RDRAND (R64) - Throughput and Uops
With 1 independent instruction
With unroll_count=10 and no inner loop
Code:
0: 49 0f c7 f0 rdrand r8
Show nanoBench command
Results:
Instructions retired: 1.0
Core cycles: 575.1
Reference cycles: 452.6
UOPS_EXECUTED.THREAD: 16.0
RETIRE_SLOTS: 16.0
UOPS_MITE: 0.0
UOPS_MS: 16.0
UOPS_PORT_0: 4.0
UOPS_PORT_1: 3.1
UOPS_PORT_2: 0.5
UOPS_PORT_3: 0.5
UOPS_PORT_4: 0.0
UOPS_PORT_5: 1.8
UOPS_PORT_6: 6.1
UOPS_PORT_7: 0.0
DIV_CYCLES: 0.0
ILD_STALL.LCP: 0.0
UOPS_MITE>=1: 0.0
With unroll_count=10, no inner loop, and 1 NOP
Code:
0: 49 0f c7 f0 rdrand r8 4: 90 nop
Show nanoBench command
Results:
Instructions retired: 2.0
Core cycles: 549.92
Reference cycles: 464.77
UOPS_EXECUTED.THREAD: 16.0
RETIRE_SLOTS: 17.0
UOPS_MITE: 1.0
UOPS_MS: 16.0
UOPS_PORT_0: 3.8
UOPS_PORT_1: 3.2
UOPS_PORT_2: 0.5
UOPS_PORT_3: 0.5
UOPS_PORT_4: 0.0
UOPS_PORT_5: 1.6
UOPS_PORT_6: 6.4
UOPS_PORT_7: 0.0
DIV_CYCLES: 0.0
ILD_STALL.LCP: 0.0
UOPS_MITE>=1: 1.0
With loop_count=10 and unroll_count=1
Code:
0: 49 0f c7 f0 rdrand r8
Show nanoBench command
Results:
Instructions retired: 3.0
Core cycles: 574.57
Reference cycles: 452.6
UOPS_EXECUTED.THREAD: 17.0
RETIRE_SLOTS: 18.6
UOPS_MITE: 0.6
UOPS_MS: 16.0
UOPS_PORT_0: 3.9
UOPS_PORT_1: 3.15
UOPS_PORT_2: 0.5
UOPS_PORT_3: 0.5
UOPS_PORT_4: 0.0
UOPS_PORT_5: 1.6
UOPS_PORT_6: 7.35
UOPS_PORT_7: 0.0
DIV_CYCLES: 0.0
ILD_STALL.LCP: 0.0
UOPS_MITE>=1: 0.6