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@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ The available backends are: - Scalar (`BACKEND=1`): Default if no faster backend is available. - [AVX-512][] (`BACKEND=2`): [AVX-512][] acceleration. Selected by default if [AVX-512][] is supported. +- [AVX2][] (`BACKEND=6`): [AVX2][] acceleration. Currently slower than + the scalar backend and not enabled by default. - [Neon][] (`BACKEND=3`): ARM [Neon][] acceleration. Currently slower than the scalar backend on ARM CPUs and not enabled by default. @@ -225,8 +227,8 @@ A minimal [libcpucycles][]-based benchmarking tool is available in byte (cpb)][cpb] for a variety of message lengths, then prints a table of results to standard output in [CSV][] format. -The results from running `bench` on a couple of my systems are available -in the tables below. +`bench` results from several of my systems are shown in the tables +below. ### Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, 6th Gen (i7-1185G7, AVX-512 Backend) @@ -352,3 +354,5 @@ SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. "Observed CPU cycles divided by the number of input bytes." [median]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median "Median" +[avx2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vector_Extensions#Advanced_Vector_Extensions_2 + "Advanced Vector Extensions 2: 256-bit SIMD vector instruction set" |