Instruction
RCL
Rotates an operand left through the carry flag; APX adds a three-operand form.
- Extensions
- Forms
- 36 (12 Legacy, 24 EVEX)
- Data
- Intel XED v2026.08.23
Forms
| Instruction | Encoding | Requires |
|---|---|---|
RCL m8, imm8
RCL_MEMb_IMMb | C0 /2 ib | Base instruction set |
RCL r8, imm8
RCL_GPR8_IMMb | C0 /2 ib | Base instruction set |
RCL m16/32/64, imm8
RCL_MEMv_IMMb | C1 /2 ib | Base instruction set |
RCL r16/32/64, imm8
RCL_GPRv_IMMb | C1 /2 ib | Base instruction set |
RCL m8, imm8
RCL_MEMb_ONE | D0 /2 | Base instruction set |
RCL r8, imm8
RCL_GPR8_ONE | D0 /2 | Base instruction set |
RCL m16/32/64, imm8
RCL_MEMv_ONE | D1 /2 | Base instruction set |
RCL r16/32/64, imm8
RCL_GPRv_ONE | D1 /2 | Base instruction set |
RCL m8, CL
RCL_MEMb_CL | D2 /2 | Base instruction set |
RCL r8, CL
RCL_GPR8_CL | D2 /2 | Base instruction set |
RCL m16/32/64, CL
RCL_MEMv_CL | D3 /2 | Base instruction set |
RCL r16/32/64, CL
RCL_GPRv_CL | D3 /2 | Base instruction set |
RCL r8, imm8
RCL_GPR8i8_IMM8_APX | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.WIG C0 /2 ib | APX_F |
RCL m8, imm8
RCL_MEMi8_IMM8_APX | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.WIG C0 /2 ib | APX_F |
RCL r16/32/64, r16/32/64, imm8 NDD
RCL_GPRv_GPRv_IMM8_APX_N3 | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.SCALABLE C1 /2 ib ND=1 | APX_F + APX_NCI_NDD_NF |
RCL r16/32/64, m16/32/64, imm8 NDD
RCL_GPRv_MEMv_IMM8_APX_N3 | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.SCALABLE C1 /2 ib ND=1 | APX_F + APX_NCI_NDD_NF |
RCL r8, imm8
RCL_GPR8i8_ONE_APX | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.WIG D0 /2 | APX_F |
RCL m8, imm8
RCL_MEMi8_ONE_APX | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.WIG D0 /2 | APX_F |
RCL r8, r8, imm8 NDD
RCL_GPR8i8_GPR8i8_ONE_APX_N3 | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.WIG D0 /2 ND=1 | APX_F + APX_NCI_NDD_NF |
RCL r8, m8, imm8 NDD
RCL_GPR8i8_MEMi8_ONE_APX_N3 | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.WIG D0 /2 ND=1 | APX_F + APX_NCI_NDD_NF |
RCL r16/32/64, imm8
RCL_GPRv_ONE_APX | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.SCALABLE D1 /2 | APX_F |
RCL m16/32/64, imm8
RCL_MEMv_ONE_APX | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.SCALABLE D1 /2 | APX_F |
RCL r16/32/64, r16/32/64, imm8 NDD
RCL_GPRv_GPRv_ONE_APX_N3 | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.SCALABLE D1 /2 ND=1 | APX_F + APX_NCI_NDD_NF |
RCL r16/32/64, m16/32/64, imm8 NDD
RCL_GPRv_MEMv_ONE_APX_N3 | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.SCALABLE D1 /2 ND=1 | APX_F + APX_NCI_NDD_NF |
RCL r8, CL
RCL_GPR8i8_CL_APX | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.WIG D2 /2 | APX_F |
RCL m8, CL
RCL_MEMi8_CL_APX | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.WIG D2 /2 | APX_F |
RCL r8, r8, CL NDD
RCL_GPR8i8_GPR8i8_CL_APX_N3 | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.WIG D2 /2 ND=1 | APX_F + APX_NCI_NDD_NF |
RCL r8, m8, CL NDD
RCL_GPR8i8_MEMi8_CL_APX_N3 | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.WIG D2 /2 ND=1 | APX_F + APX_NCI_NDD_NF |
RCL r16/32/64, CL
RCL_GPRv_CL_APX | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.SCALABLE D3 /2 | APX_F |
RCL m16/32/64, CL
RCL_MEMv_CL_APX | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.SCALABLE D3 /2 | APX_F |
RCL r16/32/64, r16/32/64, CL NDD
RCL_GPRv_GPRv_CL_APX_N3 | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.SCALABLE D3 /2 ND=1 | APX_F + APX_NCI_NDD_NF |
RCL r16/32/64, m16/32/64, CL NDD
RCL_GPRv_MEMv_CL_APX_N3 | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.SCALABLE D3 /2 ND=1 | APX_F + APX_NCI_NDD_NF |
RCL r8, r8, imm8 NDD
RCL_GPR8i8_GPR8i8_IMM8_APX_N3 | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.WIG C0 /2 ib ND=1 | APX_F + APX_NCI_NDD_NF |
RCL r8, m8, imm8 NDD
RCL_GPR8i8_MEMi8_IMM8_APX_N3 | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.WIG C0 /2 ib ND=1 | APX_F + APX_NCI_NDD_NF |
RCL r16/32/64, imm8
RCL_GPRv_IMM8_APX | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.SCALABLE C1 /2 ib | APX_F |
RCL m16/32/64, imm8
RCL_MEMv_IMM8_APX | EVEX.LLZ.NP.MAP4.SCALABLE C1 /2 ib | APX_F |
CPUID and processors
Each form belongs to an XED ISA set. A form can be used when the processor reports every CPUID bit of one of its ISA set's alternatives.
| ISA set | CPUID | Processors in XED |
|---|---|---|
I186 | No CPUID bit: part of the base instruction set. | Every x86-64 processor in XED’s model |
I86 | No CPUID bit: part of the base instruction set. | Every x86-64 processor in XED’s model |
APX_F | APX_F | Nova Lake, Diamond Rapids |
APX_F_N3 | APX_F + APX_NCI_NDD_NF | Nova Lake, Diamond Rapids |
More General-purpose instructions
- LSS
- MOV
- MOVS
- MOVSX
- MOVSXD
- MOVZX
- MUL
- NEG
- NOP
- NOT
- OR
- OUT
- OUTS
- PAUSE
- POP
- POPA
- POPF
- PUSH
- PUSHA
- PUSHF
- RCR
- RET
- ROL
- ROR
- SALC
- SAR
- SBB
- SCAS
- SETcc
- SHL
- SHLD
- SHR
- SHRD
- STC
- STD
- STI
- STOS
- SUB
- TEST
- UD0
All 109 General-purpose instructions
More APX instructions
Sources
- Intel XED v2026.08.23 (commit
0bcb6237345c): forms, encodings, ISA sets, CPUID bits and chip model. - Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual, Volume 2 (325383-092, June 2026)
- Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual, Volume 2 (325383-093, September 2026)
- Intel Advanced Performance Extensions (Intel APX) Architecture Specification, revision 7.0 (July 2025)
The tables are derived from Intel XED, Copyright Intel Corporation, licensed under the Apache License 2.0; x86-64.net converted and reformatted them. The text is our own.