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

LDRSH (unsigned offset, 64-bit)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ldrsh 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)
10056821025110241000823810001000100011000
10045541001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000813010001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000814810001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000831010001000100011000

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

Chain cycles: 3

Code:

  ldrsh 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)
4020570153401083010710001301301000318594856939734010630212100046022410004300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022410004300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022410004300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022410004300031000030100
4020570077401113010910002301351000318595816940634010630212100046022410004300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022410004300031000030100
4020470115401033010310000301031000318599056941954010630212100046022410004300031000030100
4020470052401033010310000301031001518599536941914015030251100176022410004300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022410004300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022410004300031000030100

1000 unrolls and 10 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)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)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
40025701524001830017100013004010003185967769471340016300321000460020100003000310000030010
40024700494001330013100003001010000185970669473440010300201000060020100003000310000030010
40024700494001330013100003001010000185970669473440010300201000060020100003000310000030010
40024700494001330013100003001010000185970669473440010300201000060020100003000310000030010
40024700494001330013100003001010000185970669473440010300201000060020100003000310000030010
40024700494001330013100003001010000185970669473440010300201000060020100003000310000030010
40024700494001330013100003001010000185970669473440010300201000060020100003000310000030010
40024700494001330013100003001010015186007069487540060300711001760020100003000310000030010
40024700494001330013100003001010000185970669473440010300201000060020100003000310000030010
40024700494001330013100003001010000185970669473440010300201000060020100003000310000030010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ldrsh x0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsh x0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsh x0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsh x0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsh x0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsh x0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsh x0, [x6, #8]
  ldrsh 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)
8020540181801291018002810080008300256190801082008001220080072180000100
8020440085801011018000010080008300640160801082008001220080012180000100
8020440045801011018000010080008300640070801082008001220080012180000100
8020440045801011018000010080008300640070801082008001220080012180000100
8020440045801011018000010080008300640070801082008001220080012180000100
8020440045801011018000010080008300640070801082008001220080012180000100
8020440045801011018000010080008300640124801082008001220080014180000100
8020440055801051018000410080008300280136801082008001220080012180000100
8020440049801011018000010080008300640142801082008001220080012180000100
8020440049801011018000010080008300640178801082008001220080012180000100

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)
8002540253800411180030108000830320190800182080012208000018000010
8002440050800111180000108000030640166800102080000208000018000010
8002440050800111180000108000030640166800102080000208000018000010
8002440050800111180000108000030640166800102080000208006918000010
8002440059800111180000108000030640166800102080000208000018000010
8002440050800111180000108000030640166800102080000208000018000010
8002440050800111180000108000030640166800102080000208000018000010
8002440164800111180000108000030640364800102080000208000018000010
8002440055800111180000108000030640310800102080000208000018000010
8002440050800111180000108000030640166800102080000208000018000010