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

CMEQ (zero, 8H)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  cmeq v0.8h, v0.8h, #0
  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)031e3f4e51schedule uop (52)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch simd uop (57)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)696d6emap 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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10042037150611686251000100010002645212018203720371571318951000100010002037203711100110000073116211786100020382038203820382038
10042037160611686251000100010002645212018203720371571318951000100010002037203711100110000073116111786100020382038203820382038
10042037150611686251000100010002645212018203720371571318951000100010002037203711100110000073116111786100020382038203820382038
10042037150611686251000100010002645212018203720371571318951000100010002037203711100110000073116111786100020382038203820382038
10042037150611686251000100010002645212018203720371571318951000100010002037203711100110000073116111786100020852038203820382038
10042037150611686251000100010002645212018203720371571318951000100010002037203711100110000073116121786100020382038203820382038
100420371515611686251000100010002645212018203720371571318951000100010002037203711100110000073116111786100020382038203820382038
10042037150611686251000100010002645212018203720371571318951000100010002037203711100110000073116111786100020382038203820382038
10042037160611686251000100010002645212018203720371571318951000100010002037203711100110000073116111786100020382038203820382038

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  cmeq v0.8h, v0.8h, #0
  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)030e1e3f4e51schedule 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)9fld unit uop (a6)cfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? int output thing (e9)? 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)03l2 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)9fst unit uop (a7)l1d cache writeback (a8)a9accdcfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
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10024200371500000061196862510010101000010100005028475212001820037200371844331876710010201000020100002003720037111002110910101000010000006403163319786010000102003820038200382003820038
10024200371500000061196862510010101000010100005028475212001820037200371844331876710010201000020100002003720037111002110910101000010000006403163319786010000102003820038200382003820038
10024200371500000061196862510010101000010100005028475212001820037200371844331876710010201000020100002003720037111002110910101000010000006403163319786010000102003820038200382003820038
10024200371500000061196862510010101000010100005028475212001820037200371844331876710010201000020100002003720037111002110910101000010000006403163319786010000102003820038200382003820038
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10024200371500000061196862510010101000010100005028475212001820037200371844331876710010201000020100002003720037111002110910101000010000006403163319786010000102003820038200382003820038
10024200371500000061196862510010101000010100005028475212001820037200371844331876710010201000020100002008420037111002110910101000010000006403163319786010000102003820038200382003820038
10024200371500000061196862510010101000010100005028475212001820037200371844331876710010201000020100002003720037111002110910101000010000006403163319786010000102003820038200382003820038
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Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  cmeq v0.8h, v8.8h, #0
  cmeq v1.8h, v8.8h, #0
  cmeq v2.8h, v8.8h, #0
  cmeq v3.8h, v8.8h, #0
  cmeq v4.8h, v8.8h, #0
  cmeq v5.8h, v8.8h, #0
  cmeq v6.8h, v8.8h, #0
  cmeq v7.8h, v8.8h, #0
  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)03mmu table walk instruction (07)l2 tlb miss instruction (0a)1e3f51schedule 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 miss (a1)l1d cache writeback (a8)a9acc2branch 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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802042003815011029258010810080008100800205006401322001920038200389977699898012020080032200800322003820038118020110099100100800001000000011151181161120035800001002003920039200392003920039
802042003815011029258010810080008100800205006401322001920038200389977699898012020080032200800322003820038118020110099100100800001000000011151181161120035800001002003920039200392003920039
802042003815011067258010810080008100800205006401322001920038200389977699898012020080032200800322003820038118020110099100100800001000000011151181161120035800001002003920039200392003920039
802042003815011029258010810080008100800205006401322001920038200389977699898012020080032200800322003820038118020110099100100800001000000011151181161120035800001002003920039200392003920039
802042003815011029258010810080008100800205006401322001920038200389977699898012020080032200800322003820038118020110099100100800001000000011151181161120035800001002003920039200392003920039

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

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

retire uop (01)cycle (02)03l1i tlb fill (04)mmu table walk data (08)l2 tlb miss instruction (0a)l2 tlb miss data (0b)18191e1f3a3f51schedule 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)ld unit uop (a6)st unit uop (a7)l1d cache writeback (a8)a9acc2cfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0eb? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
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