diff --git a/std/math/emulated/element_test.go b/std/math/emulated/element_test.go
index fa8ebaa059..c80460996f 100644
--- a/std/math/emulated/element_test.go
+++ b/std/math/emulated/element_test.go
@@ -1500,3 +1500,50 @@ func testFastPaths[T FieldParams](t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.CheckCircuit(circuit, test.WithValidAssignment(assignment))
 }
+
+type TestAssertIsDifferentCircuit[T FieldParams] struct {
+	A, B   Element[T]
+	addMod bool
+}
+
+func (c *TestAssertIsDifferentCircuit[T]) Define(api frontend.API) error {
+	f, err := NewField[T](api)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	b := &c.B
+	if c.addMod {
+		b = f.Add(b, f.Modulus())
+	}
+	f.AssertIsDifferent(&c.A, b)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestAssertIsDifferent(t *testing.T) {
+	testAssertIsDifferent[Goldilocks](t)
+	testAssertIsDifferent[Secp256k1Fp](t)
+	testAssertIsDifferent[BN254Fp](t)
+}
+
+func testAssertIsDifferent[T FieldParams](t *testing.T) {
+	assert := test.NewAssert(t)
+	circuitNoMod := &TestAssertIsDifferentCircuit[T]{addMod: false}
+	var fp T
+	a, _ := rand.Int(rand.Reader, fp.Modulus())
+	assignment1 := &TestAssertIsDifferentCircuit[T]{A: ValueOf[T](a), B: ValueOf[T](a)}
+	var b *big.Int
+	for {
+		b, _ = rand.Int(rand.Reader, fp.Modulus())
+		if b.Cmp(a) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		break
+	}
+	assignment2 := &TestAssertIsDifferentCircuit[T]{A: ValueOf[T](a), B: ValueOf[T](b)}
+	assert.CheckCircuit(circuitNoMod, test.WithInvalidAssignment(assignment1), test.WithValidAssignment(assignment2))
+
+	circuitWithMod := &TestAssertIsDifferentCircuit[T]{addMod: true}
+	assignment3 := &TestAssertIsDifferentCircuit[T]{A: ValueOf[T](a), B: ValueOf[T](a)}
+	assignment4 := &TestAssertIsDifferentCircuit[T]{A: ValueOf[T](a), B: ValueOf[T](b)}
+	assert.CheckCircuit(circuitWithMod, test.WithInvalidAssignment(assignment3), test.WithValidAssignment(assignment4))
+}
diff --git a/std/math/emulated/field_assert.go b/std/math/emulated/field_assert.go
index e28f7c7da0..c747c68683 100644
--- a/std/math/emulated/field_assert.go
+++ b/std/math/emulated/field_assert.go
@@ -153,6 +153,14 @@ func (f *Field[T]) IsZero(a *Element[T]) frontend.Variable {
 	return f.api.Or(res0, resP)
 }
 
+// AssertIsDifferent asserts that a and b are different.
+func (f *Field[T]) AssertIsDifferent(a, b *Element[T]) {
+	// we skip conditional width checking as it is done in [Sub] below
+	diff := f.Sub(a, b)
+	diffIsZero := f.IsZero(diff)
+	f.api.AssertIsEqual(diffIsZero, 0)
+}
+
 // // Cmp returns:
 // //   - -1 if a < b
 // //   - 0 if a = b
@@ -172,18 +180,3 @@ func (f *Field[T]) IsZero(a *Element[T]) frontend.Variable {
 // 	}
 // 	return res
 // }
-
-// TODO(@ivokub)
-// func (f *Field[T]) AssertIsDifferent(a, b *Element[T]) {
-// 	ca := f.Reduce(a)
-// 	f.AssertIsInRange(ca)
-// 	cb := f.Reduce(b)
-// 	f.AssertIsInRange(cb)
-// 	var res frontend.Variable = 0
-// 	for i := 0; i < int(f.fParams.NbLimbs()); i++ {
-// 		cmp := f.api.Cmp(ca.Limbs[i], cb.Limbs[i])
-// 		cmpsq := f.api.Mul(cmp, cmp)
-// 		res = f.api.Add(res, cmpsq)
-// 	}
-// 	f.api.AssertIsDifferent(res, 0)
-// }