Instruction
VPSRLW
Shifts words right logically by one count from a register or an immediate.
VPSRLW is the VEX and EVEX form of PSRLW, the logical right shift of every word by one count, with the count rules PSLLW gives for the family. The forms are VPSLLW’s: VEX.128 for AVX, VEX.256 for AVX2, and EVEX for AVX512BW or AVX10.1, with masking, the 512-bit width and a memory source for the immediate form, but no broadcast.
On Zen 5, vpsrlw ymm0, ymm13, 0x1 shifted all sixteen words alike,
8000h becoming 4000h in either lane; {evex} vpsrlw ymm0, ymm31, xmmword ptr [mem], with a count of 0, copied its source; and
vpsrlw zmm24{k3}, zmm3, xmm3, by 15, brought the top bit of each word
K3 selects down to bit 0 and kept the other words.
In compiled code
In our builds at -O2, b[i] >> 3 over uint16_t arrays is VPSRLW by
3 with -march=x86-64-v3 in GCC 14 and Clang 23, read straight from
memory with -march=x86-64-v4. Over uint8_t arrays it is VPSRLW and
a VPAND with 1Fh in every byte. Narrowing w[i] >> 8
to bytes is VPSRLW by 8 and VPACKUSWB at -v3,
which packs within each 128-bit lane: GCC reorders the quadwords with
VPERMQ, Clang packs the two halves of each register.
At -v4 both narrow with AVX512BW’s VPMOVWB instead.
AMD’s latency spreadsheet for Zen 5 gives the EVEX immediate form one cycle on pipes FP2 and FP3 and the count from a register two cycles on FP0 and FP1, as its one VEX row gives every VEX form.
Forms
| Instruction | Encoding | Requires |
|---|---|---|
VPSRLW xmm, xmm, m128
VPSRLW_XMMdq_XMMdq_MEMdq | VEX.128.66.0F.WIG D1 /r | AVX |
VPSRLW xmm, xmm, xmm
VPSRLW_XMMdq_XMMdq_XMMdq | VEX.128.66.0F.WIG D1 /r | AVX |
VPSRLW xmm, xmm, imm8
VPSRLW_XMMdq_XMMdq_IMMb | VEX.128.66.0F.WIG 71 /2 ib | AVX |
VPSRLW ymm, ymm, m128
VPSRLW_YMMqq_YMMqq_MEMdq | VEX.256.66.0F.WIG D1 /r | AVX2 |
VPSRLW ymm, ymm, xmm
VPSRLW_YMMqq_YMMqq_XMMq | VEX.256.66.0F.WIG D1 /r | AVX2 |
VPSRLW ymm, ymm, imm8
VPSRLW_YMMqq_YMMqq_IMMb | VEX.256.66.0F.WIG 71 /2 ib | AVX2 |
VPSRLW xmm {k}{z}, xmm, imm8
VPSRLW_XMMu16_MASKmskw_XMMu16_IMM8_AVX512 | EVEX.128.66.0F.WIG 71 /2 ib | AVX10.1 or AVX512BW + AVX512VL |
VPSRLW xmm {k}{z}, m128, imm8
VPSRLW_XMMu16_MASKmskw_MEMu16_IMM8_AVX512 | EVEX.128.66.0F.WIG 71 /2 ib | AVX10.1 or AVX512BW + AVX512VL |
VPSRLW xmm {k}{z}, xmm, xmm
VPSRLW_XMMu16_MASKmskw_XMMu16_XMMu16_AVX512 | EVEX.128.66.0F.WIG D1 /r | AVX10.1 or AVX512BW + AVX512VL |
VPSRLW xmm {k}{z}, xmm, m128
VPSRLW_XMMu16_MASKmskw_XMMu16_MEMu16_AVX512 | EVEX.128.66.0F.WIG D1 /r | AVX10.1 or AVX512BW + AVX512VL |
VPSRLW ymm {k}{z}, ymm, imm8
