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 (vector, 4S)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  add v0.4s, v0.4s, v1.4s
  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: 0.001

Load/store unit issues: 0.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 1.000

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch simd uop (57)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map simd uop (7e)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)
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1004203310011100010005024810001000200011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000200011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000200011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000200011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000200011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000200011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000200011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000200011000

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  add v0.4s, v0.4s, v1.4s
  movi v0.16b, 1
  movi v1.16b, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 2.0033

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule 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)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
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1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020012110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000620020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020096110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 2.0033

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule 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)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
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10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010

Test 3: Latency 1->3

Code:

  add v0.4s, v1.4s, v0.4s
  movi v0.16b, 1
  movi v1.16b, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 2.0033

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule 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)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000620020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 2.0033

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule 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)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
10024200331002121100002010000705092471002020100062020096111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010

Test 4: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  add v0.4s, v8.4s, v9.4s
  add v1.4s, v8.4s, v9.4s
  add v2.4s, v8.4s, v9.4s
  add v3.4s, v8.4s, v9.4s
  add v4.4s, v8.4s, v9.4s
  add v5.4s, v8.4s, v9.4s
  add v6.4s, v8.4s, v9.4s
  add v7.4s, v8.4s, v9.4s
  movi v8.16b, 9
  movi v9.16b, 10

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5004

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule 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)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map ldst uop inputs (80)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
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8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220001600241080000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220001600241080000100
8020440034801071018000610080010300320044801102008001320001600241080000100
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8020440044801071018000610080010300320036801082008001220001600241080000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220001600261080000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220001600241080000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220001600241080000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5004

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)dispatch ldst uop (58)int uops in schedulers (59)simd uops in schedulers (5a)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map ldst uop (7d)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
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