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hash-09 Eijen Hash Function — performance on AArch64 (system arm_1)

Independent measurement following the structure of the NICCS ARM self-assessment guide, §3.5 (1)–(7). Not a submitter self-assessment.

1. Basic information

Category: cryptographic hash algorithm; function: hash
Algorithm: Eijen Hash Function
Implementation versions measured: reference
Parameter sets: Eijen-256, Eijen-384, Eijen-512, Eijen-768, Eijen-1024
Security evaluation: hash-09 report
Measurement method: arm_1 method
Submission: NICCS page

2. Assessment environment

item	value
processor	Qualcomm Oryon (CPU 2, one core)
machine	ASUS Vivobook S 15
clock	fixed 2.71 GHz (governor performance, minimum = maximum), boost off, SMT none
memory	30562 MiB
OS / kernel	Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS / 7.0.0-34-generic
compiler / build tool	gcc (Ubuntu 15.2.0-16ubuntu1) 15.2.0 / cmake version 4.2.3
campaign start / end (UTC)	2026-09-28T15:05:46 / 2026-09-29T08:43:52

3. Functional testing (KAT)

Each library was checked against the submitted KAT vectors (SHA-256 manifest hash-09/kat.sha256 in the harness) before timing.

instance	build flags	KAT
`Eijen-256`	guide	PASS
`Eijen-384`	guide	PASS
`Eijen-512`	guide	PASS
`Eijen-768`	guide	PASS
`Eijen-1024`	guide	PASS

4. Performance

instance	message	mean cycles	cycles/byte	mean time	MB/s	n
`Eijen-256`	32 B	1419	44.3	529 ns	60.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-256`	128 B	1432	11.2	533 ns	240.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-256`	512 B	4155	8.1	1.54 µs	331.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-256`	1024 B	6864	6.7	2.55 µs	401.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-256`	4096 B	25.8 k	6.3	9.59 µs	427.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-256`	8192 B	51.6 k	6.3	19.2 µs	427.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-256`	16384 B	103.1 k	6.3	38.3 µs	428.2	79605 (5 × 15921)
`Eijen-256`	65536 B	412.0 k	6.3	153 µs	428.6	20490 (5 × 4098)
`Eijen-384`	32 B	1422	44.5	529 ns	60.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-384`	128 B	1439	11.2	535 ns	239.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-384`	512 B	4167	8.1	1.55 µs	330.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-384`	1024 B	8221	8.0	3.05 µs	335.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-384`	4096 B	28.6 k	7.0	10.6 µs	386.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-384`	8192 B	55.7 k	6.8	20.7 µs	396.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-384`	16384 B	111.3 k	6.8	41.3 µs	396.7	72840 (5 × 14568)
`Eijen-384`	65536 B	444.7 k	6.8	165 µs	397.1	19005 (5 × 3801)
`Eijen-512`	32 B	1424	44.5	530 ns	60.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-512`	128 B	1420	11.1	529 ns	242.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-512`	512 B	4162	8.1	1.55 µs	331.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-512`	1024 B	8234	8.0	3.06 µs	335.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-512`	4096 B	31.3 k	7.6	11.6 µs	352.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-512`	8192 B	61.1 k	7.5	22.7 µs	361.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-512`	16384 B	122.2 k	7.5	45.3 µs	361.3	67045 (5 × 13409)
`Eijen-512`	65536 B	484.4 k	7.4	180 µs	364.6	17490 (5 × 3498)
`Eijen-768`	32 B	1431	44.7	533 ns	60.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-768`	128 B	1427	11.1	531 ns	241.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-768`	512 B	5538	10.8	2.06 µs	248.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-768`	1024 B	9623	9.4	3.57 µs	286.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-768`	4096 B	36.8 k	9.0	13.7 µs	299.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-768`	8192 B	73.6 k	9.0	27.4 µs	299.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-768`	16384 B	147.0 k	9.0	54.6 µs	300.3	56210 (5 × 11242)
`Eijen-768`	65536 B	587.8 k	9.0	218 µs	300.4	14405 (5 × 2881)
`Eijen-1024`	32 B	1433	44.8	533 ns	60.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-1024`	128 B	2815	22.0	1.05 µs	122.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-1024`	512 B	6907	13.5	2.56 µs	199.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-1024`	1024 B	12.4 k	12.1	4.59 µs	223.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-1024`	4096 B	47.8 k	11.7	17.7 µs	231.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-1024`	8192 B	94.1 k	11.5	34.9 µs	234.6	86175 (5 × 17235)
`Eijen-1024`	16384 B	186.7 k	11.4	69.3 µs	236.5	44695 (5 × 8939)
`Eijen-1024`	65536 B	745.3 k	11.4	277 µs	237.0	11380 (5 × 2276)

5. Resource consumption

Static memory is approximated by the library's loadable ELF segments; peak memory is the process high-water mark (VmHWM) including the benchmark driver and libc, so both are upper-bound proxies rather than isolated algorithm memory.