VPSRLW_YMMu16_MASKmskw_YMMu16_IMM8_AVX512 | EVEX.256.66.0F.WIG 71 /2 ib | AVX10.1 or AVX512BW + AVX512VL |
VPSRLW ymm {k}{z}, m256, imm8
VPSRLW_YMMu16_MASKmskw_MEMu16_IMM8_AVX512 | EVEX.256.66.0F.WIG 71 /2 ib | AVX10.1 or AVX512BW + AVX512VL |
VPSRLW ymm {k}{z}, ymm, xmm
VPSRLW_YMMu16_MASKmskw_YMMu16_XMMu16_AVX512 | EVEX.256.66.0F.WIG D1 /r | AVX10.1 or AVX512BW + AVX512VL |
VPSRLW ymm {k}{z}, ymm, m128
VPSRLW_YMMu16_MASKmskw_YMMu16_MEMu16_AVX512 | EVEX.256.66.0F.WIG D1 /r | AVX10.1 or AVX512BW + AVX512VL |
VPSRLW zmm {k}{z}, zmm, imm8
VPSRLW_ZMMu16_MASKmskw_ZMMu16_IMM8_AVX512 | EVEX.512.66.0F.WIG 71 /2 ib | AVX10.1 or AVX512BW |
VPSRLW zmm {k}{z}, m512, imm8
VPSRLW_ZMMu16_MASKmskw_MEMu16_IMM8_AVX512 | EVEX.512.66.0F.WIG 71 /2 ib | AVX10.1 or AVX512BW |
VPSRLW zmm {k}{z}, zmm, xmm
VPSRLW_ZMMu16_MASKmskw_ZMMu16_XMMu16_AVX512 | EVEX.512.66.0F.WIG D1 /r | AVX10.1 or AVX512BW |
VPSRLW zmm {k}{z}, zmm, m128
VPSRLW_ZMMu16_MASKmskw_ZMMu16_MEMu16_AVX512 | EVEX.512.66.0F.WIG D1 /r | AVX10.1 or AVX512BW |
Latency and throughput
| Model | xmm, xmm, m128xmm {k}{z}, xmm, m128no mask | xmm, xmm, xmmxmm {k}{z}, xmm, xmmno mask | xmm, xmm, imm8 | ymm, ymm, m128ymm {k}{z}, m256, imm8no maskymm {k}{z}, ymm, m128no mask | ymm, ymm, xmmymm {k}{z}, ymm, xmmno mask | ymm, ymm, imm8 | xmm {k}{z}, xmm, imm8no maskymm {k}{z}, ymm, imm8no mask | xmm {k}{z}, xmm, imm8with a mask, zeroingymm {k}{z}, ymm, imm8with a mask, zeroing | xmm {k}{z}, m128, imm8no mask | xmm {k}{z}, m128, imm8with a mask, zeroing | xmm {k}{z}, xmm, xmmwith a mask, zeroing | xmm {k}{z}, xmm, m128with a mask, zeroing | ymm {k}{z}, m256, imm8with a mask, zeroingymm {k}{z}, ymm, m128with a mask, zeroing | ymm {k}{z}, ymm, xmmwith a mask, zeroing | zmm {k}{z}, zmm, imm8no mask | zmm {k}{z}, zmm, imm8with a mask, zeroing | zmm {k}{z}, m512, imm8no maskzmm {k}{z}, zmm, m128no mask | zmm {k}{z}, m512, imm8with a mask, zeroingzmm {k}{z}, zmm, m128with a mask, zeroing | zmm {k}{z}, zmm, xmmno mask | zmm {k}{z}, zmm, xmmwith a mask, zeroing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Bridge | 8 / 1p015 | 2 / 1p015 | 1 / 1p0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Haswell | 8 / 1p0 | 2 / 1p05 | 1 / 1p0 | 8 / 1p0 | 4 / 1p05 | 1 / 1p0 | ||||||||||||||
| Broadwell | 7 / 1p0 | 2 / 1p05 | 1 / 1p0 | 7 / 1p0 | 4 / 1p05 | 1 / 1p0 | ||||||||||||||
| Skylake | 7 / 0.5p01 | 2 / 1p015 | 1 / 0.5p01 | 8 / 0.5p01 | 4 / 1p015 | 1 / 0.5p01 | ||||||||||||||
| Skylake-SP | 7 / 0.5p01 | 2 / 1p015 | 1 / 0.5p01 | 8 / 0.5p01 | 4 / 1p015 | 1 / 0.5p01 | 1 / 0.5p01 | 1 / 0.5p01 | 7 / 0.5p01 | 7 / 0.5p01 | 2 / 1p015 | 7 / 0.5p01 | 8 / 0.5p01 | 4 / 1p015 | 1 / 1p0 | 1 / 1p0 | 8 / 1p0 | 8 / 1p0 | 4 / 1p05 | 4 / 1p05 |
