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

LDRSB (unsigned offset, 32-bit)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ldrsb w0, [x6, #8]
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2
  mov x8, 0

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 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)
10056521021110201000804010001000100011000
10045431001110001000804010001000100011000
10045431001110001000804010001000100011000
10045431001110001000804010001000100011000
10045501001110001000804010001000100011000
10045431001110001000804010001000100011000
10045431001110001000804010001000100011000
10045431001110001000811210001000100011000
10045431001110001000804010001000100011000
10045431001110001000804010001000100011000

Test 2: Latency 1->2 (with chain penalty)

Chain cycles: 3

Code:

  ldrsb w0, [x6, #8]
  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): 4.0049

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)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)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? int retires (ef)
402057015040108301071000130130100031859587694038040106302121000406022410004300031000030100
402047004940103301031000030103100031859635694083040106302121000406022410004300031000030100
402047004940103301031000030103100031859635694083040106302121000406022410004300031000030100
402047004940103301031000030103100031859635694083040106302121000406022410004300031000030100
402047004940103301031000030103100151859980694182040150302471001706022410004300031000030100
402047004940103301031000030103100031859662694094040106302121000406022410004300031000030100
402047004940103301031000030103100031859635694083040106302121000406022410004300031000030100
402047004940103301031000030103100031859635694083040106302121000406022410004300031000030100
402047004940103301031000030103100031859635694083040106302121000406022410004300031000030100
402047004940103301031000030103100031859635694083040106302121000406022410004300031000030100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code, minus 3 chain cycles): 4.0040

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)
4002570159400183001710001300401000018594696946194001030020100006002010000300021000030010
4002470042400123001210000300101000018595176946644001030020100006002010000300021000030010
4002470042400123001210000300101001518598816948054006030071100176002010000300021000030010
4002470042400123001210000300101000018595176946644001030020100006002010000300021000030010
4002470042400123001210000300101000018595176946644001030020100006002010000300021000030010
4002470042400123001210000300101000018595176946644001030020100006002010000300021000030010
4002470042400123001210000300101000018595176946644001030020100006002010000300021000030010
4002470042400123001210000300101000018595176946644001030020100006002010000300021000030010
4002570148400213001910002300421000018596256947084001030020100006002010000300021000030010
4002470042400123001210000300101000018595176946644001030020100006002010000300021000030010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ldrsb w0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsb w0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsb w0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsb w0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsb w0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsb w0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsb w0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsb w0, [x6, #8]
  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)
8020540176801291018002810080008300248190801082008001220080012180000100
8020440058801051018000410080008300640196801082008001220080012180000100
8020440052801011018000010080008300640196801082008001220080012180000100
8020440052801011018000010080008300640196801082008001220080012180000100
8020440052801011018000010080008300640196801082008001220080012180000100
8020440061801011018000010080008300640412801082008001220080072180000100
8020440057801011018000010080008300640196801082008001220080012180000100
8020440052801011018000010080008300640196801082008001220080012180000100
8020440052801011018000010080008300640196801082008001220080012180000100
8020440052801011018000010080008300640196801082008001220080012180000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5006

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)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