PCMPGTW

/ VPCMPGTW

Compare signed greater 16-bit elements

Produce an all-ones 16-bit mask for each true comparison, otherwise zero.

SSE216-bit unsigned elements

Similar operations on Arm64:CMGTvcgtq_s16

Form	Bits	Requires	Encoding
`PCMPGTW xmm1, xmm2`	128	SSE2	`66 0F 65 /r`
`VPCMPGTW xmm1, xmm2, xmm3`	128	AVX	`VEX.L0.66.0F.WIG 65 /r`
`VPCMPGTW ymm1, ymm2, ymm3`	256	AVX2	`VEX.L1.66.0F.WIG 65 /r`

128 bits · 8 × 16-bit elements

Operation#

Pseudo-C · selected form

dst[i] = (a[i] > b[i]) ? 65535 : 0

Simplified pseudocode for the selected form.

What to watch for

Signed comparisons interpret the top bit as a sign bit. Output masks do not update integer flags.

Corresponding intrinsics#

C / C++ · selected form

_mm_cmpgt_epi16

Open example

__m128i _mm_cmpgt_epi16(__m128i a, __m128i b)

#include <emmintrin.h>SSE2

Documented instruction mapping; a compiler may use an equivalent encoding or optimize the operation away.

Documented mapping

PCMPGTW xmm, xmm

Architectural details#

Flags: RFLAGS unchanged.
Destination: Writes the low 128 bits; upper vector-register bits are preserved.
Encoding: 66 0F 65 /r
Operands: xmm1read / write · 128 bits (8 × 16) · signed
xmm2read · 128 bits (8 × 16) · signed
Coverage: Selected register-only 128/256-bit legacy and VEX forms. Memory, MMX, EVEX/AVX-512 and scalar floating-point forms are outside this selection.

Exception information & execution requirements

#NM
#UD

Feature availability, operating-system vector-state enablement and applicable floating-point exception controls still apply.

Feature availability alone does not guarantee execution: OS state and execution-level controls also apply. Use the linked architecture documentation for the full exception conditions.

Performance measurements are not included in this preview. Latency and throughput depend on the exact form and microarchitecture. Measured data on uops.info ↗

Sources & provenance#

Technical fields are imported from pinned upstream files. Explanations and explorer behavior are maintained separately.

Intel · PCMPGTB-PCMPGTW-PCMPGTD-Compare-Packed-Signed-Integers-for-Greater-Than.xml

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Intel · intrinsics.xml

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