You can use the PTEST instuction via the _mm_testz_si128 intrinsic (SSE4.1), like this:
#include "smmintrin.h" // SSE4.1 header
if (!_mm_testz_si128(xor, xor))
{
// rectangle has changed
}
Note that _mm_testz_si128
returns 1 if the bitwise AND
of the two arguments is zero.