Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

M1/A14 P-core (Firestorm): Overview | Base Instructions | SIMD and FP Instructions
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EOR (immediate, 32-bit)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  eor w0, w0, #3

Initialization

  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

Recorded non-zero counters (first 10 of 64 runs)

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)
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  eor w0, w0, #3

Initialization

  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 1.0030

Recorded non-zero counters (first 10 of 64 runs)

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)
10204	10030	10101	10101	10108	259434	10107	10214	10214	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10213	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10311	10029	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259415	10107	10214	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 1.0030

Recorded non-zero counters (first 10 of 64 runs)

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)
10024	10030	10021	10021	10028	259474	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  eor w0, w8, #3
  eor w1, w8, #3
  eor w2, w8, #3
  eor w3, w8, #3
  eor w4, w8, #3
  eor w5, w8, #3
  eor w6, w8, #3
  eor w7, w8, #3

Initialization

  mov x8, 9

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

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

Recorded non-zero counters (first 10 of 64 runs)

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)
80204	26862	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26767	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26744	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

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

Recorded non-zero counters (first 10 of 64 runs)

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)
80024	27967	80037	80037	80042	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26785	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26713	80021	80021	80020	265462	80095	80100	80020	80011	80010
80024	26729	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26713	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26713	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26713	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26713	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26713	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26713	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010