| Ice Lake | 7 / 0.5p01 | 2 / 0.67p015 | 1 / 0.5p01 | 8 / 0.5p01 | 4 / 1p015 | 1 / 0.5p01 | 1 / 0.5p01 | 1 / 0.5p01 | 7 / 0.5p01 | 7 / 0.5p01 | 2 / 0.67p015 | 7 / 0.5p01 | 8 / 0.5p01 | 4 / 1p015 | 1 / 1p0 | 1 / 1p0 | 8 / 1p0 | 8 / 1p0 | 4 / 1p05 | 4 / 1p05 |
| Alder Lake | 8 / 0.5p01 | 2 / 0.67p015 | 1 / 0.5p01 | 9 / 0.5p01 | 4 / 1p015 | 1 / 0.5p01 | ||||||||||||||
| Sapphire Rapids | 8 / 0.5p01 | 2 / 0.67p015 | 1 / 0.5p01 | 9 / 0.5p01 | 4 / 1p015 | 1 / 0.5p01 | 1 / 0.5p01 | 3 / 0.5p01 | 8 / 0.5p01 | 11 / 0.5p01 | 4 / 0.67p015 | 11 / 0.5p01 | 11 / 0.5p01 | 6 / 1p015 | 1 / 1p0 | 3 / 1p0 | 9 / 1p0 | 11 / 1p0 | 4 / 1p05 | 6 / 1p05 |
| Lunar Lake | 8 / 0.5V0 V1 | 2 / 0.5V0 V1 V2 V3 | 1 / 0.5V0 V1 | 9 / 2.33V0 V1 | 4 / 0.5V0 V1 V2 V3 | 1 / 0.5V0 V1 | ||||||||||||||
| Piledriver | 8 / 1.5FPU1 FPXBR | 3 / 1FPU1 FPXBR | 2 / 1FPU1 FPXBR | |||||||||||||||||
| Zen | 8 / 1FPU2 | 1 / 1FPU2 | 1 / 1FPU2 | 8 / 2FPU2 | 1 / 2FPU2 | 1 / 2FPU2 | ||||||||||||||
| Zen 2 | 8 / 1FPU2 | 1 / 1FPU2 | 1 / 1FPU2 | 8 / 1FPU2 | 1 / 1FPU2 | 1 / 1FPU2 | ||||||||||||||
| Zen 3 | 8 / 0.5FP1 FP2 | 1 / 0.5FP1 FP2 | 1 / 0.5FP1 FP2 | 8 / 0.5FP1 FP2 | 1 / 0.5FP1 FP2 | 1 / 0.5FP1 FP2 | ||||||||||||||
| Zen 4 | 9 / 1FP1 FP2 | 2 / 1FP0 FP1 | 1 / 0.5FP1 FP2 | 8 / 0.5FP1 FP2 | 2 / 1FP0 FP1 | 1 / 0.5FP1 FP2 | 1 / 0.5FP0 FP1 | 1 / 0.5FP0 FP1 | 8 / 0.5FP1 FP2 | 8 / 0.5FP1 FP2 | 2 / 1FP0 FP1 | 9 / 1FP1 FP2 | 8 / 0.5FP1 FP2 | 2 / 1FP0 FP1 | 1 / 0.5FP0 FP1 | 1 / 0.5FP0 FP1 | 8 / 1FP1 FP2 | 8 / 1FP1 FP2 | 2 / 1FP0 FP1 | 2 / 1FP0 FP1 |
| Jaguar | 7 / 1FPU0 FPU1 VALU0 VALU1 | 2 / 0.5FPU0 FPU1 VALU0 VALU1 | 2 / 0.5FPU0 FPU1 VALU0 VALU1 | |||||||||||||||||
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.
VPSRLW xmm, xmm, xmm/m128 VPSRLW ymm, ymm, xmm/m128 VPSRLW xmm {k}{z}, xmm, xmm/m128 VPSRLW ymm {k}{z}, ymm, xmm/m128 VPSRLW zmm {k}{z}, zmm, xmm/m128Every word works alike: 8, 16 and 32 words in the xmm, ymm and zmm forms. The EVEX forms write under a mask: where its bit is 0, the element keeps its old value, or zeroes it with {z}.
Result word i comes from word i of xmm2 and the count in xmm3. Result words 7 to 0: r7, unchanged (bit 6 of k1 is 0), r5, r4, r3, r2, r1, r0.
VPSRLW xmm, xmm, imm8 VPSRLW ymm, ymm, imm8 VPSRLW xmm {k}{z}, xmm/m128, imm8 VPSRLW ymm {k}{z}, ymm/m256, imm8 VPSRLW zmm {k}{z}, zmm/m512, imm8Every word works alike: 8, 16 and 32 words in the xmm, ymm and zmm forms. The EVEX forms write under a mask: where its bit is 0, the element keeps its old value, or zeroes it with {z}.
