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, 8B)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  st1 { v0.8b }, [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 ldst uop inputs (80)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)
6100529779201310071006100610003000400020001000300010011000
6100429115200110011000100010003000400020001000300010011000
6100429116200110011000100010003000400020001000300010011000
6100429139200110011000100010003000400020001000300010011000
6100429148200110011000100010003000400020001000300010011000
6100429115200110011000100010003000400020001000300010011000
6100429140200110011000100010003000400020001000300010011000
6100429146200110011000100010003000400020001000300010011000
6100429137200110011000100010003000400020001000300010011000
6100429119200110011000100010003000400020001000300010011000

Test 2: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  st1 { v0.8b }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.8b }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.8b }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.8b }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.8b }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.8b }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.8b }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.8b }, [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): 1.0006

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)
80205801471601618014380018801438000311239261359993160109200800102002400308000180000100
8020580095160150801338001780140800025808381360053160106200800082002400248000180000100
8020480045160101801018000080104800025808381360053160106200800082002400248000180000100
8020480045160101801018000080104800025808381360053160106200800082002400248000180000100
8020480045160101801018000080104800025808381360053160106200800082002400248000180000100
8020480045160101801018000080104800025808381360053160106200800082002400248000180000100
8020480066160104801048000080104800025331621360071160106200800082002400248000180000100
8020480045160101801018000080104800025808381360053160106200800082002401448003080000100
8020480045160101801018000080104800025808381360053160106200800082002400248000180000100
8020480045160101801018000080104800025808381360053160106200800082002400248000180000100

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)
8002680180160108800738003580091800024204101360089160016208000820240000800018000010
8002480047160011800118000080010800003405851360101160010208000020240000800018000010
8002480048160011800118000080010800003405851360101160010208000020240000800018000010
8002480048160011800118000080010800003405851360101160010208000020240000800018000010
8002480048160011800118000080010800004203921360083160010208000020240000800018000010
8002480048160011800118000080010800003405851360101160010208000020240000800018000010
8002480048160011800118000080010800003405851360101160010208000020240000800018000010
8002580080160059800428001780052800003845661360209160010208000020240000800018000010
8002480048160011800118000080010800003405851360101160010208000020240000800018000010
8002480048160011800118000080010800003405851360101160010208000020240000800018000010