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Subnormal floating-point numbers are expensive… on Intel processors

Daniel Lemire · 15 Sept 2026 · lemire.me

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  1. Thus it appears that on the latest AMD and ARM processors subnormals might not be a concern. But they remain very much a performance issue under Intel processors.