Instruction
VCVTTPS2IBS
Converts packed single-precision values to signed bytes, truncating and saturating, each result in the low byte of a zeroed 32-bit element.
- Extensions
- Forms
- 6 (6 EVEX)
- Data
- Intel XED v2026.08.23
VCVTTPS2IBS converts each single to a signed byte, truncating toward
zero, and saturates: 128 or more gives 7Fh, -129 or less gives 80h, and
a NaN gives 0. It is VCVTPS2IBS with the rounding
fixed, opcode 68h for 69h; that page covers the in-place layout, each
byte in the low byte of its doubleword, and the rest of the family.
Truncation moves the edges of the range: 127.9 gives 127 and -128.9
gives -128, each with PE alone, while 128 and -129 set IE, as do
infinities and NaNs. The 512-bit register form takes {sae} instead of
{er}, which keeps those from being reported but leaves the results.
The result is what C gives for a single first clamped to -128 and 127
and then converted to int8_t, apart from NaNs, for which C defines
no result. VCVTTPS2DQ truncates the same
way to doublewords and returns 80000000h for anything out of range;
VCVTTPS2DQS is the saturating doubleword form.
In our builds
GCC 14 has no AVX10.2 option. Clang 23 with -mavx10.2 compiles
_mm512_ipcvtts_ps_epi8 to vcvttps2ibs zmm0, zmm0 and
_mm512_ipcvtts_roundps_epi8(x, _MM_FROUND_NO_EXC) to
vcvttps2ibs zmm0, zmm0, {sae}. The clamp loop above, written in C,
keeps VMAXPS, VMINPS, VCVTTPS2DQ and VPMOVDB. No
AVX10.2 processor appears in this site’s recorded cases.
Forms
| Instruction | Encoding | Requires |
|---|---|---|
VCVTTPS2IBS xmm {k}{z}, xmm
VCVTTPS2IBS_XMMi8_MASKmskw_XMMf32_AVX512 | EVEX.128.66.MAP5.W0 68 /r | AVX10.2 |
VCVTTPS2IBS xmm {k}{z}, m128/m32bcst
VCVTTPS2IBS_XMMi8_MASKmskw_MEMf32_AVX512 | EVEX.128.66.MAP5.W0 68 /r | AVX10.2 |
VCVTTPS2IBS ymm {k}{z}, ymm
VCVTTPS2IBS_YMMi8_MASKmskw_YMMf32_AVX512 | EVEX.256.66.MAP5.W0 68 /r | AVX10.2 |
VCVTTPS2IBS ymm {k}{z}, m256/m32bcst
VCVTTPS2IBS_YMMi8_MASKmskw_MEMf32_AVX512 | EVEX.256.66.MAP5.W0 68 /r | AVX10.2 |
VCVTTPS2IBS zmm {k}{z}, zmm, {sae}
VCVTTPS2IBS_ZMMi8_MASKmskw_ZMMf32_AVX512 | EVEX.512.66.MAP5.W0 68 /r | AVX10.2 |
VCVTTPS2IBS zmm {k}{z}, m512/m32bcst
VCVTTPS2IBS_ZMMi8_MASKmskw_MEMf32_AVX512 | EVEX.512.66.MAP5.W0 68 /r | AVX10.2 |
Data flow
Where the elements of the sources go, element 0 on the right; results that depend on a control value are drawn for an example. How to read.
Every single works alike: 4, 8 and 16 singles in the xmm, ymm and zmm forms. The forms write under a mask: where its bit is 0, the element keeps its old value, or zeroes it with {z}. With m32bcst, one single from memory stands for every element of the last source.
Result single i comes from single i of xmm2. Result singles 3 to 0: r3, unchanged (bit 2 of k1 is 0), r1, r0.
Operation
What the forms do, in pseudocode that our tests run against results recorded on real processors. How to read.
for i in range(VL // 32):
if k1[i]:
a = src2.f32[i]
zmm1.d[i] = cvtts_int(a, 8) & 0xFF
elif zeroing:
zmm1.d[i] = 0
# else: zmm1.d[i] keeps its value
# m32bcst: src2.f32[i] is the m32 for every i
# {sae}: no exception flags
# zmm1 is zeroed from bit VL upNot run on a processor: none of these processors has AVX10.2.
Operands
| Operand | Kind | Action |
|---|---|---|
VCVTTPS2IBS xmm {k}{z}, xmm/m128/m32bcst VCVTTPS2IBS ymm {k}{z}, ymm/m256/m32bcst VCVTTPS2IBS zmm {k}{z}, zmm/m512/m32bcst, {sae} | ||
xmm, ymm, zmm | explicit | write (masked) |
{k} | explicit | read (write mask) |
xmm/m128/m32bcst, ymm/m256/m32bcst, zmm/m512/m32bcst | explicit | read |
Flags
None: XED records no flag that the forms test or change.
