to scalar with the same rule
+	var lanes [8]float64
+	vmax.Store(&lanes)
+	for _, v := range lanes {
+		if m < v || math.IsNaN(m) {
+			m = v
+		}
+	}
+
+	// tail
+	for ; i < len(vs); i++ {
+		v := vs[i]
+		if m < v || math.IsNaN(m) {
+			m = v
+		}
+	}
+
+	return m
+}
+
+func (c *MaxAcc) AddVectorSIMD(vs []float64, hs []*histogram.FloatHistogram) error {
+	if len(hs) > 0 {
+		c.warn |= warnings.WarnHistogramIgnoredInAggregation
+	}
+	if len(vs) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	c.addFloat(maxLikeAddFloatSIMD(vs))
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (c *MaxAcc) AddVector(vs []float64, hs []*histogram.FloatHistogram) error {
 	if len(hs) > 0 {
 		c.warn |= warnings.WarnHistogramIgnoredInAggregation
diff --git a/compute/aggregators_bench_test.go b/compute/aggregators_bench_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..612ac465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compute/aggregators_bench_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+package compute
+
+import (
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestNewMaxAcc(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("empty accumulator has NoValue", func(t *testing.T) {
+		acc := NewMaxAcc()
+		if got := acc.ValueType(); got != NoValue {
+			t.Errorf("ValueType() = %v, want NoValue", got)
+		}
+		val, _ := acc.Value()
+		if val != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("Value() = %v, want 0", val)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("single Add sets max", func(t *testing.T) {
+		acc := NewMaxAcc()
+		_ = acc.Add(42, nil)
+		val, _ := acc.Value()
+		if val != 42 {
+			t.Errorf("Value() = %v, want 42", val)
+		}
+		if acc.ValueType() != SingleTypeValue {
+			t.Errorf("ValueType() = %v, want SingleTypeValue", acc.ValueType())
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("multiple Add keeps max", func(t *testing.T) {
+		acc := NewMaxAcc()
+		for _, v := range []float64{3, 7, 1, 9, 2} {
+			_ = acc.Add(v, nil)
+		}
+		val, _ := acc.Value()
+		if val != 9 {
+			t.Errorf("Value() = %v, want 9", val)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("AddVector takes max of slice", func(t *testing.T) {
+		acc := NewMaxAcc()
+		vec := []float64{10, 5, 20, 15}
+		_ = acc.AddVector(vec, nil)
+		val, _ := acc.Value()
+		if val != 20 {
+			t.Errorf("Value() = %v, want 20", val)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Add and AddVector combined", func(t *testing.T) {
+		acc := NewMaxAcc()
+		_ = acc.Add(100, nil)
+		_ = acc.AddVector([]float64{50, 80, 120}, nil)
+		val, _ := acc.Value()
+		if val != 120 {
+			t.Errorf("Value() = %v, want 120", val)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("AddVectorSIMD takes max of slice", func(t *testing.T) {
+		acc := NewMaxAcc()
+		vec := []float64{10, 5, 20, 15}
+		_ = acc.AddVectorSIMD(vec, nil)
+		val, _ := acc.Value()
+		if val != 20 {
+			t.Errorf("Value() = %v, want 20", val)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Add and AddVectorSIMD combined", func(t *testing.T) {
+		acc := NewMaxAcc()
+		_ = acc.Add(100, nil)
+		_ = acc.AddVectorSIMD([]float64{50, 80, 120}, nil)
+		val, _ := acc.Value()
+		if val != 120 {
+			t.Errorf("Value() = %v, want 120", val)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("NaN is replaced by real number", func(t *testing.T) {
+		acc := NewMaxAcc()
+		_ = acc.Add(math.NaN(), nil)
+		_ = acc.Add(5, nil)
+		val, _ := acc.Value()
+		if val != 5 {
+			t.Errorf("Value() = %v, want 5", val)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Reset clears state", func(t *testing.T) {
+		acc := NewMaxAcc()
+		_ = acc.Add(99, nil)
+		acc.Reset(0)
+		if acc.ValueType() != NoValue {
+			t.Errorf("after Reset, ValueType() = %v, want NoValue", acc.ValueType())
+		}
+		val, _ := acc.Value()
+		if val != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("after Reset, Value() = %v, want 0", val)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func BenchmarkMaxAcc_AddVector(b *testing.B) {
+	acc := NewMaxAcc()
+	vec := make([]float64, 100)
+	for i := range vec {
+		vec[i] = float64(i)
+	}
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_ = acc.AddVector(vec, nil)
+		_, _ = acc.Value()
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkMaxAcc_AddVectorSIMD(b *testing.B) {
+	acc := NewMaxAcc()
+	vec := make([]float64, 100)
+	for i := range vec {
+		vec[i] = float64(i)
+	}
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_ = acc.AddVectorSIMD(vec, nil)
+		_, _ = acc.Value()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c8247b21..b5265724 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/thanos-io/promql-engine
 
-go 1.24.0
-
-toolchain go1.24.4
+go 1.26.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0