diff --git a/Source/Engine/Platform/Defines.h b/Source/Engine/Platform/Defines.h
index 40b250983..7f79bba81 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Platform/Defines.h
+++ b/Source/Engine/Platform/Defines.h
@@ -221,6 +221,15 @@ API_ENUM() enum class ArchitectureType
 #if defined(__SSE4_2__)
 #define PLATFORM_SIMD_SSE4_2 1
 #endif
+#if defined(__AVX__)
+#define PLATFORM_SIMD_AVX 1
+#endif
+#if defined(__AVX2__)
+#define PLATFORM_SIMD_AVX2 1
+#endif
+#if defined(__AVX512F__) && defined(__AVX512CD__) && defined(__AVX512BW__) && defined(__AVX512DQ__) && defined(__AVX512VL__)
+#define PLATFORM_SIMD_AVX512 1
+#endif
 #endif
 #if defined(_M_ARM) || defined(__ARM_NEON__) || defined(__ARM_NEON)
 #define PLATFORM_SIMD_NEON 1
diff --git a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Build/NativeCpp/CompileEnvironment.cs b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Build/NativeCpp/CompileEnvironment.cs
index eac85e17e..75427995c 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Build/NativeCpp/CompileEnvironment.cs
+++ b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Build/NativeCpp/CompileEnvironment.cs
@@ -84,6 +84,36 @@ namespace Flax.Build.NativeCpp
         Latest,
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The CPU architecture / instruction set.
+    /// </summary>
+    public enum CpuArchitecture
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Default architecture (unspecified)
+        /// </summary>
+        Default,
+
+        // X86-64 instruction sets:
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// AVX
+        /// </summary>
+        AVX,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// AVX2
+        /// </summary>
+        AVX2,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// AVX512
+        /// </summary>
+        AVX512,
+
+        // TODO: Add other instruction sets for ARM and other platforms.
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// The C++ compilation environment required to build source files in the native modules.
     /// </summary>
@@ -174,6 +204,11 @@ namespace Flax.Build.NativeCpp
         /// </summary>
         public bool IntrinsicFunctions = false;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The minimum target CPU architecture.
+        /// </summary>
+        public CpuArchitecture Architecture = CpuArchitecture.Default;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Enables buffer security checks.
         /// </summary>
@@ -236,6 +271,7 @@ namespace Flax.Build.NativeCpp
                 RuntimeChecks = RuntimeChecks,
                 StringPooling = StringPooling,
                 IntrinsicFunctions = IntrinsicFunctions,
+                Architecture = Architecture,
                 BufferSecurityCheck = BufferSecurityCheck,
                 TreatWarningsAsErrors = TreatWarningsAsErrors,
                 PrecompiledHeaderUsage = PrecompiledHeaderUsage,
diff --git a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Platforms/Apple/AppleToolchain.cs b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Platforms/Apple/AppleToolchain.cs
index 8461d6aac..7c002d23f 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Platforms/Apple/AppleToolchain.cs
+++ b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Platforms/Apple/AppleToolchain.cs
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ namespace Flax.Build.Platforms
                 switch (Architecture)
                 {
                 case TargetArchitecture.x64:
+                    // TODO: compileEnvironment.Architecture?
                     commonArgs.Add("-msse2");
                     break;
                 }
diff --git a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Platforms/Unix/UnixToolchain.cs b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Platforms/Unix/UnixToolchain.cs
index b03dcbb90..ace2a4b39 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Platforms/Unix/UnixToolchain.cs
+++ b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Platforms/Unix/UnixToolchain.cs
@@ -348,6 +348,25 @@ namespace Flax.Build.Platforms
                     break;
                 }
 
