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

MUL (vector, 8B)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  mul v0.8b, v0.8b, v1.8b
  movi v0.16b, 1
  movi v1.16b, 2

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 1.000

Issues: 1.000

Integer unit issues: 0.001

Load/store unit issues: 0.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 1.000

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch simd uop (57)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map simd uop (7e)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)
1004303310011100010007590510001000200011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000200011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000200011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000200011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000200011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000200011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000200011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000200011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000200011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000200011000

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  mul v0.8b, v0.8b, v1.8b
  movi v0.16b, 1
  movi v1.16b, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0033

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)int uops in schedulers (59)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000620020008110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420020008110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000620020012110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420020008110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420020008110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420020008110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420020008110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420020008110000100
1020430085101111031000810210033300768905101002001000420020008110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420020008110000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0033

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)int uops in schedulers (59)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
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10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002020000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002020000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002020000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002020000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002020000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002020000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002020000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002020000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000697710891015220101602020000111000010

Test 3: Latency 1->3

Code:

  mul v0.8b, v1.8b, v0.8b
  movi v0.16b, 1
  movi v1.16b, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0033

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)int uops in schedulers (59)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000620020012110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420020008110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420020008110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420020008110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420020008110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420020008110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420020008110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420020008110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420020008110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420020008110000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0033

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)int uops in schedulers (59)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)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)
1002430033100212110000201000070768905100202010000200200001101000010
1002430033100212110000201000070768905100202010000200200001101000010
1002430033100212110000201000070768905100202010000200200001101000010
1002430033100212110000201000070768905100202010000200200001101000010
1002430033100212110000201000070768905100202010000200200001101000010
1002430033100212110000201000070768905100202010000200200001101000010
1002430033100212110000201000070768905100202010000200200001101000010
1002430033100212110000201000070768905100202010000200200001101000010
1002430033100212110000201000070768905100202010000200200001101000010
1002430033100212110000201000070768905100202010000200200001101000010

Test 4: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  mul v0.8b, v8.8b, v9.8b
  mul v1.8b, v8.8b, v9.8b
  mul v2.8b, v8.8b, v9.8b
  mul v3.8b, v8.8b, v9.8b
  mul v4.8b, v8.8b, v9.8b
  mul v5.8b, v8.8b, v9.8b
  mul v6.8b, v8.8b, v9.8b
  mul v7.8b, v8.8b, v9.8b
  movi v8.16b, 9
  movi v9.16b, 10

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5004

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)int uops in schedulers (59)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
802044007680105101800040100800083003202048015320080063200160028180000100
802044003580107101800060100800103003200368010820080012200160024180000100
802044003580105101800040100800083003200368010820080012200160024180000100
802044003580105101800040100800083003200368010820080012200160024180000100
802044003580105101800040100800083003200368010820080012200160024180000100
802044003580105101800040100800083003200368010820080012200160024180000100
802044003580105101800040100800083003200368010820080012200160024180000100
802044003580105101800040100800083003200368010820080012200160024180000100
802044003580105101800040100800083003200368010820080012200160024180000100
802044003580105101800040100800083003200368010820080012200160024180000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5004

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)int uops in schedulers (59)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
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8002440035800212180000020800006532000080020208000020160000118000010
8002440035800212180000020800006532000080020208000020160000118000010
8002440035800212180000020800006532000080020208000020160000118000010
8002440035800212180000020800006532000080020208000020160000118000010
8002440035800212180000020800006532000080020208000020160000118000010
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