Result word i comes from word i of xmm2. Result words 7 to 0: r7, unchanged (bit 6 of k1 is 0), r5, r4, r3, r2, r1, r0.
Operation
What the forms do, in pseudocode that our tests run against results recorded on real processors. How to read.
VPSRLW xmm, xmm, xmm/m128 VPSRLW ymm, ymm, xmm/m128 VPSRLW xmm {k}{z}, xmm, xmm/m128 VPSRLW ymm {k}{z}, ymm, xmm/m128 VPSRLW zmm {k}{z}, zmm, xmm/m128count = src3.q[0]
for i in range(VL // 16):
if k1[i]: # 1 without a write mask
zmm1.w[i] = zmm2.w[i] >> count
elif zeroing:
zmm1.w[i] = 0
# else: zmm1.w[i] keeps its value
# zmm1 is zeroed from bit VL upRun on AMD Zen 5 (EPYC 9645): 10 cases.
VPSRLW xmm, xmm, imm8 VPSRLW ymm, ymm, imm8 VPSRLW xmm {k}{z}, xmm/m128, imm8 VPSRLW ymm {k}{z}, ymm/m256, imm8 VPSRLW zmm {k}{z}, zmm/m512, imm8for i in range(VL // 16):
if k1[i]: # 1 without a write mask
zmm1.w[i] = src2.w[i] >> imm8
elif zeroing:
zmm1.w[i] = 0
# else: zmm1.w[i] keeps its value
# zmm1 is zeroed from bit VL upRun on AMD Zen 5 (EPYC 9645): 8 cases.
Operands
| Operand | Kind | Action |
|---|---|---|
VPSRLW xmm, xmm, xmm/m128 VPSRLW ymm, ymm, xmm/m128 | ||
xmm, ymm | explicit | write |
xmm, ymm | explicit | read |
xmm/m128 | explicit | read |
VPSRLW xmm, xmm, imm8 VPSRLW ymm, ymm, imm8 | ||
xmm, ymm | explicit | write |
xmm, ymm | explicit | read |
imm8 | explicit | read |
VPSRLW xmm {k}{z}, xmm/m128, imm8 VPSRLW ymm {k}{z}, ymm/m256, imm8 VPSRLW zmm {k}{z}, zmm/m512, imm8 | ||
xmm, ymm, zmm | explicit | write (masked) |
{k} | explicit | read (write mask) |
xmm/m128, ymm/m256, zmm/m512 | explicit | read |
imm8 | explicit | read |
VPSRLW xmm {k}{z}, xmm, xmm/m128 VPSRLW ymm {k}{z}, ymm, xmm/m128 VPSRLW zmm {k}{z}, zmm, xmm/m128 | ||
xmm, ymm, zmm | explicit | write (masked) |
{k} | explicit | read (write mask) |
xmm, ymm, zmm | explicit | read |
xmm/m128 | 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.
VPSRLW xmm, xmm, xmm/m128VPSRLW xmm, xmm, imm8VPSRLW ymm, ymm, imm8avx-type-7VPSRLW ymm, ymm, xmm/m128avx-type-4VPSRLW xmm {k}{z}, xmm/m128, imm8VPSRLW ymm {k}{z}, ymm/m256, imm8VPSRLW zmm {k}{z}, zmm/m512, imm8AVX512-E4VPSRLW xmm {k}{z}, xmm, xmm/m128VPSRLW ymm {k}{z}, ymm, xmm/m128VPSRLW zmm {k}{z}, zmm, xmm/m128AVX512-E4NF
Attributes
What else XED records about the forms. How to read.
