| Opcode/Instruction | Op/En | 64/32 bit Mode Support | CPUID Feature Flag | Description |
| 0F DE /r1 PMAXUB mm1, mm2/m64 | RM | V/V | SSE | Compare unsigned byte integers in mm2/m64 and mm1 and returns maximum values. |
| 66 0F DE /r PMAXUB xmm1, xmm2/m128 | RM | V/V | SSE2 | Compare unsigned byte integers in xmm2/m128 and xmm1 and returns maximum values. |
| VEX.NDS.128.66.0F.WIG DE /r VPMAXUB xmm1, xmm2, xmm3/m128 | RVM | V/V | AVX | Compare packed unsigned byte integers in xmm2 and xmm3/m128 and store packed maximum values in xmm1. |
| VEX.NDS.256.66.0F.WIG DE /r VPMAXUB ymm1, ymm2, ymm3/m256 | RVM | V/V | AVX2 | Compare packed unsigned byte integers in ymm2 and ymm3/m256 and store packed maximum values in ymm1. |
Notes: 1. See note in Section 2.4, “Instruction Exception Specification” in the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 2A and Section 22.25.3, “Exception Conditions of Legacy SIMD Instructions Operating on MMX Registers” in the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 3A.
| Op/En | Operand 1 | Operand 2 | Operand 3 | Operand 4 |
| RM | ModRM:reg (r, w) | ModRM:r/m (r) | NA | NA |
| RVM | ModRM:reg (w) | VEX.vvvv (r) | ModRM:r/m (r) | NA |
Performs a SIMD compare of the packed unsigned byte integers in the destination operand (first operand) and the source operand (second operand), and returns the maximum value for each pair of byte integers to the destination operand.
In 64-bit mode, using a REX prefix in the form of REX.R permits this instruction to access additional registers (XMM8-XMM15). Legacy SSE version: The source operand can be an MMX technology register or a 64-bit memory location. The destination operand can be an MMX technology register.
128-bit Legacy SSE version: The first source and destination operands are XMM registers. The second source operand is an XMM register or a 128-bit memory location. Bits (VLMAX-1:128) of the corresponding YMM destination register remain unchanged. VEX.128 encoded version: The first source and destination operands are XMM registers. The second source operand is an XMM register or a 128-bit memory location. Bits (VLMAX-1:128) of the destination YMM register are zeroed. VEX.256 encoded version: The second source operand can be an YMM register or a 256-bit memory location. The first source and destination operands are YMM registers.
Note: VEX.L must be 0, otherwise the instruction will #UD.
PMAXUB (64-bit operands)
IF DEST[7:0] > SRC[17:0]) THEN
DEST[7:0] ← DEST[7:0];
ELSE
DEST[7:0] ← SRC[7:0]; FI;
(* Repeat operation for 2nd through 7th bytes in source and destination operands *)
IF DEST[63:56] > SRC[63:56]) THEN
DEST[63:56] ← DEST[63:56];
ELSE
DEST[63:56] ← SRC[63:56]; FI;
PMAXUB (128-bit operands)
IF DEST[7:0] > SRC[17:0]) THEN
DEST[7:0] ← DEST[7:0];
ELSE
DEST[7:0] ← SRC[7:0]; FI;
(* Repeat operation for 2nd through 15th bytes in source and destination operands *)
IF DEST[127:120] > SRC[127:120]) THEN
DEST[127:120] ← DEST[127:120];
ELSE
DEST[127:120] ← SRC[127:120]; FI;
VPMAXUB (VEX.128 encoded version)
IF SRC1[7:0] >SRC2[7:0] THEN
DEST[7:0] ← SRC1[7:0];
ELSE
DEST[7:0] ← SRC2[7:0]; FI;
(* Repeat operation for 2nd through 15th bytes in source and destination operands *)
IF SRC1[127:120] >SRC2[127:120] THEN
DEST[127:120] ← SRC1[127:120];
ELSE
DEST[127:120] ← SRC2[127:120]; FI;
DEST[VLMAX-1:128] ← 0
VPMAXUB (VEX.256 encoded version)
IF SRC1[7:0] >SRC2[7:0] THEN
DEST[7:0] ← SRC1[7:0];
ELSE
DEST[15:0] ← SRC2[7:0]; FI;
(* Repeat operation for 2nd through 31st bytes in source and destination operands *)
IF SRC1[255:248] >SRC2[255:248] THEN
DEST[255:248] ← SRC1[255:248];
ELSE
DEST[255:248] ← SRC2[255:248]; FI;
| PMAXUB: | __m64 _mm_max_pu8(__m64 a, __m64 b) |
| (V)PMAXUB: | __m128i _mm_max_epu8 ( __m128i a, __m128i b) |
| VPMAXUB: | __m256i _mm256_max_epu8 ( __m256i a, __m256i b); |
None.
None.
See Exceptions Type 4; additionally
| #UD | If VEX.L = 1. |