diff --git a/libc/src/string/memmove.cpp b/libc/src/string/memmove.cpp
index 7d473afc0b42e..19e38a3c8bdbe 100644
--- a/libc/src/string/memmove.cpp
+++ b/libc/src/string/memmove.cpp
@@ -15,10 +15,16 @@ namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE {
 
 LLVM_LIBC_FUNCTION(void *, memmove,
                    (void *dst, const void *src, size_t count)) {
+  // Memmove may handle some small sizes as efficiently as inline_memcpy.
+  // For these sizes we may not do is_disjoint check.
+  // This both avoids additional code for the most frequent smaller sizes
+  // and removes code bloat (we don't need the memcpy logic for small sizes).
+  if (inline_memmove_small_size(dst, src, count))
+    return dst;
   if (is_disjoint(dst, src, count))
     inline_memcpy(dst, src, count);
   else
-    inline_memmove(dst, src, count);
+    inline_memmove_follow_up(dst, src, count);
   return dst;
 }
 
diff --git a/libc/src/string/memory_utils/inline_memmove.h b/libc/src/string/memory_utils/inline_memmove.h
index f72ea24ab538d..30c2c3ddbf1bb 100644
--- a/libc/src/string/memory_utils/inline_memmove.h
+++ b/libc/src/string/memory_utils/inline_memmove.h
@@ -13,28 +13,58 @@
 
 #if defined(LIBC_TARGET_ARCH_IS_X86)
 #include "src/string/memory_utils/x86_64/inline_memmove.h"
-#define LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE inline_memmove_x86
+#define LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE_SMALL_SIZE                        \
+  inline_memmove_small_size_x86
+#define LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE_FOLLOW_UP                         \
+  inline_memmove_follow_up_x86
 #elif defined(LIBC_TARGET_ARCH_IS_AARCH64)
 #include "src/string/memory_utils/aarch64/inline_memmove.h"
-#define LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE inline_memmove_aarch64
+#define LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE_SMALL_SIZE                        \
+  inline_memmove_no_small_size
+#define LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE_FOLLOW_UP inline_memmove_aarch64
 #elif defined(LIBC_TARGET_ARCH_IS_ANY_RISCV)
 #include "src/string/memory_utils/riscv/inline_memmove.h"
-#define LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE inline_memmove_riscv
+#define LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE_SMALL_SIZE                        \
+  inline_memmove_no_small_size
+#define LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE_FOLLOW_UP inline_memmove_riscv
 #elif defined(LIBC_TARGET_ARCH_IS_ARM)
 #include "src/string/memory_utils/generic/byte_per_byte.h"
-#define LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE inline_memmove_byte_per_byte
+#define LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE_SMALL_SIZE                        \
+  inline_memmove_no_small_size
+#define LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE_FOLLOW_UP                         \
+  inline_memmove_byte_per_byte
 #elif defined(LIBC_TARGET_ARCH_IS_GPU)
 #include "src/string/memory_utils/generic/builtin.h"
-#define LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE inline_memmove_builtin
+#define LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE_SMALL_SIZE                        \
+  inline_memmove_no_small_size
+#define LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE_FOLLOW_UP inline_memmove_builtin
 #else
 #error "Unsupported architecture"
 #endif
 
 namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE {
 
+LIBC_INLINE constexpr bool inline_memmove_no_small_size(void *, const void *,
+                                                        size_t) {
+  return false;
+}
+
+LIBC_INLINE bool inline_memmove_small_size(void *dst, const void *src,
+                                           size_t count) {
+  return LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE_SMALL_SIZE(
+      reinterpret_cast<Ptr>(dst), reinterpret_cast<CPtr>(src), count);
+}
+
+LIBC_INLINE void inline_memmove_follow_up(void *dst, const void *src,
+                                          size_t count) {
+  LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE_FOLLOW_UP(
+      reinterpret_cast<Ptr>(dst), reinterpret_cast<CPtr>(src), count);
+}
+
 LIBC_INLINE void inline_memmove(void *dst, const void *src, size_t count) {
-  LIBC_SRC_STRING_MEMORY_UTILS_MEMMOVE(reinterpret_cast<Ptr>(dst),
-                                       reinterpret_cast<CPtr>(src), count);
+  if (inline_memmove_small_size(dst, src, count))
+    return;
+  inline_memmove_follow_up(dst, src, count);
 }
 
 } // namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/libc/src/string/memory_utils/x86_64/inline_memmove.h b/libc/src/string/memory_utils/x86_64/inline_memmove.h
index 95ad07f752195..879b36eaa6734 100644
--- a/libc/src/string/memory_utils/x86_64/inline_memmove.h
+++ b/libc/src/string/memory_utils/x86_64/inline_memmove.h
@@ -18,40 +18,94 @@
 
 namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE {
 
-LIBC_INLINE void inline_memmove_x86(Ptr dst, CPtr src, size_t count) {
+LIBC_INLINE bool inline_memmove_small_size_x86(Ptr dst, CPtr src,
+                                               size_t count) {
 #if defined(__AVX512F__)
+  constexpr size_t vector_size = 64;
   using uint128_t = generic_v128;
   using uint256_t = generic_v256;
   using uint512_t = generic_v512;
 #elif defined(__AVX__)
+  constexpr size_t vector_size = 32;
   using uint128_t = generic_v128;
   using uint256_t = generic_v256;
   using uint512_t = cpp::array<generic_v256, 2>;
 #elif defined(__SSE2__)
+  constexpr size_t vector_size = 16;
   using uint128_t = generic_v128;
   using uint256_t = cpp::array<generic_v128, 2>;
   using uint512_t = cpp::array<generic_v128, 4>;
 #else
+  constexpr size_t vector_size = 8;
   using uint128_t = cpp::array<uint64_t, 2>;
   using uint256_t = cpp::array<uint64_t, 4>;
   using uint512_t = cpp::array<uint64_t, 8>;
 #endif
+  (void)vector_size;
   if (count == 0)
-    return;
-  if (count == 1)
-    return generic::Memmove<uint8_t>::block(dst, src);
-  if (count <= 4)
-    return generic::Memmove<uint16_t>::head_tail(dst, src, count);
-  if (count <= 8)
-    return generic::Memmove<uint32_t>::head_tail(dst, src, count);
-  if (count <= 16)
-    return generic::Memmove<uint64_t>::head_tail(dst, src, count);
-  if (count <= 32)
-    return generic::Memmove<uint128_t>::head_tail(dst, src, count);
-  if (count <= 64)
-    return generic::Memmove<uint256_t>::head_tail(dst, src, count);
-  if (count <= 128)
-    return generic::Memmove<uint512_t>::head_tail(dst, src, count);
+    return true;
+  if (count == 1) {
+    generic::Memmove<uint8_t>::block(dst, src);
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (count == 2) {
+    generic::Memmove<uint16_t>::block(dst, src);
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (count == 3) {
+    generic::Memmove<cpp::array<uint8_t, 3>>::block(dst, src);
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (count == 4) {
+    generic::Memmove<uint32_t>::block(dst, src);
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (count < 8) {
+    generic::Memmove<uint32_t>::head_tail(dst, src, count);
+    return true;
+  }
+  // If count is equal to a power of 2, we can handle it as head-tail
+  // of both smaller size and larger size (head-tail are either
+  // non-overlapping for smaller size, or completely collapsed
+  // for larger size). It seems to be more profitable to do the copy
+  // with the larger size, if it's natively supported (e.g. doing
+  // 2 collapsed 32-byte moves for count=64 if AVX2 is supported).
+  // But it's not profitable to use larger size if it's not natively
+  // supported: we will both use more instructions and handle fewer
+  // sizes in earlier branches.
+  if (vector_size >= 16 ? count < 16 : count <= 16) {
+    generic::Memmove<uint64_t>::head_tail(dst, src, count);
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (vector_size >= 32 ? count < 32 : count <= 32) {
+    generic::Memmove<uint128_t>::head_tail(dst, src, count);
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (vector_size >= 64 ? count < 64 : count <= 64) {
+    generic::Memmove<uint256_t>::head_tail(dst, src, count);
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (count <= 128) {
+    generic::Memmove<uint512_t>::head_tail(dst, src, count);
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+LIBC_INLINE void inline_memmove_follow_up_x86(Ptr dst, CPtr src, size_t count) {
+#if defined(__AVX512F__)
+  using uint256_t = generic_v256;
+  using uint512_t = generic_v512;
+#elif defined(__AVX__)
+  using uint256_t = generic_v256;
+  using uint512_t = cpp::array<generic_v256, 2>;
+#elif defined(__SSE2__)
+  using uint256_t = cpp::array<generic_v128, 2>;
+  using uint512_t = cpp::array<generic_v128, 4>;
+#else
+  using uint256_t = cpp::array<uint64_t, 4>;
+  using uint512_t = cpp::array<uint64_t, 8>;
+#endif
   if (dst < src) {
     generic::Memmove<uint256_t>::align_forward<Arg::Src>(dst, src, count);
     return generic::Memmove<uint512_t>::loop_and_tail_forward(dst, src, count);