Instruction
VLDDQU
Loads 128 or 256 unaligned bits like VMOVDQU, but may read more bytes around them, for loads that cross cache lines.
- Extensions
- Forms
- 2 (2 VEX)
- Data
- Intel XED v2026.08.23
Forms
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 doubleword works alike: 4 and 8 doublewords in the xmm and ymm forms.
Result doubleword i is doubleword i of m128. Result doublewords 3 to 0: a3, a2, a1, a0.
Operation
What the forms do, in pseudocode that our tests run against results recorded on real processors. How to read.
ymm1.write(mem.read())
# ymm1 is zeroed from bit VL upRun on AMD Zen 5 (EPYC 9645): 2 cases.
Operands
| Operand | Kind | Action |
|---|---|---|
VLDDQU xmm, m128 VLDDQU ymm, m256 | ||
xmm, ymm | explicit | write |
m128/256 | 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
avx-type-4
Intrinsics
The C intrinsics of Clang 23.1.2 that compile to VLDDQU, 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_lddqu_si128
__m128i _mm_lddqu_si128(const __m128i_u *__p) |
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_mm256_lddqu_si256
__m256i _mm256_lddqu_si256(const __m256i_u *__p) |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
AVX | AVX | Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, Haswell, Broadwell, Skylake, Comet Lake, Cannon Lake, Ice Lake (client), Tiger Lake, Alder Lake, Arrow Lake, Panther Lake, Nova Lake, Skylake-SP, Cascade Lake, Cooper Lake, Ice Lake (server), Sapphire Rapids, Emerald Rapids, Granite Rapids, Diamond Rapids, Sierra Forest, Clearwater Forest, Knights Landing, Knights Mill, Bulldozer, Piledriver, Zen, Zen+, Zen 2, Zen 3, Zen 4, Zen 5, Zen 6 |
More AVX instructions
- VCVTSS2SD
- VCVTSS2SI
- VCVTTPD2DQ
- VCVTTPS2DQ
- VCVTTSD2SI
- VCVTTSS2SI
- VDIVPD
- VDIVPS
- VDIVSD
- VDIVSS
- VDPPD
- VDPPS
- VEXTRACTF128
- VEXTRACTPS
- VHADDPD
- VHADDPS
- VHSUBPD
- VHSUBPS
- VINSERTF128
- VINSERTPS
- VLDMXCSR
- VMASKMOVDQU
- VMASKMOVPD
- VMASKMOVPS
- VMAXPD
- VMAXPS
- VMAXSD
- VMAXSS
- VMINPD
- VMINPS
- VMINSD
- VMINSS
- VMOVAPD
- VMOVAPS
- VMOVD
- VMOVDDUP
- VMOVDQA
- VMOVDQU
- VMOVHLPS
- VMOVHPD
Sources
- Intel XED v2026.08.23 (commit
0bcb6237345c): forms, encodings, operands, flags, exception classes, attributes, ISA sets, CPUID bits and chip model. - The CPU data of x86-64.net: Zen 3 to Zen 6, from GCC’s
-marchfeature sets and AMD’s Processor Programming References, which the page of each processor cites. - 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 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual, Volume 2 (325383-093, September 2026): Volume 2A, page 3-537 (LDDQU)
- Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual, Volume 1 (253665-093, September 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.