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, 2 regs, 2D)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  st1 { v0.2d, v1.2d }, [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): 2.000

Issues: 3.000

Integer unit issues: 1.001

Load/store unit issues: 2.000

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)
6200529677300710032004100220003000800030002000500010012000
6200529370300110012000100020003000800030002000500010012000
6200429341300110012000100020003000800030002000500010012000
6200429362300110012000100020003000800030002000500010012000
6200429365300110012000100020003000800030002000500010012000
6200429339300110012000100020003000800030002000500010012000
6200429339300110012000100020003000800030002000500010012000
6200429341300110012000100020003000800030002000500010012000
6200429365300110012000100020003000800030002000500010012000
6200429339300110012000100020003000800030002000500010012000

Test 2: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  st1 { v0.2d, v1.2d }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.2d, v1.2d }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.2d, v1.2d }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.2d, v1.2d }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.2d, v1.2d }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.2d, v1.2d }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.2d, v1.2d }, [x6], x8
  st1 { v0.2d, v1.2d }, [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): 2.0005

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)
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1602041600392401038010316000080102160036280367271995424015720016005020040002080003160000100
1602041600392401038010316000080102160001280275271988624010320016000820040002080003160000100
1602041600392401038010316000080102160001280275271988624010320016000820040002080003160000100
1602041600392401038010316000080102160001280275271988624010320016000820040002080003160000100
1602041600392401038010316000080102160034280355272019424015420016004820040002080003160000100
1602041600392401038010316000080102160001280275271988624010320016000820040002080003160000100
1602041600392401038010316000080102160001280275271988624010320016000820040002080003160000100
1602041600392401038010316000080102160001280275271988624010320016000820040002080003160000100
1602051600902401368011916001780120160001280275271988624010320016000820040002080003160000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 2.0005

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)
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1600241600392400118001116000080010160000280043271988324001020160000204000008000116000010
1600241600392400118001116000080010160396281011273574124062620160440204014258028016000010
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