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

STRB (pre-index)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  strb w0, [x6, #8]!

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 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)
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100410972001100110001000100047611756920001000200010011000
100411002001100110001000100047611810920001000200010011000

Test 2: Latency 2->2

Code:

  strb w0, [x6, #8]!

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 1.0150

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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10204101542010410104100001010410002435621719432010620010008200200161000410000100
10204101442010410104100001010410002435621719432010620010008200200161000410000100
10204101492010410104100001010410002435621721592010620010008200200161000410000100
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10204101702010410104100001010410002435621719432010620010008200200161000410000100
10204101502010410104100001010410002435511718352010620010008200200161000410000100
10204101502010410104100001010410002435511718352010620010008200200161000410000100
10204101502010410104100001010410002435511718352010620010008200200161000410000100
10204101502010410104100001010410002435621719432010620010008200200161000410000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 1.0118

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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10024101022001110011100001001010000430751710732001020100002020000100011000010
10024101022001110011100001001010000430751710732001020100002020000100011000010
10024101652001110011100001001010000430791722072001020100002020000100011000010
10024101642001110011100001001010000430791721892001020100002020000100011000010
10024101642001110011100001001010000430791721892001020100002020000100011000010
10024101642001110011100001001010000430791722072001020100002020000100011000010
10024101642001110011100001001010000430791722072001020100002020000100011000010
10024101652001110011100001001010000430791721892001020100002020000100011000010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  strb w0, [x6, #8]!
  strb w0, [x7, #8]!
  strb w0, [x8, #8]!
  strb w0, [x9, #8]!
  strb w0, [x10, #8]!
  strb w0, [x11, #8]!
  strb w0, [x12, #8]!
  strb w0, [x13, #8]!
  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): 1.0013

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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8020480106160105801058000080104800022403121361111160106200800082001600168000580000100
8020580157160155801388001780142800022403121361062160106200800082001600168000580000100
8020480106160105801058000080104800022403121361111160106200800082001600168000580000100
8020480106160105801058000080104800022403121361111160106200800082001600168000580000100
8020480106160105801058000080104800022403121361111160106200800082001600168000580000100
8020480106160105801058000080104800022403121361255160106200800082001600168000580000100
8020480106160105801058000080104800022403121361111160106200800082001600168000580000100
8020480106160105801058000080104800022403121361111160106200800082001600968004080000100
8020480106160105801058000080104800022403121361111160106200800082001600168000580000100

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)
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