Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

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ST1 (multiple, 4 regs, 16B)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  st1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b, v3.16b }, [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): 4.000

Issues: 4.000

Integer unit issues: 0.001

Load/store unit issues: 4.000

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)
640052987540091400840001600040004000800014000
640042950840011400040001600040004000800014000
640042946640011400040001600040004000800014000
640042946740011400040001600040004000800014000
640042946740011400040001600040004000800014000
640042948940011400040001600040004000800014000
640042946740011400040001600040004000800814000
640042946940011400040001600040004000800014000
640042946840011400040001600040004000800014000
640042946540011400040001600040004000800014000

Test 2: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  st1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b, v3.16b }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b, v3.16b }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b, v3.16b }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b, v3.16b }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b, v3.16b }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b, v3.16b }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b, v3.16b }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.16b, v1.16b, v2.16b, v3.16b }, [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): 4.0006

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)
32020632020132013610132003510032000330054400533201032003200082006400161320000100
32020432004732010110132000010032000330054400533201032003200082006400161320000100
32020532008232011810132001710032000330054400533201032003200082006400161320000100
32020432004732010110132000010032000330054400533201032003200082006400161320000100
32020432004732010110132000010032000330054400533201032003200082006400161320000100
32020432004732010110132000010032000330054400533201032003200082006400961320000100
32020432005432010110132000010032000330054400533201032003200082006400161320000100
32020432004732010110132000010032000330054400533201032003200082006400961320000100
32020432004732010110132000010032000330054400533201032003200082006400161320000100
32020432004732010110132000010032000330054400533201032003200082006400961320000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 4.0005

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)
32002632031432004611320035103200033054400043200132032000820640000132000010
32002432003932001111320000103200003054398833200102032000020640000132000010
32002532009032002811320017103200003054398833200102032000020640000132000010
32002432003932001111320000103200003054403313200102032000020640000132000010
32002532006732002811320017103200003054398343200102032000020640000132000010
32002432003932001111320000103200003054398833200102032000020640000132000010
32002532006732002811320017103200003054398833200102032000020640096132000010
32002532008232002811320017103200003054398833200102032000020640096132000010
32002432003932001111320000103200003054398833200102032000020640000132000010
32002432003932001111320000103200003054398833200102032000020640096132000010