PSUBB/PSUBW/PSUBD—Subtract Packed Integers

Opcode/Instruction	Op/En	64/32 bit Mode Support	CPUID Feature Flag	Description
0F F8 /r¹ PSUBB mm, mm/m64	RM	V/V	MMX	Subtract packed byte integers in mm/m64 from packed byte integers in mm.
66 0F F8 /r PSUBB xmm1, xmm2/m128	RM	V/V	SSE2	Subtract packed byte integers in xmm2/m128 from packed byte integers in xmm1.
0F F9 /r¹ PSUBW mm, mm/m64	RM	V/V	MMX	Subtract packed word integers in mm/m64 from packed word integers in mm.
66 0F F9 /r PSUBW xmm1, xmm2/m128	RM	V/V	SSE2	Subtract packed word integers in xmm2/m128 from packed word integers in xmm1.
0F FA /r¹ PSUBD mm, mm/m64	RM	V/V	MMX	Subtract packed doubleword integers in mm/m64 from packed doubleword integers in mm.
66 0F FA /r PSUBD xmm1, xmm2/m128	RM	V/V	SSE2	Subtract packed doubleword integers in xmm2/mem128 from packed doubleword integers in xmm1.
VEX.NDS.128.66.0F.WIG F8 /r VPSUBB xmm1, xmm2, xmm3/m128	RVM	V/V	AVX	Subtract packed byte integers in xmm3/m128 from xmm2.
VEX.NDS.128.66.0F.WIG F9 /r VPSUBW xmm1, xmm2, xmm3/m128	RVM	V/V	AVX	Subtract packed word integers in xmm3/m128 from xmm2.
VEX.NDS.128.66.0F.WIG FA /r VPSUBD xmm1, xmm2, xmm3/m128	RVM	V/V	AVX	Subtract packed doubleword integers in xmm3/m128 from xmm2.
VEX.NDS.256.66.0F.WIG F8 /r VPSUBB ymm1, ymm2, ymm3/m256	RVM	V/V	AVX2	Subtract packed byte integers in ymm3/m256 from ymm2.
VEX.NDS.256.66.0F.WIG F9 /r VPSUBW ymm1, ymm2, ymm3/m256	RVM	V/V	AVX2	Subtract packed word integers in ymm3/m256 from ymm2.
VEX.NDS.256.66.0F.WIG FA /r VPSUBD ymm1, ymm2, ymm3/m256	RVM	V/V	AVX2	Subtract packed doubleword integers in ymm3/m256 from ymm2.

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.

Instruction Operand Encoding

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

Description

Performs a SIMD subtract of the packed integers of the source operand (second operand) from the packed integers of the destination operand (first operand), and stores the packed integer results in the destination operand. See Figure 9-4 in the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 1, for an illustration of a SIMD operation. Overflow is handled with wraparound, as described in the following paragraphs.

The (V)PSUBB instruction subtracts packed byte integers. When an individual result is too large or too small to be represented in a byte, the result is wrapped around and the low 8 bits are written to the destination element.

The (V)PSUBW instruction subtracts packed word integers. When an individual result is too large or too small to be represented in a word, the result is wrapped around and the low 16 bits are written to the destination element.

The (V)PSUBD instruction subtracts packed doubleword integers. When an individual result is too large or too small to be represented in a doubleword, the result is wrapped around and the low 32 bits are written to the destination element.

Note that the (V)PSUBB, (V)PSUBW, and (V)PSUBD instructions can operate on either unsigned or signed (two's complement notation) packed integers; however, it does not set bits in the EFLAGS register to indicate overflow and/or a carry. To prevent undetected overflow conditions, software must control the ranges of values upon which it operates.

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: When operating on 64-bit operands, the destination operand must be an MMX technology register and the source operand can be either an MMX technology register or a 64-bit memory location. 128-bit Legacy SSE version: The second source operand is an XMM register or a 128-bit memory location. The first source operand and destination operands are XMM registers. Bits (VLMAX-1:128) of the corresponding YMM destination register remain unchanged. VEX.128 encoded version: The second source operand is an XMM register or a 128-bit memory location. The first source operand and destination operands are XMM registers. Bits (VLMAX-1:128) of the destination YMM register are zeroed. VEX.256 encoded version: The second source operand is an YMM register or a 256-bit memory location. The first source operand and destination operands are YMM registers.

Note: VEX.L must be 0, otherwise instructions will #UD.

