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

ORR (immediate, 32-bit)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  orr w0, w0, #3

Initialization

  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 1.000

Issues: 1.000

Integer unit issues: 1.001

Load/store unit issues: 0.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 0.000

Recorded non-zero counters (first 10 of 64 runs)

retire uop (01)	cycle (02)	schedule uop (52)	schedule int uop (53)	dispatch int uop (56)	int uops in schedulers (59)	dispatch uop (78)	map int uop (7c)	map int uop inputs (7f)	? int output thing (e9)	? int retires (ef)
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  orr w0, w0, #3

Initialization

  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 1.0030

Recorded non-zero counters (first 10 of 64 runs)

retire uop (01)	cycle (02)	schedule uop (52)	schedule int uop (53)	dispatch int uop (56)	int uops in schedulers (59)	dispatch uop (78)	map int uop (7c)	map int uop inputs (7f)	? int output thing (e9)	? int retires (ef)
10204	10030	10101	10101	10108	259415	10107	10214	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 1.0030

Recorded non-zero counters (first 10 of 64 runs)

retire uop (01)	cycle (02)	schedule uop (52)	schedule int uop (53)	dispatch int uop (56)	int uops in schedulers (59)	dispatch uop (78)	map int uop (7c)	map int uop inputs (7f)	? int output thing (e9)	? int retires (ef)
10024	10030	10021	10021	10028	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  orr w0, w8, #3
  orr w1, w8, #3
  orr w2, w8, #3
  orr w3, w8, #3
  orr w4, w8, #3
  orr w5, w8, #3
  orr w6, w8, #3
  orr w7, w8, #3

Initialization

  mov x8, 9

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.3342

Recorded non-zero counters (first 10 of 64 runs)

retire uop (01)	cycle (02)	schedule uop (52)	schedule int uop (53)	dispatch int uop (56)	int uops in schedulers (59)	dispatch uop (78)	map int uop (7c)	map int uop inputs (7f)	? int output thing (e9)	? int retires (ef)
80204	26882	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80222	80224	80015	80100
80204	26741	80114	80114	80119	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.3340

Recorded non-zero counters (first 10 of 64 runs)

retire uop (01)	cycle (02)	schedule uop (52)	schedule int uop (53)	dispatch int uop (56)	int uops in schedulers (59)	dispatch uop (78)	map int uop (7c)	map int uop inputs (7f)	? int output thing (e9)	? int retires (ef)
80024	27988	80038	80038	80043	266812	80042	80044	80020	80011	80010
80024	26776	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26721	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26728	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	27048	80241	80241	80240	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26720	80021	80021	80020	277575	80077	80077	80020	80011	80010
80024	26798	80078	80078	80077	266939	80075	80075	80020	80011	80010
80024	26723	80021	80021	80020	273366	80076	80076	80020	80011	80010
80024	26717	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26717	80021	80021	80020	254642	80126	80126	80020	80011	80010