https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=94915
Bug ID: 94915 Summary: MAX_EXPR weirdly optimized on x86 with -mtune=core2 Product: gcc Version: 10.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: target Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: gabravier at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- int f(int x, int y) { return x > y ? x : y; } When compiling with -O3 -mtune=core2 -msse4.1, GCC outputs this : f(int, int): movd xmm0, edi movd xmm1, esi pmaxsd xmm0, xmm1 movd eax, xmm0 ret It would seem rather doubtful that this is the optimal solution for doing max over a simple compare+cmov