Operation

PSUBB (with 64-bit operands)
  DEST[7:0] ← DEST[7:0] − SRC[7:0];
  (* Repeat subtract operation for 2nd through 7th byte *)
  DEST[63:56] ← DEST[63:56] − SRC[63:56];
PSUBB (with 128-bit operands)
  DEST[7:0] ← DEST[7:0] − SRC[7:0];
  (* Repeat subtract operation for 2nd through 14th byte *)
  DEST[127:120] ← DEST[111:120] − SRC[127:120];
VPSUBB (VEX.128 encoded version)
DEST[7:0] ← SRC1[7:0]-SRC2[7:0]
DEST[15:8] ← SRC1[15:8]-SRC2[15:8]
DEST[23:16] ← SRC1[23:16]-SRC2[23:16]
DEST[31:24] ← SRC1[31:24]-SRC2[31:24]
DEST[39:32] ← SRC1[39:32]-SRC2[39:32]
DEST[47:40] ← SRC1[47:40]-SRC2[47:40]
DEST[55:48] ← SRC1[55:48]-SRC2[55:48]
DEST[63:56] ← SRC1[63:56]-SRC2[63:56]
DEST[71:64] ← SRC1[71:64]-SRC2[71:64]
DEST[79:72] ← SRC1[79:72]-SRC2[79:72]
DEST[87:80] ← SRC1[87:80]-SRC2[87:80]
DEST[95:88] ← SRC1[95:88]-SRC2[95:88]
DEST[103:96] ← SRC1[103:96]-SRC2[103:96]
DEST[111:104] ← SRC1[111:104]-SRC2[111:104]
DEST[119:112] ← SRC1[119:112]-SRC2[119:112]
DEST[127:120] ← SRC1[127:120]-SRC2[127:120]
DEST[VLMAX-1:128] ← 00
VPSUBB (VEX.256 encoded version)
DEST[7:0] ← SRC1[7:0]-SRC2[7:0]
DEST[15:8] ← SRC1[15:8]-SRC2[15:8]
DEST[23:16] ← SRC1[23:16]-SRC2[23:16]
DEST[31:24] ← SRC1[31:24]-SRC2[31:24]
DEST[39:32] ← SRC1[39:32]-SRC2[39:32]
DEST[47:40] ← SRC1[47:40]-SRC2[47:40]
DEST[55:48] ← SRC1[55:48]-SRC2[55:48]
DEST[63:56] ← SRC1[63:56]-SRC2[63:56]
DEST[71:64] ← SRC1[71:64]-SRC2[71:64]
DEST[79:72] ← SRC1[79:72]-SRC2[79:72]
DEST[87:80] ← SRC1[87:80]-SRC2[87:80]
DEST[95:88] ← SRC1[95:88]-SRC2[95:88]
DEST[103:96] ← SRC1[103:96]-SRC2[103:96]
DEST[111:104] ← SRC1[111:104]-SRC2[111:104]
DEST[119:112] ← SRC1[119:112]-SRC2[119:112]
DEST[127:120] ← SRC1[127:120]-SRC2[127:120]
DEST[135:128] ← SRC1[135:128]-SRC2[135:128]
DEST[143:136] ← SRC1[143:136]-SRC2[143:136]
DEST[151:144] ← SRC1[151:144]-SRC2[151:144]
DEST[159:152] ← SRC1[159:152]-SRC2[159:152]
DEST[167:160] ← SRC1[167:160]-SRC2[167:160]
DEST[175:168] ← SRC1[175:168]-SRC2[175:168]
DEST[183:176] ← SRC1[183:176]-SRC2[183:176]
DEST[191:184] ← SRC1[191:184]-SRC2[191:184]
DEST[199:192] ← SRC1[199:192]-SRC2[199:192]
DEST[207:200] ← SRC1[207:200]-SRC2[207:200]
DEST[215:208] ← SRC1[215:208]-SRC2[215:208]
DEST[223:216] ← SRC1[223:216]-SRC2[223:216]
DEST[231:224] ← SRC1[231:224]-SRC2[231:224]
DEST[239:232] ← SRC1[239:232]-SRC2[239:232]
DEST[247:240] ← SRC1[247:240]-SRC2[247:240]
DEST[255:248] ← SRC1[255:248]-SRC2[255:248]
PSUBW (with 64-bit operands)
  DEST[15:0] ← DEST[15:0] − SRC[15:0];
  (* Repeat subtract operation for 2nd and 3rd word *)
  DEST[63:48] ← DEST[63:48] − SRC[63:48];
PSUBW (with 128-bit operands)
  DEST[15:0]
