diff --git a/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/CMakeLists.txt b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/CMakeLists.txt
index 556d4ae66..ca0b6a3e8 100644
--- a/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -404,6 +404,18 @@ target_link_libraries(agc_driver_mix_precision_tests PRIVATE libSceAgcDriver SDL
 set_target_properties(agc_driver_mix_precision_tests PROPERTIES CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 configure_windows_unwind(agc_driver_mix_precision_tests)
 
+add_test_executable(agc_driver_sdwa_destination_tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+        tests/SdwaDestination.cpp
+)
+target_include_directories(agc_driver_sdwa_destination_tests PRIVATE
+        ${LIBS_INCLUDE_DIR}
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/core/shader/recompiler
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/3rdparty/Vulkan-Headers/include
+)
+target_link_libraries(agc_driver_sdwa_destination_tests PRIVATE libSceAgcDriver SDL2-static libc)
+set_target_properties(agc_driver_sdwa_destination_tests PROPERTIES CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+configure_windows_unwind(agc_driver_sdwa_destination_tests)
+
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
     foreach(agcTest IN ITEMS agc_driver_tests agc_shader_memory_tests agc_structurizer_tests agc_dpp_write_tests agc_shader_disk_cache_tests agc_shader_control_flow_tests agc_driver_flip_tests agc_driver_pm4_tests agc_driver_graphics_tests)
         string(REGEX REPLACE "_tests$" "" agcTestName "${agcTest}")
diff --git a/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/tests/SdwaDestination.cpp b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/tests/SdwaDestination.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..355dfa2b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/tests/SdwaDestination.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+#include "prx/libSceAgcDriver/Execution/include/VulkanDevice.hpp"
+#include "prx/libSceAgcDriver/Graphics/include/Draw.hpp"
+#include "Recompiler.hpp"
+#include <array>
+#include <bit>
+#include <cmath>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace {
+
+using AgcDriver::Graphics::Require;
+using ShaderRecompiler::ShaderStage;
+
+constexpr std::uint32_t Threads = 64;
+constexpr std::uint32_t Inputs = 4;
+constexpr std::uint32_t Results = 8;
+constexpr std::uint32_t Garbage = 0xabcd1234u;
+alignas(256) std::array<std::uint32_t, Threads * Inputs> Input{};
+alignas(256) std::array<std::uint32_t, Threads * Results> Output{};
+
+alignas(256) constexpr std::array<std::uint32_t, 45> SdwaCode{
+    0x34020082, 0x34060083, 0xe0302000, 0x80000401, 0xe0302004, 0x80000501, 0xe0302008, 0x80000601,
+    0x7e1402ff, 0xabcd1234, 0x7e1602ff, 0xabcd1234, 0x7e1802ff, 0xabcd1234, 0x7e1a02ff, 0xabcd1234,
+    0x7e1c02ff, 0xabcd1234, 0x7e1e02ff, 0xabcd1234, 0xbf8c3f70, 0x7e1414f9, 0x00060604, 0x7e161504,
+    0x7e1814f9, 0x00061505, 0x7e1a14f9, 0x00060604, 0x7e1c14f9, 0x00060605, 0xd746000d, 0x0435210e,
+    0x641e0cf9, 0x05040606, 0xe0702000, 0x80010a03, 0xe0702004, 0x80010b03, 0xe0702008, 0x80010c03,
+    0xe070200c, 0x80010d03, 0xe0702010, 0x80010f03, 0xbf810000,
+};
+
+float Quarter(std::uint32_t index) {
+    return static_cast<float>(static_cast<int>(index % 17u) - 8) / 4.0f;
+}
+
+std::uint32_t HalfBits(float value) {
+    if (value == 0.0f) return std::signbit(value) ? 0x8000u : 0u;
+    int exponent = 0;
+    const float mantissa = std::frexp(std::fabs(value), &exponent);
+    const auto fraction = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(std::ldexp(mantissa, 11));
+    Require(exponent >= -13 && exponent <= 16 && std::ldexp(static_cast<float>(fraction), exponent - 11) == std::fabs(value), "sdwa destination: a model value is not a normal f16");
+    return (std::signbit(value) ? 0x8000u : 0u) | (static_cast<std::uint32_t>(exponent + 14) << 10u) | (fraction & 0x3ffu);
+}
+
+void FillInput() {
+    for (std::uint32_t tid = 0; tid < Threads; ++tid) {
+        auto* words = &Input[tid * Inputs];
+        words[0] = std::bit_cast<std::uint32_t>(Quarter(tid * 3u + 1u));
+        words[1] = std::bit_cast<std::uint32_t>(Quarter(tid * 5u + 2u));
