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, 3 regs, 16B)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ld1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b }, [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): 3.000

Issues: 3.000

Integer unit issues: 0.001

Load/store unit issues: 3.000

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)
63005296653007130063000900030003000300013000
63004294063001130003000900030003000300013000
63004293453001130003000900030003000300013000
63004293523001130003000900030003000300013000
63004293413001130003000900030003000300013000
63004293453001130003000900030003000300013000
63004293453001130003000900030003000300013000
63004293493001130003000900030003000300013000
63004293453001130003000900030003000300013000
63004293473001130003000900030003000300013000

Test 2: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ld1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b }, [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): 1.5007

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)
2402061205582401611012400601002400083007681882401082002400122002400121240000100
24020512010724013810124003710024005730019245712401572002400682002400121240000100
24020412005324010110124000010024000830019201942401082002400122002400121240000100
24020412005324010110124000010024000830019201942401082002400122002400121240000100
24020412005324010110124000010024005630012858142401562002400682002400721240000100
24020412005324010110124000010024005730015425212401572002400682002400121240000100
24020412005324010110124000010024000830019201942401082002400122002400121240000100
24020512039924013110124003010024000830019201942401082002400122002400121240000100
24020412005724010110124000010024000830019203742401082002400122002400121240000100
24020412006424010110124000010024000830019204102401082002400122002400121240000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 1.5007

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)
24002512019024004111240030102400563012005122400662024006820240012124000010
24002412005124001111240000102400003019201642400102024000020240000124000010
24002412005124001111240000102400003019201642400102024000020240069124000010
2400241200852400111124000010240056309428122400662024006820240000124000010
24002412040124001111240000102400003019203262400102024000020240000124000010
24002412005124001111240000102400003019201642400102024000020240000124000010
24002412005124001111240000102400003019201642400102024000020240000124000010
24002412005124001111240000102400003019201642400102024000020240000124000010
24002412009124001111240000102400003019204342400102024000020240069124000010
24002412006624001111240000102400083019204102400182024001220240000124000010