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

LDURSB (32-bit)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ldursb w0, [x6, #1]
  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)
10056551027110261000816610001000100011000
10045501001110001000816610001000100011000
10045501001110001000816610001000100011000
10045501001110001000816610001000100011000
10045501001110001000816610001000100011000
10045501001110001000816610001000100011000
10045501001110001000816610001000100011000
10045501001110001000816610001000100011000
10045501001110001000816610001000100011000
10045501001110001000816610001000100011000

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

Chain cycles: 3

Code:

  ldursb w0, [x6, #1]
  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)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
402057014640108301071000130130100031859485693973401063021210004602241000403000310000030100
402047004740103301031000030103100031859581694063401063021210004602241000403000310000030100
402047004740103301031000030103100031859581694063401063021210004602241000403000310000030100
402047004740103301031000030103100031859581694063401063021210004602241000403000310000030100
402047004740103301031000030103100031859581694063401063021210004602241000403000310000030100
402047004740103301031000030103100031859581694063401063021210004602241000403000310000030100
402047004740103301031000030103100031859581694063401063021210004602241000403000310000030100
402057009840111301091000230135100031859695694084401063021210004602241000403000310000030100
402047004740103301031000030103100031859581694063401063021210004602241000403000310000030100
402047004740103301031000030103100031859581694063401063021210004602241000403000310000030100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code, minus 3 chain cycles): 4.0042

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)
4002570306400183001710001300401001518604756944514006030067100176002010000300031000030010
4002470048400133001310000300101000018596526947144001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470040400123001210000300101000018596526947144001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470040400123001210000300101000018596526947144001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002570115400203001810002300421000018597876947694001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470040400123001210000300101000018596526947144001030020100006004410004300031000030010
4002470042400123001210000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470042400123001210000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470042400123001210000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470042400123001210000300101000018597606947564001030020100006002010000300031000030010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ldursb w0, [x6, #1]
  ldursb w0, [x6, #1]
  ldursb w0, [x6, #1]
  ldursb w0, [x6, #1]
  ldursb w0, [x6, #1]
  ldursb w0, [x6, #1]
  ldursb w0, [x6, #1]
  ldursb w0, [x6, #1]
  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)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
80205401998013110180030100800083002802628010820080012200800121800000100
80204400568010110180000100800083006400168010820080012200800121800000100
80204400568010110180000100800083006405928010820080012200800121800000100
80204400568010110180000100800083006402688010820080012200800121800000100
80204400568010110180000100800083006402688010820080012200800121800000100
80204400568010110180000100800083006402688010820080012200800121800000100
80204400568010110180000100800083006402688010820080012200800121800000100
80204400748010110180000100800083006405028010820080012200800121800000100
80204400568010110180000100800083006402688010820080012200800121800000100
80204400568010110180000100800083006402688010820080012200800121800000100

1000 unrolls and 10 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)
8002540168800331180022108000030640238800102080000208000018000010
8002440054800111180000108000030640238800102080000208000018000010
8002440054800111180000108000030640238800102080000208000018000010
8002440054800111180000108000030640238800102080000208000018000010
8002440054800111180000108000030640238800102080000208000018000010
8002440054800111180000108000030640238800102080000208000018000010
8002440054800111180000108000030640238800102080000208000018000010
8002440054800111180000108000030640238800102080000208000018000010
8002440054800111180000108000030640238800102080000208000018000010
8002440054800111180000108000030640544800102080000208000018000010