+        words[2] = HalfBits(Quarter(tid * 7u + 3u)) | (HalfBits(Quarter(tid * 11u + 4u)) << 16u);
+    }
+}
+
+std::string Hex(std::uint32_t value) {
+    char text[16];
+    std::snprintf(text, sizeof(text), "0x%08x", value);
+    return text;
+}
+
+std::array<std::uint32_t, 4> BufferDescriptor(const void* data, std::uint32_t count) {
+    const auto address = reinterpret_cast<std::uintptr_t>(data);
+    return {static_cast<std::uint32_t>(address), static_cast<std::uint32_t>((address >> 32u) & 0xffffu) | (4u << 16u), count, 0x01016facu};
+}
+
+void Run(AgcDriver::VulkanDevice& device) {
+    Output.fill(0xdeadbeefu);
+    std::vector<std::uint32_t> userData(8, 0u);
+    const auto input = BufferDescriptor(Input.data(), static_cast<std::uint32_t>(Input.size()));
+    const auto output = BufferDescriptor(Output.data(), static_cast<std::uint32_t>(Output.size()));
+    std::copy(input.begin(), input.end(), userData.begin());
+    std::copy(output.begin(), output.end(), userData.begin() + 4);
+    const std::span<const std::uint32_t> code(SdwaCode);
+    const std::array<ShaderRecompiler::MemoryRegion, 1> memory{{{reinterpret_cast<std::uintptr_t>(code.data()), std::as_bytes(code)}}};
+    const ShaderRecompiler::ShaderComputeStageInfo compute{{Threads, 1, 1}, 0, {false, false, false}, false, 1};
+    ShaderRecompiler::RecompileRequest request{
+        {ShaderStage::Compute, reinterpret_cast<std::uintptr_t>(code.data()), code, 0, {}},
+        {32, 0, userData, compute, std::nullopt, std::nullopt, memory},
+        device.Target(),
+        {0, 0, 0, 128}
+    };
+    request.useCache = false;
+    const auto result = ShaderRecompiler::Recompile(request);
+    device.Dispatch(result, 1, 1, 1, {}, reinterpret_cast<std::uintptr_t>(code.data()));
+    device.WaitIdle();
+}
+
+void Check() {
+    for (std::uint32_t tid = 0; tid < Threads; ++tid) {
+        const auto* in = &Input[tid * Inputs];
+        const auto* out = &Output[tid * Results];
+        const auto a = HalfBits(std::bit_cast<float>(in[0]));
+        const auto b = HalfBits(std::bit_cast<float>(in[1]));
+        const auto sum = HalfBits(Quarter(tid * 7u + 3u) + Quarter(tid * 11u + 4u));
+        const auto where = [&](std::uint32_t result) { return "sdwa destination: thread " + std::to_string(tid) + " result " + std::to_string(result) + " is " + Hex(out[result]); };
+        Require(out[0] == a, where(0) + ", expected " + Hex(a) + ": v_cvt_f16_f32_sdwa dst_sel:DWORD dst_unused:UNUSED_PAD must zero the high half");
+        Require(out[1] == ((Garbage & 0xffff0000u) | a), where(1) + ", expected " + Hex((Garbage & 0xffff0000u) | a) + ": v_cvt_f16_f32_e32 must keep the high half");
+        Require(out[2] == ((b << 16u) | (Garbage & 0xffffu)), where(2) + ", expected " + Hex((b << 16u) | (Garbage & 0xffffu)) + ": dst_sel:WORD_1 dst_unused:UNUSED_PRESERVE must keep the low half");
+        Require(out[3] == (a | (b << 16u)), where(3) + ", expected " + Hex(a | (b << 16u)) + ": two padded conversions packed with v_lshl_add_u32");
+        Require(out[4] == sum, where(4) + ", expected " + Hex(sum) + ": v_add_f16_sdwa dst_sel:DWORD dst_unused:UNUSED_PAD must zero the high half");
+    }
+}
+
+}
+
+int main() {
+    try {
+        AgcDriver::VulkanDevice device;
+        FillInput();
+        Run(device);
+        Check();
+        std::puts("sdwa destination tests passed");
+        return 0;
+    } catch (const std::exception& error) {
+        std::cerr << error.what() << '\n';
+        return 1;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/shader/recompiler/Translation/src/TranslationContext/SubwordPacking.cpp b/core/shader/recompiler/Translation/src/TranslationContext/SubwordPacking.cpp
index 4e0005569..b70730250 100644
--- a/core/shader/recompiler/Translation/src/TranslationContext/SubwordPacking.cpp
+++ b/core/shader/recompiler/Translation/src/TranslationContext/SubwordPacking.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ IrU32 TranslationContext::packHalf2x16(IrF32 low, IrF32 high) {
 }
 
 void TranslationContext::write16Bits(const RdnaOperand& operand, IrU32 value) {
-    if (operand.sdwaSel != 6u) {
+    if (operand.sdwaSel != 6u || operand.explicitSdwaDst) {
         writeRawU32(operand, value);
         return;
     }