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, 3 regs, 8H)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h, v2.8h }, [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): 3.000

Issues: 3.000

Integer unit issues: 0.001

Load/store unit issues: 3.000

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)
630052972030071300630001200030003000600013000
630042943330011300030001200030003000600013000
630042944230011300030001200030003000600013000
630052944430041300330001200030003000600013000
630042966830011300030001200030003000600013000
630042943830011300030001200030003000600013000
630042971830011300030001200030003000600013000
630042971330011300030001200030003000600013000
630043006130011300030001200030003000600013000
630042944130011300030001200030003000600013000

Test 2: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h, v2.8h }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h, v2.8h }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h, v2.8h }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h, v2.8h }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h, v2.8h }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h, v2.8h }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h, v2.8h }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h, v2.8h }, [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): 3.0005

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)
24020524015524011910124001810024000130040800102401012002400082004800161240000100
24020424003924010110124000010024000130040798862401012002400082004800161240000100
24020524006724011810124001710024000130040798862401012002400082004800161240000100
24020424003924010110124000010024000130040798862401012002400082004800161240000100
24020424003924010110124000010024000130040798862401012002400082004800961240000100
24020424003924010110124000010024000130040798862401012002400082004800161240000100
24020424003924010110124000010024000130040798862401012002400082004800161240000100
24020424003924010110124000010024003430040799962401342002400482004800161240000100
24020424003924010110124000010024000130040798862401012002400082004800161240000100
24020424003924010110124000010024000130040798862401012002400082004800961240000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 3.0005

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)
24002524015224002911240018102400013040800102400112024000820480000124000010
24002424003924001111240000102400003040798832400102024000020480096124000010
24002424003924001111240000102400003040798832400102024000020480000124000010
24002424003924001111240000102400003040798832400102024000020480000124000010
24002424003924001111240000102400353040799992400452024004820480000124000010
24002424003924001111240000102400003040798832400102024000020480000124000010
24002424003924001111240000102400003040798832400102024000020480096124000010
24002424003924001111240000102400003040798832400102024000020480000124000010
24002424003924001111240000102400003040798832400102024000020480000124000010
24002424003924001111240000102400343040802482400442024004820480000124000010