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

FABS (vector, 4H)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  fabs v0.4h, v0.4h
  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:

  fabs v0.4h, v0.4h
  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)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)
1020420033101011011000010010000030005092481010020001000620010006110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000030005113761024420001017120010004110000100
102042003310101101100001001000014567353119890313689977429521782617020010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000030005092481010020001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000030005092481010020001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000030005092481010020001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000030005092481010020001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000030005092481010020001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000030005092481010020001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000030005092481010020001000420010004110000100

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)
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100042010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092471002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  fabs v0.4h, v8.4h
  fabs v1.4h, v8.4h
  fabs v2.4h, v8.4h
  fabs v3.4h, v8.4h
  fabs v4.4h, v8.4h
  fabs v5.4h, v8.4h
  fabs v6.4h, v8.4h
  fabs v7.4h, v8.4h
  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)
8020440063801071018000610080010300320192801502008005820080014180000100
8020440044801051018000410080008300320044801102008001420080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100
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)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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80024400348002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
80024400348002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
80024400348002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
80024400348002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
80024400348002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
80024400348002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
80024400348002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
80024400348002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
80024400348002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010