diff --git a/modules/core/src/arithm.cpp b/modules/core/src/arithm.cpp
index 8b1ef60078..b5394ae1ba 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/arithm.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/arithm.cpp
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ cmp_(const T* src1, size_t step1, const T* src2, size_t step2,
 
             for( ; x < size.width; x++ )
                 dst[x] = (uchar)(-(src1[x] > src2[x]) ^ m);
-        }
+			   }
     }
     else if( code == CMP_EQ || code == CMP_NE )
     {
@@ -2036,7 +2036,79 @@ cmp_(const T* src1, size_t step1, const T* src2, size_t step2,
 static void cmp8u(const uchar* src1, size_t step1, const uchar* src2, size_t step2,
                   uchar* dst, size_t step, Size size, void* _cmpop)
 {
-    cmp_(src1, step1, src2, step2, dst, step, size, *(int*)_cmpop);
+  //vz optimized  cmp_(src1, step1, src2, step2, dst, step, size, *(int*)_cmpop);
+	int code = *(int*)_cmpop;
+    step1 /= sizeof(src1[0]);
+    step2 /= sizeof(src2[0]);
+    if( code == CMP_GE || code == CMP_LT )
+    {
+        std::swap(src1, src2);
+        std::swap(step1, step2);
+        code = code == CMP_GE ? CMP_LE : CMP_GT;
+    }
+
+    if( code == CMP_GT || code == CMP_LE )
+    {
+        int m = code == CMP_GT ? 0 : 255;
+		#if CV_SSE2
+		__m128i m128, c128;
+		if( USE_SSE2 ){
+		  m128 =  code == CMP_GT ? _mm_setzero_si128() : _mm_set1_epi8 (0xff);
+          c128 = _mm_set1_epi8 (0x7f);
+		}
+	   #endif
+        for( ; size.height--; src1 += step1, src2 += step2, dst += step )
+        {
+            int x =0;
+		    #if CV_SSE2
+		    if( USE_SSE2 ){
+				for( ; x <= size.width - 16; x += 16 )
+				{
+					__m128i r00 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src1 + x));
+					__m128i r10 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src2 + x));
+					// no simd for 8u comparison, that's why we need the trick
+					r00 = _mm_sub_epi8(r00,c128);
+					r10 = _mm_sub_epi8(r10,c128);
+
+					r00 =_mm_xor_si128(_mm_cmpgt_epi8(r00, r10), m128);
+					_mm_storeu_si128((__m128i*)(dst + x),r00);
+				
+				} 
+			}
+           #endif
+
+			for( ; x < size.width; x++ ){
+                dst[x] = (uchar)(-(src1[x] > src2[x]) ^ m);
+			}
+        }
+    }
+    else if( code == CMP_EQ || code == CMP_NE )
+    {
+        int m = code == CMP_EQ ? 0 : 255;
+		#if CV_SSE2
+		__m128i m128;
+		if( USE_SSE2 ){
+		  m128 =  code == CMP_EQ ? _mm_setzero_si128() : _mm_set1_epi8 (0xff);
+		}
+	   #endif
+		for( ; size.height--; src1 += step1, src2 += step2, dst += step )
+        {
+            int x = 0;
+		    #if CV_SSE2
+		    if( USE_SSE2 ){
+				for( ; x <= size.width - 16; x += 16 )
+				{
+					__m128i r00 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src1 + x));
+					__m128i r10 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src2 + x));
+					r00 = _mm_xor_si128 ( _mm_cmpeq_epi8 (r00, r10), m128);
+					_mm_storeu_si128((__m128i*)(dst + x), r00);
+				} 
+			}
+           #endif
+           for( ; x < size.width; x++ )
+                dst[x] = (uchar)(-(src1[x] == src2[x]) ^ m);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 static void cmp8s(const schar* src1, size_t step1, const schar* src2, size_t step2,
@@ -2054,7 +2126,102 @@ static void cmp16u(const ushort* src1, size_t step1, const ushort* src2, size_t
 static void cmp16s(const short* src1, size_t step1, const short* src2, size_t step2,
                   uchar* dst, size_t step, Size size, void* _cmpop)
 {
-    cmp_(src1, step1, src2, step2, dst, step, size, *(int*)_cmpop);
+   //vz optimized cmp_(src1, step1, src2, step2, dst, step, size, *(int*)_cmpop);
+
+	int code = *(int*)_cmpop;
+    step1 /= sizeof(src1[0]);
+    step2 /= sizeof(src2[0]);
+    if( code == CMP_GE || code == CMP_LT )
+    {
+        std::swap(src1, src2);
+        std::swap(step1, step2);
+        code = code == CMP_GE ? CMP_LE : CMP_GT;
+    }
+
+    if( code == CMP_GT || code == CMP_LE )
+    {
+        int m = code == CMP_GT ? 0 : 255;
+		#if CV_SSE2
+		__m128i m128;
+		if( USE_SSE2 ){
+		  m128 =  code == CMP_GT ? _mm_setzero_si128() : _mm_set1_epi16 (0xffff);
+		}
+	   #endif
+        for( ; size.height--; src1 += step1, src2 += step2, dst += step )
+        {
+            int x =0;
+		    #if CV_SSE2
+		    if( USE_SSE2){//
+				for( ; x <= size.width - 16; x += 16 )
+				{
+					__m128i r00 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src1 + x));
+					__m128i r10 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src2 + x));
+					r00 = _mm_xor_si128 ( _mm_cmpgt_epi16 (r00, r10), m128);
+					__m128i r01 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src1 + x + 8));
+					__m128i r11 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src2 + x + 8));
+					r01 = _mm_xor_si128 ( _mm_cmpgt_epi16 (r01, r11), m128);
+					r11 = _mm_packs_epi16(r00, r01);
+					_mm_storeu_si128((__m128i*)(dst + x), r11);
+				} 
+				if( x <= size.width-8) 
+				{
+					__m128i r00 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src1 + x));
+					__m128i r10 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src2 + x));
+					r00 = _mm_xor_si128 ( _mm_cmpgt_epi16 (r00, r10), m128);
+					r10 = _mm_packs_epi16(r00, r00);
+					_mm_storel_epi64((__m128i*)(dst + x), r10);
+
+					x += 8;
+				}
+			}
+           #endif
+
+			for( ; x < size.width; x++ ){
+                 dst[x] = (uchar)(-(src1[x] > src2[x]) ^ m);
+			}
+        }
+    }
+    else if( code == CMP_EQ || code == CMP_NE )
+    {
+        int m = code == CMP_EQ ? 0 : 255;
+		#if CV_SSE2
+		__m128i m128;
+		if( USE_SSE2 ){
+		  m128 =  code == CMP_EQ ? _mm_setzero_si128() : _mm_set1_epi16 (0xffff);
+		}
+	   #endif
+		for( ; size.height--; src1 += step1, src2 += step2, dst += step )
+        {
+            int x = 0;
+		    #if CV_SSE2
+		    if( USE_SSE2 ){
+				for( ; x <= size.width - 16; x += 16 )
+				{
+					__m128i r00 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src1 + x));
+					__m128i r10 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src2 + x));
+					r00 = _mm_xor_si128 ( _mm_cmpeq_epi16 (r00, r10), m128);
+					__m128i r01 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src1 + x + 8));
+					__m128i r11 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src2 + x + 8));
+					r01 = _mm_xor_si128 ( _mm_cmpeq_epi16 (r01, r11), m128);
+					r11 = _mm_packs_epi16(r00, r01);
+					_mm_storeu_si128((__m128i*)(dst + x), r11);
+				} 
+				if( x <= size.width - 8) 
+				{
+					__m128i r00 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src1 + x));
+					__m128i r10 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src2 + x));
+					r00 = _mm_xor_si128 ( _mm_cmpeq_epi16 (r00, r10), m128);
+					r10 = _mm_packs_epi16(r00, r00);
+					_mm_storel_epi64((__m128i*)(dst + x), r10);
+
+					x += 8;
+				}
+			}
+           #endif
+           for( ; x < size.width; x++ )
+                dst[x] = (uchar)(-(src1[x] == src2[x]) ^ m);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 static void cmp32s(const int* src1, size_t step1, const int* src2, size_t step2,
diff --git a/modules/core/src/convert.cpp b/modules/core/src/convert.cpp
index 2fb5f27618..667fe25727 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/convert.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/convert.cpp
@@ -606,6 +606,50 @@ cvtScale_( const T* src, size_t sstep,
     }
 }
 
