ggml : add SSE 4.2 and x64 base variant for CPUs without AVX (#12871)

* ggml : add SSE 4.2 variant for CPUs without AVX

* ggml : add x64 base ABI variant

ggml/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ message(DEBUG "INS_ENB             : ${INS_ENB}")
 option(GGML_CPU_HBM          "ggml: use memkind for CPU HBM" OFF)
 option(GGML_CPU_AARCH64      "ggml: use runtime weight conversion of Q4_0 to Q4_X_X" ON)
 option(GGML_CPU_KLEIDIAI     "ggml: use KleidiAI optimized kernels if applicable" OFF)
+option(GGML_SSE42            "ggml: enable SSE 4.2"          ${INS_ENB})
 option(GGML_AVX              "ggml: enable AVX"              ${INS_ENB})
 option(GGML_AVX_VNNI         "ggml: enable AVX-VNNI"         OFF)
 option(GGML_AVX2             "ggml: enable AVX2"             ${INS_ENB})

ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ function(ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant tag_name)
     set(GGML_CPU_TAG_NAME ${tag_name})
     # other: OPENMP LLAMAFILE CPU_HBM
     foreach (feat NATIVE
+                  SSE42
                   AVX AVX2 BMI2 AVX_VNNI FMA F16C
                   AVX512 AVX512_VBMI AVX512_VNNI AVX512_BF16
                   AMX_TILE AMX_INT8 AMX_BF16)
@@ -286,14 +287,16 @@ if (GGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS)
     if (NOT GGML_BACKEND_DL)
         message(FATAL_ERROR "GGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS requires GGML_BACKEND_DL")
     endif()
-    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(sandybridge    AVX)
-    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(haswell        AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA)
-    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(skylakex       AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA AVX512)
-    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(icelake        AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA AVX512 AVX512_VBMI AVX512_VNNI)
-    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(alderlake      AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA AVX_VNNI)
+    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(x64)
+    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(sse42        SSE42)
+    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(sandybridge  SSE42 AVX)
+    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(haswell      SSE42 AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA)
+    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(skylakex     SSE42 AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA AVX512)
+    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(icelake      SSE42 AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA AVX512 AVX512_VBMI AVX512_VNNI)
+    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(alderlake    SSE42 AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA AVX_VNNI)
     if (NOT MSVC)
         # MSVC doesn't support AMX
-        ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(sapphirerapids AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA AVX512 AVX512_VBMI AVX512_VNNI AVX512_BF16 AMX_TILE AMX_INT8)
+        ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(sapphirerapids SSE42 AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA AVX512 AVX512_VBMI AVX512_VNNI AVX512_BF16 AMX_TILE AMX_INT8)
     endif()
 elseif (GGML_CPU)
     ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant_impl("")

ggml/src/ggml-cpu/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ function(ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant_impl tag_name)
             elseif (GGML_AVX)
                 list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS /arch:AVX)
                 list(APPEND ARCH_DEFINITIONS GGML_AVX)
-            else ()
+            elseif (GGML_SSE42)
                 list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS /arch:SSE4.2)
                 list(APPEND ARCH_DEFINITIONS GGML_SSE42)
             endif()
@@ -237,8 +237,10 @@ function(ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant_impl tag_name)
             if (GGML_NATIVE)
                 list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS -march=native)
             else ()
-                list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS -msse4.2)
-                list(APPEND ARCH_DEFINITIONS GGML_SSE42)
+                if (GGML_SSE42)
+                    list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS -msse4.2)
+                    list(APPEND ARCH_DEFINITIONS GGML_SSE42)
+                endif()
                 if (GGML_F16C)
                     list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS -mf16c)
                     list(APPEND ARCH_DEFINITIONS GGML_F16C)

ggml/src/ggml-cpu/cpu-feats-x86.cpp

@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ void test_x86_is() {
 static int ggml_backend_cpu_x86_score() {
     // FIXME: this does not check for OS support
 
-    int score = 0;
+    int score = 1;
     cpuid_x86 is;
 
 #ifdef GGML_FMA