image/svg+xmlMAXSS—Return Maximum Scalar Single-Precision Floating-Point ValueInstruction Operand EncodingDescriptionCompares the low single-precision floating-point values in the first source operand and the second source operand, and returns the maximum value to the low doubleword of the destination operand. If the values being compared are both 0.0s (of either sign), the value in the second source operand is returned. If a value in the second source operand is an SNaN, that SNaN is returned unchanged to the destination (that is, a QNaN version of the SNaN is not returned).If only one value is a NaN (SNaN or QNaN) for this instruction, the second source operand, either a NaN or a valid floating-point value, is written to the result. If instead of this behavior, it is required that the NaN from either source operand be returned, the action of MAXSS can be emulated using a sequence of instructions, such as, a comparison followed by AND, ANDN and OR. The second source operand can be an XMM register or a 32-bit memory location. The first source and destination operands are XMM registers. 128-bit Legacy SSE version: The destination and first source operand are the same. Bits (MAXVL:32) of the corre-sponding destination register remain unchanged.VEX.128 and EVEX encoded version: The first source operand is an xmm register encoded by VEX.vvvv. Bits (127:32) of the XMM register destination are copied from corresponding bits in the first source operand. Bits (MAXVL:128) of the destination register are zeroed.EVEX encoded version: The low doubleword element of the destination operand is updated according to the writemask.Software should ensure VMAXSS is encoded with VEX.L=0. Encoding VMAXSS with VEX.L=1 may encounter unpre-dictable behavior across different processor generations.Opcode/InstructionOp / En64/32 bit Mode SupportCPUID Feature FlagDescriptionF3 0F 5F /rMAXSS xmm1, xmm2/m32AV/VSSEReturn the maximum scalar single-precision floating-point value between xmm2/m32 and xmm1.VEX.LIG.F3.0F.WIG 5F /rVMAXSS xmm1, xmm2, xmm3/m32BV/VAVXReturn the maximum scalar single-precision floating-point value between xmm3/m32 and xmm2.EVEX.LLIG.F3.0F.W0 5F /rVMAXSS xmm1 {k1}{z}, xmm2, xmm3/m32{sae}CV/VAVX512FReturn the maximum scalar single-precision floating-point value between xmm3/m32 and xmm2.Op/EnTuple TypeOperand 1Operand 2Operand 3Operand 4ANAModRM:reg (r, w)ModRM:r/m (r)NANABNAModRM:reg (w)VEX.vvvv (r)ModRM:r/m (r)NACTuple1 ScalarModRM:reg (w)EVEX.vvvv (r)ModRM:r/m (r)NA

image/svg+xmlOperationMAX(SRC1, SRC2){IF ((SRC1 = 0.0) and (SRC2 = 0.0)) THEN DEST := SRC2;ELSE IF (SRC1 = NaN) THEN DEST := SRC2; FI;ELSE IF (SRC2 = NaN) THEN DEST := SRC2; FI;ELSE IF (SRC1 > SRC2) THEN DEST := SRC1;ELSE DEST := SRC2; FI; }VMAXSS (EVEX encoded version)IF k1[0] or *no writemask*THENDEST[31:0] := MAX(SRC1[31:0], SRC2[31:0])ELSE IF *merging-masking*; merging-maskingTHEN *DEST[31:0] remains unchanged*ELSE ; zeroing-maskingTHEN DEST[31:0] := 0FI;FI;DEST[127:32] := SRC1[127:32]DEST[MAXVL-1:128] := 0VMAXSS (VEX.128 encoded version)DEST[31:0] := MAX(SRC1[31:0], SRC2[31:0])DEST[127:32] := SRC1[127:32]DEST[MAXVL-1:128] := 0MAXSS (128-bit Legacy SSE version)DEST[31:0] := MAX(DEST[31:0], SRC[31:0])DEST[MAXVL-1:32] (Unmodified)Intel C/C++ Compiler Intrinsic EquivalentVMAXSS __m128 _mm_max_round_ss( __m128 a, __m128 b, int);VMAXSS __m128 _mm_mask_max_round_ss(__m128 s, __mmask8 k, __m128 a, __m128 b, int);VMAXSS __m128 _mm_maskz_max_round_ss( __mmask8 k, __m128 a, __m128 b, int);MAXSS __m128 _mm_max_ss(__m128 a, __m128 b)SIMD Floating-Point ExceptionsInvalid (Including QNaN Source Operand), DenormalOther ExceptionsNon-EVEX-encoded instruction, see Table2-20, “Type 3 Class Exception Conditions”.EVEX-encoded instruction, see Table2-47, “Type E3 Class Exception Conditions”.

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