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, 8B)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  cmeq v0.8b, v0.8b, #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: 0.001

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)
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  cmeq v0.8b, v0.8b, #0
  movi v0.16b, 1
  movi v1.16b, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 2.0033

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)
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000620010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100

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)
10024200331002121100002010000705092471002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10025200661002921100082010034705092471002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  cmeq v0.8b, v8.8b, #0
  cmeq v1.8b, v8.8b, #0
  cmeq v2.8b, v8.8b, #0
  cmeq v3.8b, v8.8b, #0
  cmeq v4.8b, v8.8b, #0
  cmeq v5.8b, v8.8b, #0
  cmeq v6.8b, v8.8b, #0
  cmeq v7.8b, v8.8b, #0
  movi v8.16b, 9

(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 simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
8020440054801051018000410080008300320044801102008001420080012180000100
8020540089801401018003910080051300320036801082008001220080014180000100
8020440034801071018000610080010300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801071018000610080010300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100

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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80024400348002121800002080000070032000080020200800002080000118000010
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80024400348002121800002080000070032000080020200800002080000118000010
80024400348002121800002080000070032000080020200800002080000118000010
80024400348002121800002080000070032000080020200800002080000118000010
80024400348002121800002080000070032000080020200800002080000118000010
80024400348002121800002080000066032020880074200800662080000118000010
80024400348002121800002080000070032000080020200800002080000118000010