- EVEX forms
- write masking
VPSRLW xmm {k}{z}, m128, imm8VPSRLW ymm {k}{z}, m256, imm8VPSRLW zmm {k}{z}, m512, imm8- memory fault suppression
Intrinsics
The C intrinsics of Clang 23.1.2 that compile to VPSRLW, 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_srl_epi16
__m128i _mm_srl_epi16(__m128i __a, __m128i __count) |
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_mm_srli_epi16
__m128i _mm_srli_epi16(__m128i __a, int __count) |
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_mm_mask_srl_epi16
__m128i _mm_mask_srl_epi16(__m128i __W, __mmask8 __U, __m128i __A, __m128i __B) |
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_mm_mask_srli_epi16
__m128i _mm_mask_srli_epi16(__m128i __W, __mmask8 __U, __m128i __A, int __B) |
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_mm_maskz_srl_epi16
__m128i _mm_maskz_srl_epi16(__mmask8 __U, __m128i __A, __m128i __B) |
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_mm_maskz_srli_epi16
__m128i _mm_maskz_srli_epi16(__mmask8 __U, __m128i __A, int __B) |
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_mm256_srl_epi16
__m256i _mm256_srl_epi16(__m256i __a, __m128i __count) |
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_mm256_srli_epi16
__m256i _mm256_srli_epi16(__m256i __a, int __count) |
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_mm256_mask_srl_epi16
__m256i _mm256_mask_srl_epi16(__m256i __W, __mmask16 __U, __m256i __A, __m128i __B) |
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_mm256_mask_srli_epi16
__m256i _mm256_mask_srli_epi16(__m256i __W, __mmask16 __U, __m256i __A, int __B) |
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_mm256_maskz_srl_epi16
__m256i _mm256_maskz_srl_epi16(__mmask16 __U, __m256i __A, __m128i __B) |
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_mm256_maskz_srli_epi16
__m256i _mm256_maskz_srli_epi16(__mmask16 __U, __m256i __A, int __B) |
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_mm512_srl_epi16
__m512i _mm512_srl_epi16(__m512i __A, __m128i __B) |
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_mm512_srli_epi16
__m512i _mm512_srli_epi16(__m512i __A, unsigned int __B) |
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_mm512_mask_srl_epi16
__m512i _mm512_mask_srl_epi16(__m512i __W, __mmask32 __U, __m512i __A, __m128i __B) |
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_mm512_mask_srli_epi16
__m512i _mm512_mask_srli_epi16(__m512i __W, __mmask32 __U, __m512i __A, unsigned int __B) |
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_mm512_maskz_srl_epi16
__m512i _mm512_maskz_srl_epi16(__mmask32 __U, __m512i __A, __m128i __B) |
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_mm512_maskz_srli_epi16
__m512i _mm512_maskz_srli_epi16(__mmask32 __U, __m512i __A, int __B) |
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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.
More AVX instructions
- VPMULLW
- VPMULUDQ
- VPOR
- VPSADBW
- VPSHUFB
- VPSHUFD
- VPSHUFHW
- VPSHUFLW
- VPSIGNB
- VPSIGND
- VPSIGNW
- VPSLLD
- VPSLLDQ
- VPSLLQ
- VPSLLW
- VPSRAD
- VPSRAW
- VPSRLD
- VPSRLDQ
- VPSRLQ
- VPSUBB
- VPSUBD
- VPSUBQ
- VPSUBSB
- VPSUBSW
- VPSUBUSB
- VPSUBUSW
- VPSUBW
- VPTEST
- VPUNPCKHBW
- VPUNPCKHDQ
- VPUNPCKHQDQ
- VPUNPCKHWD
- VPUNPCKLBW
- VPUNPCKLDQ
- VPUNPCKLQDQ
- VPUNPCKLWD
- VPXOR
- VRCPPS
- VRCPSS
More AVX2 instructions
- VPOR
- VPSADBW
- VPSHUFB
- VPSHUFD
- VPSHUFHW
- VPSHUFLW
- VPSIGNB
- VPSIGND
- VPSIGNW
- VPSLLD
- VPSLLDQ
- VPSLLQ
- VPSLLVD
- VPSLLVQ
- VPSLLW
- VPSRAD
- VPSRAVD
- VPSRAW
- VPSRLD
- VPSRLDQ
- VPSRLQ
- VPSRLVD
- VPSRLVQ
- VPSUBB
- VPSUBD
- VPSUBQ
- VPSUBSB
- VPSUBSW
- VPSUBUSB
- VPSUBUSW
- VPSUBW
- VPUNPCKHBW
- VPUNPCKHDQ
- VPUNPCKHQDQ
- VPUNPCKHWD
- VPUNPCKLBW
- VPUNPCKLDQ
- VPUNPCKLQDQ
- VPUNPCKLWD
- VPXOR
More AVX10.1 instructions
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. - LLVM 23.1.2's x86 scheduling models (commit
85ac56026243): the latency, reciprocal throughput and ports of each form, as llvm-mca reports them. - Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual, Volume 2 (325383-093, September 2026): Volume 2B, page 4-467 (PSRLW/
PSRLD/ PSRLQ) - Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual, Volume 1 (253665-093, September 2026)
- Intel Advanced Vector Extensions 10.2 Architecture Specification, revision 7.0 (361050-007, April 2026)
- Software Optimization Guide for the AMD Zen5 Microarchitecture (58455, rev. 1.00, August 2024), Wayback Machine copy of AMD's ZIP
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 and the timings from LLVM's scheduling models, both part of the LLVM Project, licensed under the Apache License 2.0 with LLVM Exceptions. The text is our own.