SUB

Subtract

InstructionDescription
SUB r/m8, imm8Subtract imm8 from r/m8
SUB r/m16, imm16Subtract imm16 from r/m16
SUB r/m32, imm32Subtract imm32 from r/m32
SUB r/m64, imm32Subtract sign-extended imm32 from r/m64
SUB r/m16, imm8Subtract sign-extended imm8 from r/m16
SUB r/m32, imm8Subtract sign-extended imm8 from r/m32
SUB r/m64, imm8Subtract sign-extended imm8 from r/m64
SUB r/m8, r8Subtract r8 from r/m8
SUB r/m16, r16Subtract r16 from r/m16
SUB r/m32, r32Subtract r32 from r/m32
SUB r/m64, r64Subtract r64 from r/m64
SUB r8, r/m8Subtract r/m8 from r8
SUB r16, r/m16Subtract r/m16 from r16
SUB r32, r/m32Subtract r/m32 from r32
SUB r64, r/m64Subtract r/m64 from r64

Description

Subtracts the second operand (source operand) from the first operand (destination operand) and stores the result in the destination operand. The destination operand can be a register or a memory location; the source operand can be an immediate, register, or memory location. (However, two memory operands cannot be used in one instruction.) When an immediate value is used as an operand, it is sign-extended to the length of the destination operand format.

The SUB instruction performs integer subtraction. It evaluates the result for both signed and unsigned integer operands and sets the OF and CF flags to indicate an overflow in the signed or unsigned result, respectively. The SF flag indicates the sign of the signed result.

This instruction can be used with a LOCK prefix to allow the instruction to be executed atomically.

Operation

DEST: first operand
SRC: second operand

DEST = DEST – SRC;

Flags Affected

OF, SF, ZF, AF, PF, CF