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

LD1R (4S)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ld1r { v0.4s }, [x6]
  nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2
  mov x8, 0

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires (minus 60 nops): 2.000

Issues: 2.002

Integer unit issues: 0.001

Load/store unit issues: 1.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 1.002

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)schedule ldst uop (55)dispatch simd uop (57)dispatch ldst uop (58)simd uops in schedulers (5a)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map ldst uop (7d)map simd uop (7e)map ldst uop inputs (80)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)
62005297032018110151002100210003000776720001000100010001000110001000
62004293902003110021000100010003000776720001000100010001000110001000
62004293742003110021000100010003000776720001000100010001000110001000
62004293672003110021000100010003000776720001000100010001000110001000
62004295892003110021000100010003000776720001000100010001000110001000
62004293672003110021000100010003000776720001000100010001000110001000
62004293862003110021000100010003000776720001000100010001000110001000
62004294042003110021000100010003000776720001000100010001000110001000
62004295742003110021000100010003000777520001000100010001000110001000
62004303512003110021000100010003000776720001000100010001000110001000

Test 2: Latency 1->2 roundtrip

Chain cycles: 3

Code:

  ld1r { v0.4s }, [x6]
  fmov x0, d0
  eor x8, x8, x0
  eor x8, x8, x0
  add x6, x6, x8
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2
  mov x8, 0

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code, minus 3 chain cycles): 9.0049

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)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)
60205120154701144010120012100013013020031100043208937125753625755976011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
60204120049701054010120004100003010320007100043209017125770525758976011430212100042000860294100162003240007100001000040100
60204120049701054010120004100003010320007100043209017125770525758976011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
60204120049701054010120004100003010320007100043209017125770525758976011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
60204120049701054010120004100003010320007100043209017125770525758976011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
60204120049701054010120004100003010320007100043209017125770525758976011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
60204120049701054010120004100003010320007100043209017125770525758976011430212100042000860294100162003340006100001000040100
60204120049701054010120004100003010320007100043209017125770525758976011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
60204120053701054010120004100003010320007100043209017125770525758976011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
60204120049701054010120004100003010320007100043209098125774125759666011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code, minus 3 chain cycles): 9.0049

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)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)
60025120145700244001120012100013004020031100003208987125915425784526001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120050700154001120004100003001020000100163209493125945625790466009030071100162003360264101542003340070100341000040100
60025120094700244001620007100013004020023100003208979125922425785636001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120047700154001120004100003001020000100003208844125916525784496001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120047700154001120004100003001020000100003208844125916525784496001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120047700154001120004100003001020000100003208844125916525784496001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120047700154001120004100003001020000100003208844125916525784496001030020100002000060122100162003340006100001000040010
60024120047700154001120004100003001020000100003208844125916525784496001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120049700154001120004100003001020000100003208871125917625784716001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120047700154001120004100003001020000100003208844125916525784496001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ld1r { v0.4s }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.4s }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.4s }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.4s }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.4s }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.4s }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.4s }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.4s }, [x6]
  mov x7, x6
  mov x8, x6
  mov x9, x6
  mov x10, x6
  mov x11, x6
  mov x12, x6
  mov x13, x6

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5013

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)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)
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16020440105160139101800308000810080012800123002401706405041601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440496160139101800308000810080012800123002578316625031601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440106160139101800308000810080012800123002401706405041601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440103160139101800308000810080012800123002401706405041601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440103160139101800308000810080012800123002401706405041601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440103160139101800308000810080012800123002401706405041601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440108160139101800308000810080012800123002401706405041601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440106160139101800308000810080012800123002443826462881601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440569160379101801508012810080180800123002649726724331601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5008

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)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)
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16002440068160047118003680000108000080000302402426405801600102080000800002080000800001800008000010
16002440064160047118003680000108000080000302402426405801600102080000800002080000800001800008000010
16002440064160047118003680000108000080000302402426405801600102080000800002080000800001800008000010
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16002440064160047118003680000108000080000302402426405801600102080000800002080000800001800008000010
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16002440064160047118003680000108000080000302402426405801600102080000800002080000800001800008000010