What is the minimum version of OS X for use with AVX/AVX2?
<p>I have an image drawing routine which is compiled multiple times for SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX and AVX2.
My program dynamically dispatches one of these binary variations by checking CPUID flags.</p>

<p>On Windows, I check the version of Windows and disable AVX/AVX2 dispatch if the OS doesn't support them. (For example, only Windows 7 SP1 or later supports AVX/AVX2.)</p>

<p>I want to do the same thing on Mac OS X, but I'm not sure what version of OS X supports AVX/AVX2.</p>

<p>Note that what I want to know is the minimum version of OS X for use with AVX/AVX2. Not machine models which are capable of AVX/AVX2.</p>