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

FRINTX (scalar, D)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  frintx d0, d0

Initialization

  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

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

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)
1004	3033	1001	1	1000	1000	75905	1000	1000	1000	1	1000
1004	3033	1001	1	1000	1000	75905	1000	1000	1000	1	1000
1004	3033	1001	1	1000	1000	75905	1000	1000	1000	1	1000
1004	3033	1001	1	1000	1000	75905	1000	1000	1000	1	1000
1004	3033	1001	1	1000	1000	75905	1000	1000	1000	1	1000
1004	3033	1001	1	1000	1000	75905	1000	1000	1000	1	1000
1004	3033	1001	1	1000	1000	75905	1000	1000	1000	1	1000
1004	3033	1001	1	1000	1000	75905	1000	1000	1000	1	1000
1004	3033	1001	1	1000	1000	75905	1000	1000	1000	1	1000
1004	3033	1001	1	1000	1000	75905	1000	1000	1000	1	1000

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  frintx d0, d0

Initialization

  movi v0.16b, 1
  movi v1.16b, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0033

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

retire uop (01)	cycle (02)	schedule uop (52)	schedule int uop (53)	schedule simd uop (54)	schedule ldst uop (55)	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)
10204	30033	10101	101	10000	0	100	10000	300	768905	10100	200	10006	200	10004	1	10000	100
10204	30033	10101	101	10000	0	100	10000	300	768905	10100	200	10004	200	10004	1	10000	100
10204	30033	10101	101	10000	0	100	10000	300	768905	10100	200	10004	200	10004	1	10000	100
10204	30033	10101	101	10000	0	100	10000	300	768905	10100	200	10004	200	10004	1	10000	100
10204	30033	10101	101	10000	0	100	10000	300	768905	10100	200	10004	200	10004	1	10000	100
10204	30033	10101	101	10000	0	100	10000	300	768905	10100	200	10004	200	10004	1	10000	100
10204	30033	10101	101	10000	0	100	10000	300	769247	10131	200	10044	200	10004	1	10000	100
13094	44325	12990	1939	10010	1041	1825	10035	300	768905	10100	200	10004	200	10004	1	10000	100
10204	30033	10101	101	10000	0	100	10000	300	768905	10100	200	10004	200	10004	1	10000	100
10204	30033	10101	101	10000	0	100	10000	300	768905	10100	200	10004	200	10004	1	10000	100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0033

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

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)
10024	30084	10029	21	10008	20	10033	70	768905	10020	20	10006	20	10000	11	10000	10
10024	30033	10021	21	10000	20	10000	70	768905	10020	20	10000	20	10000	11	10000	10
10024	30033	10021	21	10000	20	10000	70	768905	10020	20	10000	20	10000	11	10000	10
10024	30033	10021	21	10000	20	10000	70	768905	10020	20	10000	20	10000	11	10000	10
10024	30084	10029	21	10008	20	10033	70	768905	10020	20	10000	20	10000	11	10000	10
10024	30033	10021	21	10000	20	10000	70	768905	10020	20	10000	20	10000	11	10000	10
10024	30033	10021	21	10000	20	10000	70	768905	10020	20	10000	20	10000	11	10000	10
10024	30033	10021	21	10000	20	10000	70	768905	10020	20	10000	20	10000	11	10000	10
10024	30033	10021	21	10000	20	10000	70	768905	10020	20	10000	20	10000	11	10000	10
10024	30033	10021	21	10000	20	10000	70	768905	10020	20	10000	20	10000	11	10000	10

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  frintx d0, d8
  frintx d1, d8
  frintx d2, d8
  frintx d3, d8
  frintx d4, d8
  frintx d5, d8
  frintx d6, d8
  frintx d7, d8

Initialization

  movi v8.16b, 9

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

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

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

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)
80204	40059	80105	101	80004	100	80008	300	320036	80108	200	80012	200	80014	1	80000	100
80204	40035	80105	101	80004	100	80008	300	320036	80108	200	80012	200	80012	1	80000	100
80204	40035	80105	101	80004	100	80008	300	320036	80108	200	80012	200	80012	1	80000	100
80204	40035	80105	101	80004	100	80008	300	320036	80108	200	80012	200	80012	1	80000	100
80204	40035	80105	101	80004	100	80008	300	320036	80108	200	80012	200	80012	1	80000	100
80204	40035	80105	101	80004	100	80008	300	320036	80108	200	80012	200	80012	1	80000	100
80204	40035	80105	101	80004	100	80008	300	320036	80108	200	80012	200	80012	1	80000	100
80204	40035	80105	101	80004	100	80008	300	320036	80108	200	80012	200	80012	1	80000	100
80204	40035	80105	101	80004	100	80008	300	320036	80108	200	80012	200	80012	1	80000	100
80204	40035	80105	101	80004	100	80008	300	320036	80108	200	80012	200	80012	1	80000	100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

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

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

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 ldst uop inputs (80)	map simd uop inputs (81)	? int output thing (e9)	? ldst retires (ed)	? simd retires (ee)	? int retires (ef)
80024	40207	80027	21	80006	20	80010	0	70	0	320052	80032	20	0	80018	20	0	80000	11	0	80000	10
80025	40071	80067	21	80046	20	80058	0	70	0	320000	80020	20	0	80000	20	0	80000	11	0	80000	10
80024	40035	80021	21	80000	20	80000	0	70	0	320000	80020	20	0	80000	20	0	80000	11	0	80000	10
80024	40035	80021	21	80000	20	80000	0	70	0	320000	80020	20	0	80000	20	0	80000	11	0	80000	10
80024	40035	80021	21	80000	20	80000	0	70	0	320000	80020	20	0	80000	20	0	80000	11	0	80000	10
80024	40035	80021	21	80000	20	80000	0	70	0	320000	80020	20	0	80000	20	0	80066	11	0	80000	10
80024	40035	80021	21	80000	20	80000	0	70	0	320000	80020	20	0	80000	20	0	80000	11	0	80000	10
80024	40035	80021	21	80000	20	80000	0	70	0	320000	80020	20	0	80000	20	0	80000	11	0	80000	10
80024	40035	80021	21	80000	20	80000	0	70	0	320000	80020	20	0	80000	20	0	80000	11	0	80000	10
80024	40035	80021	21	80000	20	80000	0	70	0	320000	80020	20	0	80000	20	0	80000	11	0	80000	10