Hmm, it's hard to say (and a lot depends on how performant you make the vector loads) but it's really not comparable as the load pairs target any arbitrary (and

Hmm, it's hard to say (and a lot depends on how performant you make the vector loads) but it's really not comparable as the load pairs target any arbitrary (and renamed) architectural registers, whereas the vector load targets a different register file and just a single vector (= much more regular).