 “Operation of XSAVEOPT,” of <em>Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 1</em> provides a detailed description of the operation of the XSAVEOPT instruction. The following items provide a high-level outline:</p>
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<li>Execution of XSAVEOPT is similar to that of XSAVE. XSAVEOPT differs from XSAVE in that it may use the init and modified optimizations. The performance of XSAVEOPT will be equal to or better than that of XSAVE.</li>
<li>XSAVEOPT saves state component <em>