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

LD1 (multiple, 1 reg, 8H)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ld1 { v0.8h }, [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): 1.000

Issues: 1.000

Integer unit issues: 0.001

Load/store unit issues: 1.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 0.000

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule ldst uop (55)dispatch ldst uop (58)simd uops in schedulers (5a)dispatch uop (78)map ldst uop (7d)map ldst uop inputs (80)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)
61005321681003110021000300010001000100011000
61004300941001110001000300010001000100011000
61004295241001110001000300010001000100011000
61004295731001110001000300010001000100011000
61004296301001110001000300010001000100011000
61004295631001110001000300010001000100011000
61004294541001110001000300010001000100011000
61004304241001110001000300010001000100011000
61004311151001110001000300510001000100011000
61004295251001110001001300310011001100011000

Test 2: Latency 1->2 roundtrip

Chain cycles: 3

Code:

  ld1 { v0.8h }, [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): 7.0042

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)? int retires (ef)
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502041000476010340101100021000030103100031000426692121045618107079250110302121000410004602241000410004400011000040100
502051000976011240107100041000130133100151000426691681045542107072250110302121000410004602241000410004400011000040100
502041000406010240101100011000030103100031000426692121045618107079250110302121000410004602241000410004400011000040100
502051000706011040105100031000230133100151000426697791045851107102450110302121000410004602241000410004400011000040100
502041000436010240101100011000030103100031000426692121045618107079250110302121000410004602241000410004400011000040100
502041000416010240101100011000030103100031000426694841045650107083850110302121000410004602241000410004400011000040100
502041000426010240101100011000030103100031000426692661045640107081450110302121000410004602241000410004400011000040100
502041000426010240101100011000030103100031000426692661045640107081450110302121000410004602241000410004400011000040100
502041001306010240101100011000030103100031001626710591046392107154550169302501001710017602981001610017400091000040100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code, minus 3 chain cycles): 7.0047

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)? int retires (ef)
500251001476001840011100061000130040100141000026692371046837107188050010300201000010000600961001210013400091000040010
500241000476001340011100021000030010100001000026692821046913107195050010300201000010000600201000010000400011000040010
500241000476001340011100021000030010100001000026692821046913107195050010300201000010000600201000010000400011000040010
500241000476001340011100021000030010100001000026692821046913107195050010300201000010000600201000010000400011000040010
500241000476001340011100021000030010100001002426723881048124107322650126300971002410026600201000010000400011000040010
500241000476001340011100021000030010100001000026692821046913107195050010300201000010000600201000010000400011000040010
500241000476001340011100021000030010100001000026692821046913107195050010300201000010000600201000010000400011000040010
500241000476001340011100021000030010100001000026692821046913107195050010300201000010000600201000010000400011000040010
500241000476001340011100021000030010100001001426696691047096107212850072300671001610017600201000010000400011000040010
500241000476001340011100021000030010100001000026692821046913107195050010300201000010000600201000010000400011000040010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ld1 { v0.8h }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.8h }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.8h }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.8h }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.8h }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.8h }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.8h }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.8h }, [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): 0.5007

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule ldst uop (55)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch ldst uop (58)int uops in schedulers (59)simd uops in schedulers (5a)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map ldst uop (7d)map int uop inputs (7f)map ldst uop inputs (80)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? int retires (ef)
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8020440062801051018000410080008300642318801082008001220080012180000100
8020440059801011018000010080008300640392801082008001220080012180000100
8020440056801011018000010080008300640248801082008001220080012180000100
8020440056801011018000010080008300640248801082008001220080012180000100
8020440056801011018000010080008300640248801082008001220080012180000100
8020440056801011018000010080008300640248801082008001220080012180000100
8020440056801011018000010080008300640248801082008001220080012180000100
8020440056801011018000010080008300640248801082008001220080012180000100
8020440056801011018000010080008300645666801082008001220080012180000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5005

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule ldst uop (55)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch ldst uop (58)int uops in schedulers (59)simd uops in schedulers (5a)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map ldst uop (7d)map int uop inputs (7f)map ldst uop inputs (80)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? int retires (ef)
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8002440044800111180000108000030639982800102080000208000018000010
8002440043800111180000108000030639982800102080000208000018000010
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