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

SUB (immediate, 32-bit)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  sub w0, w0, #3

Initialization

  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 1.000

Issues: 1.000

Integer unit issues: 1.001

Load/store unit issues: 0.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 0.000

Recorded non-zero counters (first 10 of 64 runs)

retire uop (01)	cycle (02)	schedule uop (52)	schedule int uop (53)	dispatch int uop (56)	int uops in schedulers (59)	dispatch uop (78)	map int uop (7c)	map int uop inputs (7f)	? int output thing (e9)	? int retires (ef)
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000
1004	1030	1001	1001	1000	25603	1000	1000	1000	1001	1000

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  sub w0, w0, #3

Initialization

  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 1.0030

Recorded non-zero counters (first 10 of 64 runs)

retire uop (01)	cycle (02)	schedule uop (52)	schedule int uop (53)	dispatch int uop (56)	int uops in schedulers (59)	dispatch uop (78)	map int uop (7c)	map int uop inputs (7f)	? int output thing (e9)	? int retires (ef)
10204	10030	10101	10101	10108	259311	10107	10214	10214	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100
10204	10030	10101	10101	10107	259539	10107	10212	10212	10001	10100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 1.0030

Recorded non-zero counters (first 10 of 64 runs)

retire uop (01)	cycle (02)	schedule uop (52)	schedule int uop (53)	dispatch int uop (56)	int uops in schedulers (59)	dispatch uop (78)	map int uop (7c)	map int uop inputs (7f)	? int output thing (e9)	? int retires (ef)
10024	10030	10021	10021	10028	259628	10028	10036	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010
10024	10030	10021	10021	10020	259591	10020	10020	10020	10011	10010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  sub w0, w8, #3
  sub w1, w8, #3
  sub w2, w8, #3
  sub w3, w8, #3
  sub w4, w8, #3
  sub w5, w8, #3
  sub w6, w8, #3
  sub w7, w8, #3

Initialization

  mov x8, 9

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.3342

Recorded non-zero counters (first 10 of 64 runs)

retire uop (01)	cycle (02)	schedule uop (52)	schedule int uop (53)	schedule ldst uop (55)	dispatch int uop (56)	int uops in schedulers (59)	dispatch uop (78)	map int uop (7c)	map int uop inputs (7f)	? int output thing (e9)	? int retires (ef)
80204	26846	80115	80115	0	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26760	80115	80115	0	80120	240360	80120	80224	80222	80014	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	0	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	0	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	0	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	0	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	0	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	0	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	0	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100
80204	26737	80115	80115	0	80120	240360	80120	80224	80224	80015	80100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.3339

Recorded non-zero counters (first 10 of 64 runs)

retire uop (01)	cycle (02)	schedule uop (52)	schedule int uop (53)	dispatch int uop (56)	int uops in schedulers (59)	dispatch uop (78)	map int uop (7c)	map int uop inputs (7f)	? int output thing (e9)	? int retires (ef)
80024	27962	80039	80039	80044	266812	80042	80044	80020	80011	80010
80024	26773	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26713	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26713	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26713	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26713	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26713	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26713	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26713	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010
80024	26713	80021	80021	80020	277404	80020	80020	80020	80011	80010