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

ADD (immediate, 64-bit)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  add x0, x0, #3
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 1.000

Issues: 1.000

Integer unit issues: 1.001

Load/store unit issues: 0.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 0.000

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)dispatch int uop (56)int uops in schedulers (59)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
100410301001100110002560310001000100010011000
100410301001100110002560310001000100010011000
100410301001100110002560310001000100010011000
100410301001100110002560310001000100010011000
100410301001100110002560310001000100010011000
100410301001100110002560310001000100010011000
100410301001100110002560310001000100010011000
100410301001100110002560310001000100010011000
100410301001100110002560310001000100010011000
100410301001100110002560310001000100010011000

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  add x0, x0, #3
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 1.0030

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)dispatch int uop (56)int uops in schedulers (59)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
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10204100301010110101101072595391010710212102121000110100
10204100301010110101101072595391010710212102121000110100
10204100301010110101101072595391010710212102121000110100
10204100301010110101101072595391010710212102121000110100
10204100301010110101101072595391010710212102121000110100
10204100301010110101101072595391010710212102121000110100
10204100301010110101101072595391010710212102121000110100
10204100301010110101101072595391010710212102121000110100
10204100301010110101101072595391010710212102121000110100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 1.0030

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)dispatch int uop (56)int uops in schedulers (59)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
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10024100301002110021100202595911002010020100201001110010
10024100301002110021100202595911002010020100201001110010
10024100301002110021100202595911002010020100201001110010
10024100301002110021100202595911002010020100201001110010
10024100301002110021100202595911002010020100201001110010
10024100301002110021100202595911002010020100201001110010
10024100301002110021100202595911002010020100201001110010
10024100301002110021100202595911002010020100201001110010
10024100301002110021100202595911002010020100201001110010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  add x0, x8, #3
  add x1, x8, #3
  add x2, x8, #3
  add x3, x8, #3
  add x4, x8, #3
  add x5, x8, #3
  add x6, x8, #3
  add x7, x8, #3
  mov x8, 9

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.3342

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)dispatch int uop (56)int uops in schedulers (59)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
80205269258015780157801712403608012080224802248001580100
80204267408011580115801202403608012080224802248001580100
80204267378011580115801202403608012080224802248001580100
80204267378011580115801202403608012080224802248001580100
80204267378011580115801202403608012080224802248001580100
80204267378011580115801202403608012080224802248001580100
80204267378011580115801202403608012080224802248001580100
80204267378011580115801202403608012080224802248001580100
80204267378011580115801202403608012080224802248001580100
80204267378011580115801202403608012080224802248001580100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.3340

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)dispatch int uop (56)int uops in schedulers (59)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
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80024267198002180021800202774048002080020800208001180010
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