+                if (Architecture == TargetArchitecture.x86 || Architecture == TargetArchitecture.x64)
+                {
+                    switch (compileEnvironment.Architecture)
+                    {
+                        case CpuArchitecture.Default:
+                            //commonArgs.Add("-march=x86-64");
+                            break;
+                        case CpuArchitecture.AVX:
+                            commonArgs.Add("-march=sandybridge");
+                            break;
+                        case CpuArchitecture.AVX2:
+                            commonArgs.Add("-march=x86-64-v3");
+                            break;
+                        case CpuArchitecture.AVX512:
+                            commonArgs.Add("-march=x86-64-v4");
+                            break;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 commonArgs.Add("-Wdelete-non-virtual-dtor");
                 commonArgs.Add("-fno-math-errno");
                 commonArgs.Add("-fdiagnostics-format=msvc");
diff --git a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Platforms/Windows/WindowsToolchainBase.cs b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Platforms/Windows/WindowsToolchainBase.cs
index c1cdcb0ee..418938c9e 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Platforms/Windows/WindowsToolchainBase.cs
+++ b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Platforms/Windows/WindowsToolchainBase.cs
@@ -469,6 +469,26 @@ namespace Flax.Build.Platforms
                 if (compileEnvironment.IntrinsicFunctions)
                     commonArgs.Add("/Oi");
 
+                // Minimum target architecture
+                if (Architecture == TargetArchitecture.x64)
+                {
+                    switch (compileEnvironment.Architecture)
+                    {
+                        case CpuArchitecture.AVX:
+                            commonArgs.Add("/arch:AVX");
+                            break;
+                        case CpuArchitecture.AVX2:
+                            commonArgs.Add("/arch:AVX2");
+                            break;
+                        case CpuArchitecture.AVX512:
+                            commonArgs.Add("/arch:AVX512");
+                            break;
+                        case CpuArchitecture.Default:
+                        default:
+                            break;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 // Enable Function-Level Linking
                 if (compileEnvironment.FunctionLevelLinking)
                     commonArgs.Add("/Gy");
diff --git a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Projects/VisualStudio/VCProjectGenerator.cs b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Projects/VisualStudio/VCProjectGenerator.cs
index 13c728b30..b653c8d18 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Projects/VisualStudio/VCProjectGenerator.cs
+++ b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Projects/VisualStudio/VCProjectGenerator.cs
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ namespace Flax.Build.Projects.VisualStudio
             vcFiltersFileContent.AppendLine("  </ItemGroup>");
 
             // IntelliSense information
-
+            var additionalDefinitions = project.Defines.ToList();
             var additionalOptions = new List<string>();
             switch (project.Configurations[0].TargetBuildOptions.CompileEnv.CppVersion)
             {
@@ -345,8 +345,28 @@ namespace Flax.Build.Projects.VisualStudio
                 break;
             }
 
+            switch (project.Configurations[0].TargetBuildOptions.CompileEnv.Architecture)
+            {
+            case CpuArchitecture.Default:
+                break;
+            case CpuArchitecture.AVX512:
+                additionalDefinitions.Add("__AVX512F__");
+                additionalDefinitions.Add("__AVX512CD__");
+                additionalDefinitions.Add("__AVX512BW__");
+                additionalDefinitions.Add("__AVX512DQ__");
+                additionalDefinitions.Add("__AVX512VL__");
+                goto case CpuArchitecture.AVX2;
+            case CpuArchitecture.AVX2:
+                additionalDefinitions.Add("__AVX2__");
+                goto case CpuArchitecture.AVX;
+            case CpuArchitecture.AVX:
+                additionalDefinitions.Add("__AVX__");
+                break;
+            
+            }
+
             vcProjectFileContent.AppendLine("  <PropertyGroup>");
-            vcProjectFileContent.AppendLine(string.Format("    <NMakePreprocessorDefinitions>$(NMakePreprocessorDefinitions){0}</NMakePreprocessorDefinitions>", (project.Defines.Count > 0 ? (";" + string.Join(";", project.Defines)) : "")));
+            vcProjectFileContent.AppendLine(string.Format("    <NMakePreprocessorDefinitions>$(NMakePreprocessorDefinitions){0}</NMakePreprocessorDefinitions>", (additionalDefinitions.Count > 0 ? (";" + string.Join(";", additionalDefinitions)) : "")));
             vcProjectFileContent.AppendLine(string.Format("    <NMakeIncludeSearchPath>$(NMakeIncludeSearchPath){0}</NMakeIncludeSearchPath>", (project.SearchPaths.Length > 0 ? (";" + string.Join(";", project.SearchPaths)) : "")));
             vcProjectFileContent.AppendLine("    <NMakeForcedIncludes>$(NMakeForcedIncludes)</NMakeForcedIncludes>");
             vcProjectFileContent.AppendLine("    <NMakeAssemblySearchPath>$(NMakeAssemblySearchPath)</NMakeAssemblySearchPath>");