MOVSS — Move or Merge Scalar Single-Precision Floating-Point Value

Opcode/Instruction Op / En 64/32 bit Mode Support CPUID Feature Flag Description
F3 0F 10 /r MOVSS xmm1, xmm2 A V/V SSE Merge scalar single-precision floating-point value from xmm2 to xmm1 register.
F3 0F 10 /r MOVSS xmm1, m32 A V/V SSE Load scalar single-precision floating-point value from m32 to xmm1 register.
VEX.LIG.F3.0F.WIG 10 /r VMOVSS xmm1, xmm2, xmm3 B V/V AVX Merge scalar single-precision floating-point value from xmm2 and xmm3 to xmm1 register
VEX.LIG.F3.0F.WIG 10 /r VMOVSS xmm1, m32 D V/V AVX Load scalar single-precision floating-point value from m32 to xmm1 register.
F3 0F 11 /r MOVSS xmm2/m32, xmm1 C V/V SSE Move scalar single-precision floating-point value from xmm1 register to xmm2/m32.
VEX.LIG.F3.0F.WIG 11 /r VMOVSS xmm1, xmm2, xmm3 E V/V AVX Move scalar single-precision floating-point value from xmm2 and xmm3 to xmm1 register.
VEX.LIG.F3.0F.WIG 11 /r VMOVSS m32, xmm1 C V/V AVX Move scalar single-precision floating-point value from xmm1 register to m32.
EVEX.LIG.F3.0F.W0 10 /r VMOVSS xmm1 {k1}{z}, xmm2, xmm3 B V/V AVX512F Move scalar single-precision floating-point value from xmm2 and xmm3 to xmm1 register under writemask k1.
EVEX.LIG.F3.0F.W0 10 /r VMOVSS xmm1 {k1}{z}, m32 F V/V AVX512F Move scalar single-precision floating-point values from m32 to xmm1 under writemask k1.
EVEX.LIG.F3.0F.W0 11 /r VMOVSS xmm1 {k1}{z}, xmm2, xmm3 E V/V AVX512F Move scalar single-precision floating-point value from xmm2 and xmm3 to xmm1 register under writemask k1.
EVEX.LIG.F3.0F.W0 11 /r VMOVSS m32 {k1}, xmm1 G V/V AVX512F Move scalar single-precision floating-point values from xmm1 to m32 under writemask k1.

Instruction Operand Encoding

Op/En Tuple Type Operand 1 Operand 2 Operand 3 Operand 4
A NA ModRM:reg (r, w) ModRM:r/m (r) NA NA
B NA ModRM:reg (w) VEX.vvvv (r) ModRM:r/m (r) NA
C NA ModRM:r/m (w) ModRM:reg (r) NA NA
D NA ModRM:reg (w) ModRM:r/m (r) NA NA
E NA ModRM:r/m (w) vvvv (r) ModRM:reg (r) NA
F Tuple1 Scalar ModRM:reg (r, w) ModRM:r/m (r) NA NA
G Tuple1 Scalar ModRM:r/m (w) ModRM:reg (r) NA NA

Description

Moves a scalar single-precision floating-point value from the source operand (second operand) to the destination operand (first operand). The source and destination operands can be XMM registers or 32-bit memory locations. This instruction can be used to move a single-precision floating-point value to and from the low doubleword of an XMM register and a 32-bit memory location, or to move a single-precision floating-point value between the low doublewords of two XMM registers. The instruction cannot be used to transfer data between memory locations.

Legacy version: When the source and destination operands are XMM registers, bits (MAXVL-1:32) of the corresponding destination register are unmodified. When the source operand is a memory location and destination operand is an XMM registers, Bits (127:32) of the destination operand is cleared to all 0s, bits MAXVL:128 of the destination operand remains unchanged.

VEX and EVEX encoded register-register syntax: Moves a scalar single-precision floating-point value from the second source operand (the third operand) to the low doubleword element of the destination operand (the first operand). Bits 127:32 of the destination operand are copied from the first source operand (the second operand). Bits (MAXVL-1:128) of the corresponding destination register are zeroed.

VEX and EVEX encoded memory load syntax: When the source operand is a memory location and destination operand is an XMM registers, bits MAXVL:32 of the destination operand is cleared to all 0s.