instance	operation	static: ELF image (bytes)	baseline RSS	peak RSS
`Eijen-256`	hash_32	12440	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Eijen-256`	hash_128	12440	1396 KiB	1460 KiB
`Eijen-256`	hash_512	12440	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Eijen-256`	hash_1024	12440	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Eijen-256`	hash_4096	12440	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Eijen-256`	hash_8192	12440	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`Eijen-256`	hash_16384	12440	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`Eijen-256`	hash_65536	12440	1464 KiB	1528 KiB
`Eijen-384`	hash_32	12440	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Eijen-384`	hash_128	12440	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Eijen-384`	hash_512	12440	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Eijen-384`	hash_1024	12440	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Eijen-384`	hash_4096	12440	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Eijen-384`	hash_8192	12440	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`Eijen-384`	hash_16384	12440	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`Eijen-384`	hash_65536	12440	1464 KiB	1528 KiB
`Eijen-512`	hash_32	12440	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Eijen-512`	hash_128	12440	3444 KiB	3508 KiB
`Eijen-512`	hash_512	12440	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Eijen-512`	hash_1024	12440	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Eijen-512`	hash_4096	12440	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Eijen-512`	hash_8192	12440	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`Eijen-512`	hash_16384	12440	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`Eijen-512`	hash_65536	12440	1464 KiB	1528 KiB
`Eijen-768`	hash_32	12440	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Eijen-768`	hash_128	12440	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Eijen-768`	hash_512	12440	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Eijen-768`	hash_1024	12440	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Eijen-768`	hash_4096	12440	3432 KiB	3496 KiB
`Eijen-768`	hash_8192	12440	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`Eijen-768`	hash_16384	12440	3452 KiB	3516 KiB
`Eijen-768`	hash_65536	12440	1464 KiB	1528 KiB
`Eijen-1024`	hash_32	12440	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Eijen-1024`	hash_128	12440	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Eijen-1024`	hash_512	12440	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Eijen-1024`	hash_1024	12440	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Eijen-1024`	hash_4096	12440	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Eijen-1024`	hash_8192	12440	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`Eijen-1024`	hash_16384	12440	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`Eijen-1024`	hash_65536	12440	1460 KiB	1524 KiB

7. Raw evidence index

Paths are relative to performance/data/arm_1/ in the harness; each JSON file records its commands, environment and trials.

instance	item	file
`Eijen-256`	KAT log (sha256 `75fd74e5b83ee9bd…`)	`kat/hash-09/Eijen-256.log`
`Eijen-256`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-09/Eijen-256__hash_1024.json`
`Eijen-256`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-09/Eijen-256__hash_128.json`
`Eijen-256`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-09/Eijen-256__hash_16384.json`
`Eijen-256`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-09/Eijen-256__hash_32.json`
`Eijen-256`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-09/Eijen-256__hash_4096.json`
`Eijen-256`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-09/Eijen-256__hash_512.json`
`Eijen-256`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-09/Eijen-256__hash_65536.json`
`Eijen-256`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-09/Eijen-256__hash_8192.json`
`Eijen-384`	KAT log (sha256 `a4c96dfa6b2b5786…`)	`kat/hash-09/Eijen-384.log`
`Eijen-384`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-09/Eijen-384__hash_1024.json`
`Eijen-384`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-09/Eijen-384__hash_128.json`
`Eijen-384`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-09/Eijen-384__hash_16384.json`
`Eijen-384`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-09/Eijen-384__hash_32.json`
`Eijen-384`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-09/Eijen-384__hash_4096.json`
`Eijen-384`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-09/Eijen-384__hash_512.json`
`Eijen-384`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-09/Eijen-384__hash_65536.json`
`Eijen-384`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-09/Eijen-384__hash_8192.json`
`Eijen-512`	KAT log (sha256 `b2861bb7b8a4d8cc…`)	`kat/hash-09/Eijen-512.log`
`Eijen-512`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-09/Eijen-512__hash_1024.json`
`Eijen-512`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-09/Eijen-512__hash_128.json`
`Eijen-512`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-09/Eijen-512__hash_16384.json`
`Eijen-512`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-09/Eijen-512__hash_32.json`
`Eijen-512`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-09/Eijen-512__hash_4096.json`
`Eijen-512`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-09/Eijen-512__hash_512.json`
`Eijen-512`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-09/Eijen-512__hash_65536.json`
`Eijen-512`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-09/Eijen-512__hash_8192.json`
`Eijen-768`	KAT log (sha256 `17bca75b514aed08…`)	`kat/hash-09/Eijen-768.log`
`Eijen-768`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-09/Eijen-768__hash_1024.json`
`Eijen-768`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-09/Eijen-768__hash_128.json`
`Eijen-768`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-09/Eijen-768__hash_16384.json`
`Eijen-768`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-09/Eijen-768__hash_32.json`
`Eijen-768`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-09/Eijen-768__hash_4096.json`
`Eijen-768`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-09/Eijen-768__hash_512.json`
`Eijen-768`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-09/Eijen-768__hash_65536.json`
`Eijen-768`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-09/Eijen-768__hash_8192.json`
`Eijen-1024`	KAT log (sha256 `0bb0da6e7c0ebded…`)	`kat/hash-09/Eijen-1024.log`
`Eijen-1024`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-09/Eijen-1024__hash_1024.json`
`Eijen-1024`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-09/Eijen-1024__hash_128.json`
`Eijen-1024`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-09/Eijen-1024__hash_16384.json`
`Eijen-1024`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-09/Eijen-1024__hash_32.json`
`Eijen-1024`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-09/Eijen-1024__hash_4096.json`
`Eijen-1024`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-09/Eijen-1024__hash_512.json`
`Eijen-1024`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-09/Eijen-1024__hash_65536.json`
`Eijen-1024`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-09/Eijen-1024__hash_8192.json`

Scripts: performance/campaign.py, performance/ngcc_perf.c, performance/hashprof/ in the harness.