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

STP (32-bit)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  stp w0, w1, [x6]
  mov x0, 0

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 1.000

Issues: 1.000

Integer unit issues: 0.001

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 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)
1005115310191101810001700710001000300011000
1004104510011100010001700710001000300011000
1004104510011100010001700710001000300011000
1004104510011100010001700710001000300011000
1004104510011100010001700710001000300011000
1004104510011100010001700710001000300011000
1004104510011100010001700710001000300011000
1004104510011100010001700710001000300011000
1004104510011100010001700710001000300011000
1004104510011100010001700710001000300011000

Test 2: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  stp w0, w1, [x6]
  stp w0, w1, [x6]
  stp w0, w1, [x6]
  stp w0, w1, [x6]
  stp w0, w1, [x6]
  stp w0, w1, [x6]
  stp w0, w1, [x6]
  stp w0, w1, [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): 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)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
80205803938011910180018100800013001359938801012008000820024002401800000100
80204800458010110180000100800013001359850801012008000820024002401800000100
80204800378010110180000100800013001359850801012008000820024002401800000100
80204800378010110180000100800013001359850801012008000820024002401800000100
80204800378010110180000100800013001359850801012008000820024002401800000100
80204800378010110180000100800013001359850801012008000820024014701800000100
80204800378010110180000100800013001359850801012008000820024002401800000100
80204800378010110180000100800013001359850801012008000820024002401800000100
80204800378010110180000100800013001359850801012008000820024002401800000100
80204800378010110180000100800013001359850801012008000820024002401800000100

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 simd uop (54)schedule ldst uop (55)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)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)
80025801528002911080018100800013013600108001120800082024000018000010
80024800478001111080000100800003013600438001020800002024015618000010
80024800478001111080000100800343013603818004420800492024000018000010
80024800478001111080000100800003013600438001020800002024000018000010
80024800478001111080000100800003013600438001020800002024000018000010
80024800358001111080000100800033013599688001320800102024000018000010
80024800458001111080000100800003013600078001020800002024000018000010
80024800458001111080000100800003013600078001020800002024000018000010
80024800458001111080000100800003013600078001020800002024000018000010
80024800458001111080000100800003013600078001020800002024000018000010