Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

M1/A14 P-core (Firestorm): Overview | Base Instructions | SIMD and FP Instructions
M1/A14 E-core (Icestorm):  Overview | Base Instructions | SIMD and FP Instructions

CLZ (vector, 4H)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  clz v0.4h, v0.4h
  movi v0.16b, 1
  movi v1.16b, 2

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 1.000

Issues: 1.000

Integer unit issues: 0.000

Load/store unit issues: 0.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 1.000

retire uop (01)cycle (02)03mmu table walk instruction (07)1e3f4e51schedule uop (52)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch simd uop (57)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)60696d6emap stall dispatch (70)map rewind (75)map stall (76)dispatch uop (78)map simd uop (7e)map simd uop inputs (81)8283flush restart other nonspec (84)85inst all (8c)inst simd alu (9a)l1d cache writeback (a8)accfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? simd retires (ee)f5f6f7f8fd
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1004203715006116862510001000100026452112018203720371571318951000100010002037203711100110000073216331784100020382038203820382038
1004203715008216862510001000100026452112018203720371571318951000100010002037203711100110000073216221786100020382038203820382038
1004203715006116862510001000100026452112018203720371571318951000100010002037203711100110000075216331786100020382038203820382038
1004203715006116862510001000100026452112018203720371571318951000100010002037203711100110000075316231784100020382038203820382038
10042037150013816862510001000100026452112018203720371570318951000100010002037203711100110000073216221786100020382038203820382038
1004203715006116862510001000100026452112018203720371571318951000100010002037203711100110000075216221786100020382038203820382038
1004203715106116862510001000100026452112018203720371571318951000100010002037203711100110000075216221786100020382038203820382038
1004203715006116862510001000100026452112018203720371570318951000100010002037203711100110000073216221786100020382038203820382038
100420371503015616862510001000100026452112018203720371571318951000100010002037203711100110000075316221786100020382038203820382038

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  clz v0.4h, v0.4h
  movi v0.16b, 1
  movi v1.16b, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 2.0037

retire uop (01)cycle (02)0309l2 tlb miss data (0b)1e3f4e51schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)int uops in schedulers (59)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)6061696b6d6emap stall dispatch (70)simd prf full (72)map rewind (75)map stall (76)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)8283flush restart other nonspec (84)85inst all (8c)inst branch (8d)inst branch taken (90)inst branch cond (94)inst int alu (97)inst simd alu (9a)9fl1d cache writeback (a8)accfd0d5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
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1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 2.0037

retire uop (01)cycle (02)03mmu table walk data (08)l2 tlb miss data (0b)18191e1f3f4e51schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)int uops in schedulers (59)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)696d6emap stall dispatch (70)map rewind (75)map stall (76)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)8283flush restart other nonspec (84)85inst all (8c)inst branch (8d)inst branch taken (90)inst branch cond (94)inst int alu (97)inst simd alu (9a)9fl1d tlb access (a0)l1d tlb miss (a1)ld unit uop (a6)st unit uop (a7)l1d cache writeback (a8)a9acc2cfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
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100242003715000000061196862510010101000010100005028475212001820037200371844331876710010201000020100002003720037111002110910101000010000000006404163419786010000102003820038200382003820038
100242003715000000061196862510010101000010100005028475212001820037200371844331876710010201000020100002003720037111002110910101000010000000006404163419786010000102003820038200382003820038
1002420037150000000708196862510010101000010100005028475212001820037200371844331876710010201000020100002003720037111002110910101000010000000006404164319786010000102003820038200382003820038
100242003715000000061196862510010101000010100005028475212001820037200371844331876710010201000020100002003720037111002110910101000010000000006404163419786010000102003820038200382003820038
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100242003715000000061196862510010101000010100005028475212001820037200371844331876710010201000020100002003720037111002110910101000010000000006404163419786010000102003820038200382003820038
100242003715000000061196862510010101000010100005028475212001820037200371844331876710010201000020100002003720037111002110910101000010000000006403164419786010000102003820038200382003820038
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1002420037150000000706196862510010101000010100005028475212001820037200371844331876710010201000020100002022620037111002110910101000010000000006404163219786010000102003820038200382003820038

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  clz v0.4h, v8.4h
  clz v1.4h, v8.4h
  clz v2.4h, v8.4h
  clz v3.4h, v8.4h
  clz v4.4h, v8.4h
  clz v5.4h, v8.4h
  clz v6.4h, v8.4h
  clz v7.4h, v8.4h
  movi v8.16b, 9

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.2505

retire uop (01)cycle (02)033f51schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)int uops in schedulers (59)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)60696d6emap stall dispatch (70)map rewind (75)map stall (76)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)8283flush restart other nonspec (84)85inst all (8c)inst branch (8d)inst branch taken (90)inst branch cond (94)inst int alu (97)inst simd alu (9a)9fl1d cache writeback (a8)acbranch cond mispred nonspec (c5)branch mispred nonspec (cb)cdcfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
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8020420038150292580108100800081008002050064013212001920038200389977699898012020080032200800322003820038118020110099100100800001000011151183164420035800001002003920039200392003920039
8020420038150292580108100800081008002050064013212001920038200389977699898012020080032200800322003820038118020110099100100800001000011151183163320035800001002003920039200392003920039
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1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.2505

retire uop (01)cycle (02)03181e3a3f51schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)int uops in schedulers (59)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)60696d6emap stall dispatch (70)map rewind (75)map stall (76)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)8283flush restart other nonspec (84)85inst all (8c)inst branch (8d)inst branch taken (90)inst branch cond (94)inst int alu (97)inst simd alu (9a)9fl1d tlb access (a0)l1d tlb miss (a1)l1d cache writeback (a8)a9accfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
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