  (* Repeat subtract operation for 2nd through 7th word *)
  DEST[127:112] ← DEST[127:112] − SRC[127:112];
VPSUBW (VEX.128 encoded version)
DEST[15:0] ← SRC1[15:0]-SRC2[15:0]
DEST[31:16] ← SRC1[31:16]-SRC2[31:16]
DEST[47:32] ← SRC1[47:32]-SRC2[47:32]
DEST[63:48] ← SRC1[63:48]-SRC2[63:48]
DEST[79:64] ← SRC1[79:64]-SRC2[79:64]
DEST[95:80] ← SRC1[95:80]-SRC2[95:80]
DEST[111:96] ← SRC1[111:96]-SRC2[111:96]
DEST[127:112] ← SRC1[127:112]-SRC2[127:112]
DEST[VLMAX-1:128] ← 0
VPSUBW (VEX.256 encoded version)
DEST[15:0] ← SRC1[15:0]-SRC2[15:0]
DEST[31:16] ← SRC1[31:16]-SRC2[31:16]
DEST[47:32] ← SRC1[47:32]-SRC2[47:32]
DEST[63:48] ← SRC1[63:48]-SRC2[63:48]
DEST[79:64] ← SRC1[79:64]-SRC2[79:64]
DEST[95:80] ← SRC1[95:80]-SRC2[95:80]
DEST[111:96] ← SRC1[111:96]-SRC2[111:96]
DEST[127:112] ← SRC1[127:112]-SRC2[127:112]
DEST[143:128] ← SRC1[143:128]-SRC2[143:128]
DEST[159:144] ← SRC1[159:144]-SRC2[159:144]
DEST[175:160] ← SRC1[175:160]-SRC2[175:160]
DEST[191:176] ← SRC1[191:176]-SRC2[191:176]
DEST[207:192] ← SRC1207:192]-SRC2[207:192]
DEST[223:208] ← SRC1[223:208]-SRC2[223:208]
DEST[239:224] ← SRC1[239:224]-SRC2[239:224]
DEST[255:240] ← SRC1[255:240]-SRC2[255:240]
PSUBD (with 64-bit operands)
  DEST[31:0] ← DEST[31:0] − SRC[31:0];
  DEST[63:32] ← DEST[63:32] − SRC[63:32];
PSUBD (with 128-bit operands)
  DEST[31:0]
  (* Repeat subtract operation for 2nd and 3rd doubleword *)
  DEST[127:96] ← DEST[127:96] − SRC[127:96];
VPSUBD (VEX.128 encoded version)
DEST[31:0] ← SRC1[31:0]-SRC2[31:0]
DEST[63:32] ← SRC1[63:32]-SRC2[63:32]
DEST[95:64] ← SRC1[95:64]-SRC2[95:64]
DEST[127:96] ← SRC1[127:96]-SRC2[127:96]
DEST[VLMAX-1:128] ← 0
VPSUBD (VEX.256 encoded version)
DEST[31:0] ← SRC1[31:0]-SRC2[31:0]
DEST[63:32] ← SRC1[63:32]-SRC2[63:32]
DEST[95:64] ← SRC1[95:64]-SRC2[95:64]
DEST[127:96] ← SRC1[127:96]-SRC2[127:96]
DEST[159:128] ← SRC1[159:128]-SRC2[159:128]
DEST[191:160] ← SRC1[191:160]-SRC2[191:160]
DEST[223:192] ← SRC1[223:192]-SRC2[223:192]
DEST[255:224] ← SRC1[255:224]-SRC2[255:224]

Intel C/C++ Compiler Intrinsic Equivalents

PSUBB:	__m64 _mm_sub_pi8(__m64 m1, __m64 m2)
(V)PSUBB:	__m128i _mm_sub_epi8 ( __m128i a, __m128i b)
VPSUBB:	__m256i _mm256_sub_epi8 ( __m256i a, __m256i b)
PSUBW:	__m64 _mm_sub_pi16(__m64 m1, __m64 m2)
(V)PSUBW:	__m128i _mm_sub_epi16 ( __m128i a, __m128i b)
VPSUBW:	__m256i _mm256_sub_epi16 ( __m256i a, __m256i b)
PSUBD:	__m64 _mm_sub_pi32(__m64 m1, __m64 m2)
(V)PSUBD:	__m128i _mm_sub_epi32 ( __m128i a, __m128i b)
VPSUBD:	__m256i _mm256_sub_epi32 ( __m256i a, __m256i b)

Flags Affected

None.

Numeric Exceptions

None.

Other Exceptions

See Exceptions Type 4; additionally

#UD	If VEX.L = 1.