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

ST1 (multiple, 1 reg, 16B)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  st1 { v0.16b }, [x6]
  nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop
  mov x0, 0

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires (minus 60 nops): 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)
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61004294681001110001000400010001000200011000
61004291551001110001000400010001000200011000
61004291831001110001000400010001000200011000
61004291731001110001000400010001000200011000
61004291821001110001000400010001000200011000
61004291941001110001000400010001000200011000
61004291991001110001000400010001000200011000
61004292041001110001000400010001000200011000
61004291641001110001000400010001000200011000

Test 2: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  st1 { v0.16b }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.16b }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.16b }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.16b }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.16b }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.16b }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.16b }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.16b }, [x6]
  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): 1.0006

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)
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802048004780101101800001008000130013600468010120080008200160016180000100
802048004780101101800001008000130013600468010120080008200160016180000100
802048004780101101800001008000130013600468010120080008200160016180000100
802048004780101101800001008003730013603668013720080052200160016180000100
802048004780101101800001008000130013600468010120080008200160016180000100
802048004780101101800001008000130013600468010120080008200160016180000100
802048004780101101800001008000130013600468010120080008200160016180000100
802048004780101101800001008000130013600468010120080008200160016180000100
802048004780101101800001008000130013600468010120080008200160016180000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 1.0006

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)
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800248004780011118000010800003013600438001020800002016000018000010
800248004780011118000010800003013600438001020800002016000018000010
800248004780011118000010800003013600438001020800002016000018000010
800248004780011118000010800003013600438001020800002016000018000010
800248004780011118000010800003013600438001020800002016000018000010
800248005680011118000010800003013600798001020800002016000018000010
800248004780011118000010800003013600438001020800002016000018000010
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