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

LD4R (post-index, 2D)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ld4r { v0.2d, v1.2d, v2.2d, v3.2d }, [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): 6.000

Issues: 7.004

Integer unit issues: 1.001

Load/store unit issues: 2.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 4.004

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 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)
66005297297057100340502004100240082000300060003054870002000400030008000100120004000
66004295507005100140042000100040002000300060003054870002000400030008000100120004000
66004295637005100140042000100040002000300060003054870002000400030008000100120004000
66004295397005100140042000100040002000300060003054870002000400030008000100120004000
66004295507005100140042000100040002000300060003054870002000400030008000100120004000
66004295517005100140042000100040002000300060003054870002000400030008000100120004000
66004295877005100140042000100040002000300060003054870002000400030008000100120004000
66004299887005100140042000100040002000300060023055270002000400030008000100120004000
66004298317005100140042000100040002000300060003054870002000400030008000100120004000
66004295377005100140042000100040002000300060003054870002000400030008000100120004000

Test 2: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ld4r { v0.2d, v1.2d, v2.2d, v3.2d }, [x6], x8
  ld4r { v0.2d, v1.2d, v2.2d, v3.2d }, [x6], x8
  ld4r { v0.2d, v1.2d, v2.2d, v3.2d }, [x6], x8
  ld4r { v0.2d, v1.2d, v2.2d, v3.2d }, [x6], x8
  ld4r { v0.2d, v1.2d, v2.2d, v3.2d }, [x6], x8
  ld4r { v0.2d, v1.2d, v2.2d, v3.2d }, [x6], x8
  ld4r { v0.2d, v1.2d, v2.2d, v3.2d }, [x6], x8
  ld4r { v0.2d, v1.2d, v2.2d, v3.2d }, [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 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)
4802051602975602268011232009216002280112320036160008240312480026228526456012420016000832001420024001264002880004160000320000100
4802041600635601468010432003616000680104320012160008240312480026320045056012220016000832001420024001264002880004160000320000100
4802041600545601388010432002816000680104320010160008240312480026320045056012220016000832001420024001264002880004160000320000100
4802041600545601388010432002816000680104320010160008240312480026320045056012220016000832001420024001264002880004160000320000100
4802041600545601388010432002816000680104320010160008240312480026320045056012220016000832001420024001264002880004160000320000100
4802041600545601388010432002816000680104320010160008240312480026320045056012220016000832001420024001264002880004160000320000100
4802041600545601388010432002816000680104320010160008240312480026320045056012220016000832001420024005464014080018160000320000100
4802041600545601388010432002816000680104320010160008240312480026320045056012220016000832001420024001264002880004160000320000100
4802041600545601388010432002816000680104320010160008240312480026320045056012220016000832001420024001264002880004160000320000100
4802041600545601388010432002816000680104320010160008240312480026320045056012220016000832001420024001264002880004160000320000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

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

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)
4800251601775601448002232010016002280022320038160008240042480068260490056003420160008320014202400126400288000416000032000010
4800241600605600398001132002816000080010320000160000240030480010320023256001020160000320000202400006400008000116000032000010
4800241600545600398001132002816000080010320000160000240030480010320023256001020160000320000202400006400008000116000032000010
4800241600545600488001432002816000680014320010160000240030480010320023256001020160000320000202400546401408001816000032000010
4800241600545600398001132002816000080010320000160000240030480010320023256001020160000320000202400006400008000116000032000010
4800241600545600398001132002816000080010320000160000240030480010320023256001020160000320000202400006400008000116000032000010
4800241600545600398001132002816000080010320000160000240030480010320023256001020160000320000202400006400008000116000032000010
4800241600545600398001132002816000080010320000160036240084480120309146256013220160036320070202400006400008000116000032000010
4800241600545600398001132002816000080010320000160000240030480010320023256001020160000320000202400006400008000116000032000010
4800241600545600398001132002816000080010320000160000240030480010320023256001020160000320000202400006400008000116000032000010