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, 1D)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ld1 { v0.1d, v1.1d, v2.1d }, [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)
63005296983007130063000900030003000300013000
63004293853001130003000900030003000300013000
63004293643001130003000900030003000300013000
63004293663001130003000900030003000300013000
63004293753001130003000900030003000300013000
63004293633001130003000900030003000300013000
63004293433001130003000900030003000300013000
63004293603001130003000900030003000300013000
63004295133001130003000900030003000300013000
63004295573001130003000900530003000300013000

Test 2: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ld1 { v0.1d, v1.1d, v2.1d }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.1d, v1.1d, v2.1d }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.1d, v1.1d, v2.1d }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.1d, v1.1d, v2.1d }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.1d, v1.1d, v2.1d }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.1d, v1.1d, v2.1d }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.1d, v1.1d, v2.1d }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.1d, v1.1d, v2.1d }, [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): 1.5006

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)
24020512017524013510124003410024000830010080222401082002400122002400681240000100
24020412005324010510124000410024000830019200822401082002400122002400121240000100
24020412005224010110124000010024000830019200282401082002400122002400121240000100
24020412005324010110124000010024000830019200282401082002400122002400121240000100
24020412004724010110124000010024005730013015472401572002400682002400121240000100
24020412004724010110124000010024000830019200282401082002400122002400681240000100
24020412006324010110124000010024000830019200282401082002400122002400681240000100
24020412013124010110124000010024000830019200282401082002400122002400121240000100
24020412004724010110124000010024000830019200282401082002400122002400121240000100
24020512033924013110124003010024000830019201722401082002400122002400121240000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 1.5006

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)
24002512019624004511240034102400563015578942400662024006820240012124000010
24002412005124001111240000102400003019201642400102024000020240000124000010
24002412005124001111240000102400003019201642400102024000020240000124000010
24002412006024001111240000102400003019201642400102024000020240000124000010
24002412005124001111240000102400003019201642400102024000020240000124000010
24002512010724004811240037102400003019201642400102024000020240000124000010
24002412005124001111240000102400003019201642400102024000020240000124000010
24002412005124001111240000102400003019201642400102024000020240000124000010
24002412005124001111240000102400003019201642400102024000020240000124000010
24002412005124001111240000102400003019204522400102024000020240000124000010