# SUBSS — Subtract Scalar Single Precision Floating-Point Value

Opcode/Instruction | Op / En | 64/32 bit Mode Support | CPUID Feature Flag | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
F3 0F 5C /r SUBSS xmm1, xmm2/m32 | A | V/V | SSE | Subtract the low single precision floating-point value in xmm2/m32 from xmm1 and store the result in xmm1.
VEX.LIG.F3.0F.WIG 5C /r VSUBSS xmm1,xmm2, xmm3/m32 | B | V/V | AVX | Subtract the low single precision floating-point value in xmm3/m32 from xmm2 and store the result in xmm1.
EVEX.LLIG.F3.0F.W0 5C /r VSUBSS xmm1 {k1}{z}, xmm2, xmm3/m32{er} | C | V/V | AVX512F | Subtract the low single precision floating-point value in xmm3/m32 from xmm2 and store the result in xmm1 under writemask k1.

## Instruction Operand Encoding ¶

Op/En | Tuple Type | Operand 1 | Operand 2 | Operand 3 | Operand 4
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
A | N/A | ModRM:reg (r, w) | ModRM:r/m (r) | N/A | N/A
B | N/A | ModRM:reg (w) | VEX.vvvv (r) | ModRM:r/m (r) | N/A
C | Tuple1 Scalar | ModRM:reg (w) | EVEX.vvvv (r) | ModRM:r/m (r) | N/A

## Description ¶

Subtract the low single precision floating-point value from the second source operand and the first source operand and store the double precision floating-point result in the low doubleword of the destination operand.

The second source operand can be an XMM register or a 32-bit memory location. The first source and destination operands are XMM registers.

128-bit Legacy SSE version: The destination and first source operand are the same. Bits (MAXVL-1:32) of the corresponding destination register remain unchanged.

VEX.128 and EVEX encoded versions: Bits (127:32) of the XMM register destination are copied from corresponding bits in the first source operand. Bits (MAXVL-1:128) of the destination register are zeroed.

EVEX encoded version: The low doubleword element of the destination operand is updated according to the write-mask.

Software should ensure VSUBSS is encoded with VEX.L=0. Encoding VSUBSD with VEX.L=1 may encounter unpredictable behavior across different processor generations.

## Operation ¶

### VSUBSS (EVEX Encoded Version) ¶

    IF (SRC2 *is register*) AND (EVEX.b = 1)
        THEN
            SET_ROUNDING_MODE_FOR_THIS_INSTRUCTION(EVEX.RC);
        ELSE
            SET_ROUNDING_MODE_FOR_THIS_INSTRUCTION(MXCSR.RC);
    FI;
    IF k1[0] or *no writemask*
        THEN DEST[31:0] := SRC1[31:0] - SRC2[31:0]
        ELSE
            IF *merging-masking* ; merging-masking
                THEN *DEST[31:0] remains unchanged*
                ELSE ; zeroing-masking
                    THEN DEST[31:0] := 0
            FI;
    FI;
    DEST[127:32] := SRC1[127:32]
    DEST[MAXVL-1:128] := 0

### VSUBSS (VEX.128 Encoded Version) ¶

    DEST[31:0] := SRC1[31:0] - SRC2[31:0]
    DEST[127:32] := SRC1[127:32]
    DEST[MAXVL-1:128] := 0

### SUBSS (128-bit Legacy SSE Version) ¶

    DEST[31:0] := DEST[31:0] - SRC[31:0]
    DEST[MAXVL-1:32] (Unmodified)

## Intel C/C++ Compiler Intrinsic Equivalent ¶

    VSUBSS __m128 _mm_mask_sub_ss (__m128 s, __mmask8 k, __m128 a, __m128 b);

    VSUBSS __m128 _mm_maskz_sub_ss (__mmask8 k, __m128 a, __m128 b);

    VSUBSS __m128 _mm_sub_round_ss (__m128 a, __m128 b, int);

    VSUBSS __m128 _mm_mask_sub_round_ss (__m128 s, __mmask8 k, __m128 a, __m128 b, int);

    VSUBSS __m128 _mm_maskz_sub_round_ss (__mmask8 k, __m128 a, __m128 b, int);

    SUBSS __m128 _mm_sub_ss (__m128 a, __m128 b);

## SIMD Floating-Point Exceptions ¶

Overflow, Underflow, Invalid, Precision, Denormal.

## Other Exceptions ¶

VEX-encoded instructions, see Table 2-20, “Type 3 Class Exception Conditions.”

EVEX-encoded instructions, see Table 2-47, “Type E3 Class Exception Conditions.”