EVEX encoded versions: The low doubleword of the destination is updated according to the writemask.

Note: For memory store form instruction “VMOVSS m32, xmm1”, VEX.vvvv is reserved and must be 1111b otherwise instruction will #UD. For memory store form instruction “VMOVSS mv {k1}, xmm1”, EVEX.vvvv is reserved and must be 1111b otherwise instruction will #UD.

Software should ensure VMOVSS is encoded with VEX.L=0. Encoding VMOVSS with VEX.L=1 may encounter unpredictable behavior across different processor generations.

Operation

VMOVSS (EVEX.LIG.F3.0F.W0 11 /r when the source operand is memory and the destination is an XMM register)

IF k1[0] or *no writemask*
    THEN DEST[31:0] ← SRC[31:0]
    ELSE
        IF *merging-masking* ; merging-masking
            THEN *DEST[31:0] remains unchanged*
            ELSE ; zeroing-masking
                THEN DEST[31:0]←0
        FI;
FI;
DEST[MAXVL-1:32] ← 0

VMOVSS (EVEX.LIG.F3.0F.W0 10 /r when the source operand is an XMM register and the destination is memory)

IF k1[0] or *no writemask*
    THEN DEST[31:0] ← SRC[31:0]
    ELSE *DEST[31:0] remains unchanged* ; merging-masking
FI;

VMOVSS (EVEX.LIG.F3.0F.W0 10/11 /r where the source and destination are XMM registers)

IF k1[0] or *no writemask*
    THEN DEST[31:0] ← SRC2[31:0]
    ELSE
        IF *merging-masking* ; merging-masking
            THEN *DEST[31:0] remains unchanged*
            ELSE ; zeroing-masking
                THEN DEST[31:0]←0
        FI;
FI;
DEST[127:32] ← SRC1[127:32]
DEST[MAXVL-1:128] ← 0

MOVSS (Legacy SSE version when the source and destination operands are both XMM registers)

DEST[31:0] ←SRC[31:0]
DEST[MAXVL-1:32] (Unmodified)

VMOVSS (VEX.128.F3.0F 11 /r where the destination is an XMM register)

DEST[31:0] ←SRC2[31:0]
DEST[127:32] ←SRC1[127:32]
DEST[MAXVL-1:128] ←0

VMOVSS (VEX.128.F3.0F 10 /r where the source and destination are XMM registers)

DEST[31:0] ←SRC2[31:0]
DEST[127:32] ←SRC1[127:32]
DEST[MAXVL-1:128] ←0

VMOVSS (VEX.128.F3.0F 10 /r when the source operand is memory and the destination is an XMM register)

DEST[31:0] ←SRC[31:0]
DEST[MAXVL-1:32] ←0

MOVSS/VMOVSS (when the source operand is an XMM register and the destination is memory)

DEST[31:0] ←SRC[31:0]

MOVSS (Legacy SSE version when the source operand is memory and the destination is an XMM register)

DEST[31:0] ←SRC[31:0]
DEST[127:32] ←0
DEST[MAXVL-1:128] (Unmodified)

Intel C/C++ Compiler Intrinsic Equivalent

VMOVSS __m128 _mm_mask_load_ss(__m128 s, __mmask8 k, float * p);
VMOVSS __m128 _mm_maskz_load_ss( __mmask8 k, float * p);
VMOVSS __m128 _mm_mask_move_ss(__m128 sh, __mmask8 k, __m128 sl, __m128 a);
VMOVSS __m128 _mm_maskz_move_ss( __mmask8 k, __m128 s, __m128 a);
VMOVSS void _mm_mask_store_ss(float * p, __mmask8 k, __m128 a);
MOVSS __m128 _mm_load_ss(float * p)
MOVSS void_mm_store_ss(float * p, __m128 a)
MOVSS __m128 _mm_move_ss(__m128 a, __m128 b)

SIMD Floating-Point Exceptions

None

Other Exceptions

Non-EVEX-encoded instruction, see Exceptions Type 5; additionally

#UD If VEX.vvvv != 1111B.

EVEX-encoded instruction, see Exceptions Type E10.