diff --git a/core/src/ops/array/topk.rs b/core/src/ops/array/topk.rs
index 8e37e72920..2982615c88 100644
--- a/core/src/ops/array/topk.rs
+++ b/core/src/ops/array/topk.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+use std::cmp::Ordering;
+
 use tract_data::itertools::Itertools;
-use tract_ndarray::{Axis, Dimension};
+use tract_ndarray::{ArrayViewMutD, Axis, Dimension};
 
 use crate::internal::*;
 
@@ -28,39 +30,66 @@ impl EvalOp for Topk {
         let mut output_shape: TVec<usize> = input.shape().into();
         let k = k.cast_to_scalar::<i64>()? as usize;
         output_shape[self.axis] = k;
-        let mut output_values = Tensor::zero::<f32>(&output_shape)?;
+        let dt = input.datum_type();
+        let mut output_values = Tensor::zero_dt(dt, &output_shape)?;
         let mut output_indices = Tensor::zero::<i64>(&output_shape)?;
         let mut iterating_shape = output_shape.clone();
         iterating_shape[self.axis] = 1;
-        let mut output_values_view = output_values.to_array_view_mut::<f32>()?;
         let mut output_indices_view = output_indices.to_array_view_mut::<i64>()?;
         for coords in tract_ndarray::indices(&*iterating_shape) {
             let mut coords: TVec<usize> = coords.as_array_view().as_slice().unwrap().into();
-            let mut view = input.to_array_view::<f32>()?;
-            for (ix, x) in coords.iter().enumerate() {
-                if ix != self.axis {
-                    view.index_axis_inplace(Axis(ix), *x);
-                }
-            }
-            for (ix, (argmax, max)) in view
-                .iter()
-                .cloned()
-                .map(|x| if self.largest { -x } else { x })
-                .enumerate()
-                .sorted_by(|a, b| a.1.total_cmp(&b.1))
-                .take(k)
-                .map(|(pos, val)| if self.largest { (pos, -val) } else { (pos, val) })
-                .enumerate()
-            {
-                coords[self.axis] = ix;
-                output_values_view[&*coords] = max;
-                output_indices_view[&*coords] = argmax as i64;
-            }
+            dispatch_numbers!(Self::inner_loop_t(dt)(
+                self,
+                &mut coords,
+                &input,
+                &mut output_values,
+                &mut output_indices_view,
+                k
+            ))?;
         }
         Ok(tvec!(output_values.into_tvalue(), output_indices.into_tvalue()))
     }
 }
 
+impl Topk {
+    fn inner_loop_t<T: Datum + PartialOrd>(
+        &self,
+        coords: &mut [usize],
+        input: &Tensor,
+        output_values: &mut Tensor,
+        output_indices_view: &mut ArrayViewMutD<i64>,
+        k: usize,
+    ) -> TractResult<()> {
+        let mut output_values_view = output_values.to_array_view_mut::<T>()?;
+        let mut view = input.to_array_view::<T>()?;
+        for (ix, x) in coords.iter().enumerate() {
+            if ix != self.axis {
+                view.index_axis_inplace(Axis(ix), *x);
+            }
+        }
+        for (ix, (argmax, max)) in view
+            .iter()
+            .cloned()
+            .enumerate()
+            .sorted_by(|a, b| {
+                let ord = { a.1.partial_cmp(&b.1).unwrap_or(Ordering::Less) };
+                if self.largest {
+                    ord.reverse()
+                } else {
+                    ord
+                }
+            })
+            .take(k)
+            .enumerate()
+        {
+            coords[self.axis] = ix;
+            output_values_view[&*coords] = max;
+            output_indices_view[&*coords] = argmax as i64;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
 impl TypedOp for Topk {
     fn output_facts(&self, inputs: &[&TypedFact]) -> TractResult<TVec<TypedFact>> {
         let mut fact_values = inputs[0].without_value();