Exceptions
The exception class is XED's name for the set of exception conditions that a form follows. How to read.
- All forms
AVX512-E2
Attributes
What else XED records about the forms. How to read.
- All forms
- write masking; follows MXCSR
- Memory forms
- embedded broadcast (tuple Full); memory fault suppression
Intrinsics
The C intrinsics of Clang 23.1.2 that compile to VCVTTPS2IBS, each with the form it compiles to and the Clang options it needs. The forms come from compiling every intrinsic and decoding the result with Intel XED; all intrinsics A–Z explains the method.
| Intrinsic | Compiles to |
|---|---|
_mm_ipcvtts_ps_epi8
__m128i _mm_ipcvtts_ps_epi8(__m128 A) |
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_mm_mask_ipcvtts_ps_epi8
__m128i _mm_mask_ipcvtts_ps_epi8(__m128i W, __mmask8 U, __m128 A) |
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_mm_maskz_ipcvtts_ps_epi8
__m128i _mm_maskz_ipcvtts_ps_epi8(__mmask8 U, __m128 A) |
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_mm256_ipcvtts_ps_epi8
__m256i _mm256_ipcvtts_ps_epi8(__m256 A) |
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_mm256_mask_ipcvtts_ps_epi8
__m256i _mm256_mask_ipcvtts_ps_epi8(__m256i W, __mmask8 U, __m256 A) |
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_mm256_maskz_ipcvtts_ps_epi8
__m256i _mm256_maskz_ipcvtts_ps_epi8(__mmask8 U, __m256 A) |
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_mm512_ipcvtts_ps_epi8
__m512i _mm512_ipcvtts_ps_epi8(__m512h A) |
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_mm512_ipcvtts_roundps_epi8
__m512i _mm512_ipcvtts_roundps_epi8(__m512h A, const int S) |
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_mm512_mask_ipcvtts_ps_epi8
__m512i _mm512_mask_ipcvtts_ps_epi8(__m512i W, __mmask16 U, __m512h A) |
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_mm512_mask_ipcvtts_roundps_epi8
__m512i _mm512_mask_ipcvtts_roundps_epi8(__m512i W, __mmask16 U, __m512h A, const int S) |
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_mm512_maskz_ipcvtts_ps_epi8
__m512i _mm512_maskz_ipcvtts_ps_epi8(__mmask16 U, __m512h A) |
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_mm512_maskz_ipcvtts_roundps_epi8
__m512i _mm512_maskz_ipcvtts_roundps_epi8(__mmask16 U, __m512h A, const int S) |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
AVX512_SAT_CVT_128 | AVX10.2 | Nova Lake, Diamond Rapids |
AVX512_SAT_CVT_256 | Same as AVX512_SAT_CVT_128 | Same as AVX512_SAT_CVT_128 |
AVX512_SAT_CVT_512 | Same as AVX512_SAT_CVT_128 | Same as AVX512_SAT_CVT_128 |
More AVX10.2 instructions
- VCVTBIASPH2HF8
- VCVTBIASPH2HF8S
- VCVTHF82PH
- VCVTPH2BF8
- VCVTPH2BF8S
- VCVTPH2HF8
- VCVTPH2HF8S
- VCVTPH2IBS
- VCVTPH2IUBS
- VCVTPS2IBS
- VCVTPS2IUBS
- VCVTTBF162IBS
- VCVTTBF162IUBS
- VCVTTPD2DQS
- VCVTTPD2QQS
- VCVTTPD2UDQS
- VCVTTPD2UQQS
- VCVTTPH2IBS
- VCVTTPH2IUBS
- VCVTTPS2DQS
- VCVTTPS2IUBS
- VCVTTPS2QQS
- VCVTTPS2UDQS
- VCVTTPS2UQQS
- VCVTTSD2SIS
- VCVTTSD2USIS
- VCVTTSS2SIS
- VCVTTSS2USIS
- VDIVBF16
- VDPPHPS
- VFMADD132BF16
- VFMADD213BF16
- VFMADD231BF16
- VFMSUB132BF16
- VFMSUB213BF16
- VFMSUB231BF16
- VFNMADD132BF16
- VFNMADD213BF16
- VFNMADD231BF16
- VFNMSUB132BF16
Sources
- Intel XED v2026.08.23 (commit
0bcb6237345c): forms, encodings, operands, flags, exception classes, attributes, ISA sets, CPUID bits and chip model. - Clang's x86 intrinsic headers, LLVM 23.1.2 (commit
85ac56026243): the intrinsics, their signatures and doc comments, and the Clang of that release, which compiled each of them. - Intel Advanced Vector Extensions 10.2 Architecture Specification, revision 7.0 (361050-007, April 2026)
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 intrinsics and their signatures come from Clang, part of the LLVM Project, licensed under the Apache License 2.0 with LLVM Exceptions. The text is our own.