The C++ equivalent is std::float16_t, defined in P1467[1], and is coming with GCC 13 both in native mode (for x86, using AVX512FP16) and in emulated mode. The C and C++ types will be the same type (<stdfloat> simply typedefs). qfloat16 will need to remain a wrapper with an integer member to keep ABI with previous Qt versions. Because it is a trivially-copyable small type, it gets currently passed in registers; the presence of the integer member means it gets passed in general-purpose registers, while a single _Float16 member would be passed in a floating-point register. See: https://gcc.godbolt.org/z/8fEendjff [1] https://wg21.link/p1467 Change-Id: I8a5b6425b64a4e319b94fffd161be56397cb48e6 Reviewed-by: Edward Welbourne <edward.welbourne@qt.io> Reviewed-by: Allan Sandfeld Jensen <allan.jensen@qt.io>