+//vz optimized template specialization
+template<> static void
+cvtScale_<short, short, float>( const short* src, size_t sstep,
+           short* dst, size_t dstep, Size size,
+           float scale, float shift )   
+{
+    sstep /= sizeof(src[0]);
+    dstep /= sizeof(dst[0]);
+
+    #if CV_SSE2
+		__m128 scale128, shift128;
+		if(USE_SSE2){
+			scale128 = _mm_set1_ps (scale);
+			shift128 = _mm_set1_ps (shift);
+		}
+    #endif
+
+	for( ; size.height--; src += sstep, dst += dstep )
+    {
+        int x = 0;
+		#if CV_SSE2
+			if(USE_SSE2)
+            {
+				for(; x <= size.width - 8; x += 8 )
+				{
+					__m128i r0 = _mm_loadl_epi64((const __m128i*)(src + x));
+                    __m128i r1 = _mm_loadl_epi64((const __m128i*)(src + x + 4));
+					__m128 rf0 =_mm_cvtepi32_ps(_mm_srai_epi32(_mm_unpacklo_epi16(r0, r0), 16));
+                    __m128 rf1 =_mm_cvtepi32_ps(_mm_srai_epi32(_mm_unpacklo_epi16(r1, r1), 16));
+                    rf0 = _mm_add_ps(_mm_mul_ps(rf0, scale128), shift128);
+                    rf1 = _mm_add_ps(_mm_mul_ps(rf1, scale128), shift128);
+					r0 = _mm_cvtps_epi32(rf0);
+					r1 = _mm_cvtps_epi32(rf1);
+    				r0 = _mm_packs_epi32(r0, r1);
+					_mm_storeu_si128((__m128i*)(dst + x), r0);
+				}    
+			}
+        #endif
+
+        for(; x < size.width; x++ )
+            dst[x] = saturate_cast<short>(src[x]*scale + shift);
+    } 
+}
+
 
 template<typename T, typename DT> static void
 cvt_( const T* src, size_t sstep,