IsProcessorFeaturePresent function

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Determines whether the specified processor feature is supported by the current computer.

Syntax

BOOL IsProcessorFeaturePresent(
  DWORD ProcessorFeature
);

Parameters

ProcessorFeature

The processor feature to be tested. This parameter can be one of the following values.

Value Meaning
PF_ARM_64BIT_LOADSTORE_ATOMIC
25
 The 64-bit load/store atomic instructions are available.
PF_ARM_DIVIDE_INSTRUCTION_AVAILABLE
24
 The divide instructions are available.
PF_ARM_EXTERNAL_CACHE_AVAILABLE
26
 The external cache is available.
PF_ARM_FMAC_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE
27
 The floating-point multiply-accumulate instruction is available.
PF_ARM_VFP_32_REGISTERS_AVAILABLE
18
 The VFP/Neon: 32 x 64bit register bank is present. This flag has the same meaning as PF_ARM_VFP_EXTENDED_REGISTERS.
PF_3DNOW_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE
7
 The 3D-Now instruction set is available.
PF_CHANNELS_ENABLED
16
 The processor channels are enabled.
PF_COMPARE_EXCHANGE_DOUBLE
2
 The atomic compare and exchange operation (cmpxchg) is available.
PF_COMPARE_EXCHANGE128
14
 The atomic compare and exchange 128-bit operation (cmpxchg16b) is available.

Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP/2000:  This feature is not supported.
PF_COMPARE64_EXCHANGE128
15
 The atomic compare 64 and exchange 128-bit operation (cmp8xchg16) is available.

Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP/2000:  This feature is not supported.
PF_FASTFAIL_AVAILABLE
23
 _fastfail() is available.
PF_FLOATING_POINT_EMULATED
1
 Floating-point operations are emulated using a software emulator.

This function returns a nonzero value if floating-point operations are emulated; otherwise, it returns zero.
PF_FLOATING_POINT_PRECISION_ERRATA
0
 On a Pentium, a floating-point precision error can occur in rare circumstances.
PF_MMX_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE
3
 The MMX instruction set is available.
PF_NX_ENABLED
12

Data execution prevention is enabled.

Windows XP/2000:  This feature is not supported until Windows XP with SP2 and Windows Server 2003 with SP1.
PF_PAE_ENABLED
9
 The processor is PAE-enabled. For more information, see Physical Address Extension.

All x64 processors always return a nonzero value for this feature.
PF_RDTSC_INSTRUCTION_AVAILABLE
8
 The RDTSC instruction is available.
PF_RDWRFSGSBASE_AVAILABLE
22
 RDFSBASE, RDGSBASE, WRFSBASE, and WRGSBASE instructions are available.
PF_SECOND_LEVEL_ADDRESS_TRANSLATION
20
 Second Level Address Translation is supported by the hardware.
PF_SSE3_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE
13
 The SSE3 instruction set is available.

Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP/2000:  This feature is not supported.
PF_VIRT_FIRMWARE_ENABLED
21
 Virtualization is enabled in the firmware.
PF_XMMI_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE
6
 The SSE instruction set is available.
PF_XMMI64_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE
10
 The SSE2 instruction set is available.

Windows 2000:  This feature is not supported.
PF_XSAVE_ENABLED
17
 The processor implements the XSAVE and XRSTOR instructions.

Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP/2000:  This feature is not supported until Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Return Value

If the feature is supported, the return value is a nonzero value.

If the feature is not supported, the return value is zero.

If the HAL does not support detection of the feature, whether or not the hardware supports the feature, the return value is also zero.

Requirements

   
Minimum supported client Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Minimum supported server Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Target Platform Windows
Header processthreadsapi.h (include Windows.h)
Library Kernel32.lib
DLL Kernel32.dll

See Also

System Information Functions