https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63678
--- Comment #2 from Peter Bumbulis <peter.bumbulis at ianywhere dot com> --- The referenced web page is incorrect. Look in the instruction set reference manual (https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/c6/a9/319433-020.pdf, search for VPBLENDMW) or the intrinsics guide (https://software.intel.com/sites/landingpage/IntrinsicsGuide/). These instructions blend 16 bit quantities: you can fit 16 of these in a 256 bit register. For AVX512 it's a 32-bit constant.