Developer Guide

Developer Guide for Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library Windows*

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Date 11/07/2023
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Document Table of Contents

Contents of the bin Directory

Some of the libraries in this directory are optional. However, some optional libraries are installed by default, while the rest are not. To get those libraries that are not installed by default, explicitly select the specified optional component during installation.

File

Contents

Optional Component

Name

Installed by Default

mkl_rt.<version>.dll

Single Dynamic Library for C/Fortran functionality.

Instead of multiple libraries, the user can link to one mkl_rt library and select interface and threading via function or environment variable.

   

SYCL API layer

     

mkl_sycl.<version>.dll

Umbrella library to link with all domain-specific SYCL libraries.

Required if SYCL-specific functionality is needed.

   

mkl_sycld.<version>.dll

Umbrella library to link with all domain-specific SYCL libraries with debug runtime (/MDd).

Required if SYCL-specific functionality with debug runtime (/MDd) is needed.

   

mkl_sycl_blas.<version>.dll

BLAS SYCL library for SYCL compilers

   

mkl_sycl_lapack.<version>.dll

LAPACK SYCL library for SYCL compilers

   

mkl_sycl_dft.<version>.dll

Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) SYCL library for SYCL compilers

   

mkl_sycl_sparse.<version>.dll

Sparse BLAS SYCL library for SYCL compilers

   

mkl_sycl_vm.<version>.dll

Vector Mathematics (VM) SYCL library for SYCL compilers

   

mkl_sycl_rng.<version>.dll

Random Number Generator (RNG) SYCL library for SYCL compilers

   

mkl_sycl_stats.<version>.dll

Summary Statistic SYCL library for SYCL compilers

   

mkl_sycl_data_fitting.<version>.dll

Data Fitting SYCL library for SYCL compilers (Experimental).

   

mkl_sycl_blasd.<version>.dll

BLAS SYCL library for SYCL compilers with debug runtime (/MDd).

   

mkl_sycl_lapackd.<version>.dll

LAPACK SYCL library for SYCL compilers with debug runtime (/MDd).

   

mkl_sycl_dftd.<version>.dll

Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) SYCL library for SYCL compilers with debug runtime (/MDd).

   

mkl_sycl_sparsed.<version>.dll

Sparse BLAS SYCL library for SYCL compilers with debug runtime (/MDd).

   

mkl_sycl_vmd.<version>.dll

Vector Mathematics (VM) SYCL library for SYCL compilers with debug runtime (/MDd).

   

mkl_sycl_rngd.<version>.dll

Random Number Generator (RNG) SYCL library for SYCL compilers with debug runtime (/MDd).

   

mkl_sycl_statsd.<version>.dll

Summary Statistic SYCL library for SYCL compilers with debug runtime (/MDd).

   

mkl_sycl_data_fittingd.<version>.dll

Data Fitting SYCL library for SYCL compilers with debug runtime (/MDd). (Experimental).

Threading layer

     

mkl_tbb_threadd.<version>.dll

Dynamic Intel® Threading Building Blocks (Intel® TBB) threading library for the Intel compilers compatible with mkl_sycld.dll

Intel® TBB threading support

Yes

mkl_intel_thread.<version>.dll

Dynamic OpenMP threading library for the Intel compilers

All Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL) function domains support Intel OpenMP threading.

   

mkl_tbb_thread.<version>.dll

Dynamic Intel TBB threading library for the Intel compilers

All oneMKL function domains support Intel TBB threading.

Intel TBB threading support

Yes

mkl_pgi_thread.<version>.dll (DEPRECATED)

Dynamic OpenMP threading library for the PGI* compiler

All oneMKL function domains except cluster domains (CDFT, CPARDISO, HPCG, BLACS) support PGI threading.

PGI* compiler support

 

mkl_sequential.<version>.dll

Dynamic sequential library

All oneMKL function domains support sequential mode.

   

Computational layer

     

mkl_core.<version>.dll

All non–architecture-specific implementation and library dispatcher for dynamic load of architecture-specific kernels.

Read more about how to work with mkl_enable_instructions and mkl_cbwr_set in the developer reference.

mkl_core is required for any link configurations. You don't need to link an architecture-specific library; just link mkl_core.

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mkl_def.<version>.dll

Default kernel for the Intel® 64 architecture

All oneMKL function domains except Vector Mathematics (VM)/Vector Statistics (VS)/Data Fitting (DF) are presented in this library.

   

mkl_mc3.<version>.dll

Kernel library for Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2 (Intel® SSE4.2) enabled processors

All oneMKL function domains except Vector Mathematics (VM)/Vector Statistics (VS)/Data Fitting (DF) are presented in this library.

   

mkl_avx2.<version>.dll

Kernel library optimized for Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (Intel® AVX2) enabled processors

All oneMKL function domains except Vector Mathematics (VM)/Vector Statistics (VS)/Data Fitting (DF) are presented in this library.

   

mkl_avx512.<version>.dll

Kernel library optimized for Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (Intel® AVX-512) enabled processors

All oneMKL function domains except Vector Mathematics (VM)/Vector Statistics (VS)/Data Fitting (DF) are presented in this library.

   

mkl_vml_def.<version>.dll

Vector Mathematics (VM)/Vector Statistics (VS)/Data Fitting (DF) part of default kernel

   

mkl_vml_mc3.<version>.dll

VM/VS/DF for Intel® SSE4.2 enabled processors

   

mkl_vml_avx2.<version>.dll

VM/VS/DF optimized for Intel® AVX2 enabled processors

   

mkl_vml_avx512.<version>.dll

VM/VS/DF optimized for Intel® AVX-512 enabled processors

   

mkl_vml_cmpt.<version>.dll

VM/VS/DF library for conditional numerical reproducibility

   

libimalloc.dll

Dynamic library to support renaming of memory functions

   

Cluster Libraries

     

mkl_scalapack_lp64.<version>.dll

ScaLAPACK routine library supporting the LP64 interface

Cluster support

 

mkl_scalapack_ilp64.<version>.dll

ScaLAPACK routine library supporting the ILP64 interface

Cluster support

 

mkl_cdft_core.<version>.dll

Cluster FFT dynamic library

Cluster support

 

mkl_blacs_lp64.<version>.dll

LP64 version of BLACS routines

Cluster support

 

mkl_blacs_ilp64.<version>.dll

ILP64 version of BLACS routines

Cluster support

 

mkl_blacs_intelmpi_lp64.<version>.dll

LP64 version of BLACS routines for Intel® MPI Library

Cluster support

 

mkl_blacs_intelmpi_ilp64.<version>.dll

ILP64 version of BLACS routines for Intel MPI Library

Cluster support

 

mkl_blacs_msmpi_lp64.<version>.dll

LP64 version of BLACS routines for Microsoft* MPI

Cluster support

 

mkl_blacs_msmpi_ilp64.<version>.dll

ILP64 version of BLACS routines for Microsoft* MPI

Cluster support

 
NOTE:

In case any functionality from a specific library is needed, this library should be added to the link line. Details about what should be linked in different cases can be found in the oneMKL Link Line Advisor.

Product and Performance Information

Performance varies by use, configuration and other factors. Learn more at www.Intel.com/PerformanceIndex.

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