Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

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LD1 (multiple, post-index, 4 regs, 8B)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ld1 { v0.8b, v1.8b, v2.8b, v3.8b }, [x6], x8
  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): 4.000

Issues: 5.000

Integer unit issues: 1.001

Load/store unit issues: 4.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 0.000

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 ldst uop (7d)map ldst uop inputs (80)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)
64005299575011100340081002400030001200050004000500010014000
64004294995001100140001000400030001200050004000500010014000
64004294155001100140001000400030001200050004000500010014000
64004294245001100140001000400030001200050004000500010014000
64004294245001100140001000400030001200050004000500010014000
64005294485006100240041001400030001200050004000500010014000
64004294245001100140001000400030001200050004000500010014000
64004294255001100140001000400030001200050004000500010014000
64004294165001100140001000400030001200050004000500010014000
64004294235001100140001000400030001200050004000500010014000

Test 2: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ld1 { v0.8b, v1.8b, v2.8b, v3.8b }, [x6], x8
  ld1 { v0.8b, v1.8b, v2.8b, v3.8b }, [x6], x8
  ld1 { v0.8b, v1.8b, v2.8b, v3.8b }, [x6], x8
  ld1 { v0.8b, v1.8b, v2.8b, v3.8b }, [x6], x8
  ld1 { v0.8b, v1.8b, v2.8b, v3.8b }, [x6], x8
  ld1 { v0.8b, v1.8b, v2.8b, v3.8b }, [x6], x8
  ld1 { v0.8b, v1.8b, v2.8b, v3.8b }, [x6], x8
  ld1 { v0.8b, v1.8b, v2.8b, v3.8b }, [x6], x8
  mov x7, x6
  mov x8, x6
  mov x9, x6
  mov x10, x6
  mov x11, x6
  mov x12, x6
  mov x13, x6
  mov x8, 0

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 2.0007

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)
320205160155400152801163200368011632001024030997619440011320032001620040002080003320000100
3202051601074001528011632003680116320010240309136019440011320032001620040002080003320000100
3202041600554001038010332000080103320010240309256020640011320032001620040002080003320000100
3202041600554001038010332000080103320010240309256020640011320032001620040002080003320000100
3202041600554001038010332000080103320010240309256020640011320032001620040009080016320000100
3202041601344001038010332000080103320010240309256026040011320032001620040002080003320000100
3202041600554001038010332000080103320010240309256020640011320032001620040030080055320000100
3202041600604001038010332000080103320010240309256020640011320032001620040002080003320000100
3202041600524001038010332000080103320058240348213791040017420032007220040002080003320000100
3202041600554001038010332000080103320010240309256020640011320032001620040002080003320000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 2.0006

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)
3200251605874000568002632003080026320000240030256016440001020320000204000008000132000010
3200241600514000118001132000080010320000240030256016440001020320000204000008000132000010
3200241600514000118001132000080010320000240030256016440001020320000204000008000132000010
3200241600514000118001132000080010320058240078233785840008420320072204000008000132000010
3200241600514000118001132000080010320000240030256016440001020320000204000008000132000010
3200241600514000118001132000080010320000240030256016440001020320000204000008000132000010
3200241600514000118001132000080010320000240030256016440001020320000204000008000132000010
3200251601094000588002632003280026320000240030256016440001020320000204000008000132000010
3200241600514000118001132000080010320000240030256016440001020320000204000008000132000010
3200241600514000118001132000080010320000240030256016440001020320000204000008000132000010