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Hardware Reference

The capabilities of perf depends on the features of the CPU. The following list the features of common modern architectures.

Manuals

  • Intel PMU event tables, in particular Appendix B of the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Optimization Reference Manual
  • AMD PMU event table, the Processor Programming Reference Manual for AMD 17h family see Section 2.1.15 Performance Monitor Counters.
  • ARM PMU event tables, see Chapter D7. The Performance Monitors Extension, of the Arm Architecture Reference Manual Armv8, for Armv8-A architecture profile.
  • ARM Neovese N2 PMU guide.

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