Core2

Architecture specific notes for Intel Core2

Performance groups

Intel Core2 Performance groups

Events

The input file for the events on Intel Core2 can be found here.

Counters

• Core-local counters
  • Fixed-purpose counters
  • General-purpose counters

Core-local counters

Fixed-purpose counters

The Intel Core2 microarchitecture is the first architecture offering a set of fixed-purpose counters. Each counter can measure only one specific event.

Counters

Counter name	Event name
FIXC0	INSTR_RETIRED_ANY
FIXC1	CPU_CLK_UNHALTED_CORE
FIXC2	CPU_CLK_UNHALTED_REF

##### Available Options

Option	Argument	Description	Comment
kernel	N	Set bit (index*4) in config register

#### General-purpose counters The Intel® Core2 microarchitecture provides 2 general-purpose counters consisting of a config and a counter register. ##### Counters

Counter name	Event name
PMC0	*
PMC1	*

##### Available Options

Option	Argument	Description	Comment
edgedetect	N	Set bit 18 in config register
kernel	N	Set bit 17 in config register
threshold	8 bit hex value	Set bits 24-31 in config register
invert	N	Set bit 23 in config register