Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

M1/A14 P-core (Firestorm): Overview | Base Instructions | SIMD and FP Instructions
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ST1 (multiple, post-index, 1 reg, 1D)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  st1 { v0.1d }, [x6], x8
  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
  mov x8, 0

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires (minus 60 nops): 1.000

Issues: 2.000

Integer unit issues: 1.001

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 int uop (56)dispatch ldst uop (58)int uops in schedulers (59)simd uops in schedulers (5a)dispatch uop (78)map ldst uop (7d)map int uop inputs (7f)map ldst uop inputs (80)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
6100529600200510031002100210003000400020001000030001001100000
6100429117200110011000100010003000400020001000030001001100000
6100429115200110011000100010003000400020001000030001001100000
6100429138200110011000100010003000400020001000030001001100000
6100429416200110011000100010003000400020001000030001001100000
6100429469200110011000100010003000400020001000030001001100000
6100529147200110011000100010003000400020001000030001001100000
6100429117200110011000100010003000400020001000030001001100000
6100429117200110011000100010003000400020001000030001001100000
6100429115200110011000100010003000400020001000030001001100000

Test 2: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  st1 { v0.1d }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.1d }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.1d }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.1d }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.1d }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.1d }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.1d }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.1d }, [x6], x8
  mov x7, x6
  mov x8, x6
  mov x9, x6
  mov x10, x6
  mov x11, x6
  mov x12, x6
  mov x13, x6
  mov x8, 0

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 1.0005

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)
80205801471601618014380018801438000311238421359944160109200800102002400308000180000100
80204800391601018010180000801048000110605801359942160105200800082002400248000180000100
80204800391601018010180000801048000110605801359942160105200800082002400248000180000100
80205800741601418012480017801408000110605801359942160105200800082002400248000180000100
80204800391601018010180000801048000110605801359942160105200800082002400248000180000100
80204800391601018010180000801048000110605801359942160105200800082002400248000180000100
80204800391601018010180000801048000110605801359942160105200800082002400248000180000100
80204800391601018010180000801048000110605801359942160105200800082002400248000180000100
80204800461601028010280000801048000110605801359942160105200800082002400248000180000100
80204800391601018010180000801048000110605801359942160105200800082002400248000180000100

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)
8002580291160073800558001880056800009482331360001160010208000020240000800018000010
8002480045160011800118000080010800367280961360313160089208004820240000800018000010
8002480045160011800118000080010800005803091360047160010208000020240000800018000010
8002480045160011800118000080010800005803091360047160010208000020240000800018000010
8002480045160011800118000080010800005803091360047160010208000020240000800018000010
8002480045160011800118000080010800005803091360047160010208000020240000800018000010
8002480045160011800118000080010800005803091360047160010208000020240000800018000010
8002480045160011800118000080010800005803091360047160010208000020240000800018000010
8002480045160011800118000080010800356489881360296160086208004920240000800018000010
8002480045160011800118000080010800005803091360047160010208000020240000800018000010