Determines the version of the architecture for which the compiler generates instructions.
Windows: C/C++ > Code Generation > Enable Enhanced Instruction Set
Linux: None
Mac OS: None
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| Linux and Mac OS: | None |
| Windows: | /arch:keyword |
| keyword | Is the processor type. Possible values are: | |
| SSE | Optimizes for Intel Pentium 4 processors with Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE). | |
| SSE2 | Optimizes for Intel Pentium 4 processors with Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (SSE2). | |
| OFF | No processor-specific code is generated by the compiler. |
This option determines the version of the architecture for which the compiler generates instructions.
| /architecture:SSE | Linux and Mac
OS : None Windows: /QxK |
| /architecture:SSE2 | Linux and Mac
OS : None Windows: /QxW |