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, 64-bit)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ldrsb x0, [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)
10057021027110261000816610001000100011000
10045501001110001000816610001000100011000
10045501001110001000816610001000100011000
10045501001110001000816610001000100011000
10045501001110001000816610001000100011000
10045501001110001000816610001000100011000
10045501001110001000816610001000100011000
10045501001110001000816610001000100011000
10045521001110001000816610001000100011000
10045501001110001000816610001000100011000

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

Chain cycles: 3

Code:

  ldrsb x0, [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): 4.0047

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)
4020570152401083010710001301301000318594856939734010630212100046022410004300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022410004300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022410004300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022410004300031000030100
4020570133401113010910002301351001518599536941514015030247100176022410004300031000030100
4020470055401033010310000301031000318596626940964010630212100046022410004300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031001518618346949564015030251100176022410004300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022410004300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022410004300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031001518617086948624015030247100176022410004300031000030100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code, minus 3 chain cycles): 4.0047

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)
4002570158400183001710001300401000018596586946894001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470049400133001310000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470049400133001310000300101000018613536954024001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470060400133001310000300101000018597876947674001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470049400133001310000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470049400133001310000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470049400133001310000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470049400133001310000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470049400133001310000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470049400133001310000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002010000300031000030010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ldrsb x0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsb x0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsb x0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsb x0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsb x0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsb x0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsb x0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsb x0, [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): 0.5006

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)
8020540172801271018002610080008300244262801082008001220080012180000100
8020440049801011018000010080008300640142801082008001220080012180000100
8020440049801011018000010080008300640142801082008001220080012180000100
8020540102801381018003710080008300640142801082008001220080012180000100
8020440049801011018000010080008300640142801082008001220080012180000100
8020440049801011018000010080008300640142801082008001220080012180000100
8020440049801011018000010080008300640142801082008001220080012180000100
8020440049801011018000010080008300640142801082008001220080012180000100
8020440049801011018000010080008300640142801082008001220080012180000100
8020440049801011018000010080008300640142801082008001220080012180000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5005

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)
8002540282800351180024108000830400190800182080012208000018000010
8002440050800111180000108000030640040800102080000208000018000010
8002440043800111180000108000030640040800102080000208000018000010
8002440043800111180000108000030640040800102080000208000018000010
8002440043800111180000108000030640040800102080000208000018000010
8002440043800111180000108000030640040800102080000208000018000010
8002440054800111180000108000030640094800102080000208000018000010
8002540102800441180033108000030640094800102080000208000018000010
8002440051800111180000108000030640040800102080000208000018000010
8002440043800111180000108000030640040800102080000208000018000010