Intel® C++ Compiler Classic Developer Guide and Reference

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Date 12/16/2022
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<span class='option'>_mm256_max_ps</span>

Determines the maximum of float32 vectors. The corresponding Intel® AVX instruction is VMAXPS.

Syntax

extern __m256 _mm256_max_ps(__m256 m1, __m256 m2);

Arguments

m1

float32 vector used for the operation

m2

float32 vector also used for the operation

Description

Performs a SIMD compare of the packed single-precision floating-point (float32) elements in the first source vector m1 and the second source vector m2, and returns the maximum value for each pair.

Returns

Maximum value of the compare operation.