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hash-22 Pavelor: A Highly Secure Hash Algorithm for Software Implementation — 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: Pavelor: A Highly Secure Hash Algorithm for Software Implementation
Implementation versions measured: reference
Parameter sets: Pavelor-512, Pavelor-768, Pavelor-1024
Security evaluation: hash-22 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-22/kat.sha256 in the harness) before timing.

instance	build flags	KAT
`Pavelor-512`	guide	PASS
`Pavelor-768`	guide	PASS
`Pavelor-1024`	guide	PASS

4. Performance

instance	message	mean cycles	cycles/byte	mean time	MB/s	n
`Pavelor-512`	32 B	36.9 k	1151.6	13.7 µs	2.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Pavelor-512`	128 B	39.4 k	307.6	14.6 µs	8.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Pavelor-512`	512 B	111.2 k	217.2	41.3 µs	12.4	68185 (5 × 13637)
`Pavelor-512`	1024 B	217.9 k	212.8	80.8 µs	12.7	37040 (5 × 7408)
`Pavelor-512`	4096 B	795.9 k	194.3	295 µs	13.9	10610 (5 × 2122)
`Pavelor-512`	8192 B	1.55 M	189.6	576 µs	14.2	4805 (5 × 961)
`Pavelor-512`	16384 B	3.09 M	188.7	1.15 ms	14.3	2740 (5 × 548)
`Pavelor-512`	65536 B	12.29 M	187.5	4.56 ms	14.4	680 (5 × 136)
`Pavelor-768`	32 B	36.7 k	1147.9	13.6 µs	2.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Pavelor-768`	128 B	72.2 k	564.4	26.8 µs	4.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Pavelor-768`	512 B	179.8 k	351.2	66.7 µs	7.7	45455 (5 × 9091)
`Pavelor-768`	1024 B	323.6 k	316.0	120 µs	8.5	25975 (5 × 5195)
`Pavelor-768`	4096 B	1.18 M	288.8	439 µs	9.3	7150 (5 × 1430)
`Pavelor-768`	8192 B	2.34 M	285.1	867 µs	9.5	3640 (5 × 728)
`Pavelor-768`	16384 B	4.65 M	283.7	1.72 ms	9.5	1820 (5 × 364)
`Pavelor-768`	65536 B	18.39 M	280.6	6.82 ms	9.6	465 (5 × 93)
`Pavelor-1024`	32 B	72.6 k	2269.0	26.9 µs	1.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Pavelor-1024`	128 B	143.0 k	1117.4	53.1 µs	2.4	57010 (5 × 11402)
`Pavelor-1024`	512 B	357.5 k	698.3	133 µs	3.9	23015 (5 × 4603)
`Pavelor-1024`	1024 B	643.8 k	628.7	239 µs	4.3	12695 (5 × 2539)
`Pavelor-1024`	4096 B	2.38 M	580.1	882 µs	4.6	3565 (5 × 713)
`Pavelor-1024`	8192 B	4.66 M	569.4	1.73 ms	4.7	1815 (5 × 363)
`Pavelor-1024`	16384 B	9.29 M	566.9	3.45 ms	4.8	915 (5 × 183)
`Pavelor-1024`	65536 B	36.92 M	563.3	13.7 ms	4.8	230 (5 × 46)

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
`Pavelor-512`	hash_32	13692	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Pavelor-512`	hash_128	13692	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Pavelor-512`	hash_512	13692	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Pavelor-512`	hash_1024	13692	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Pavelor-512`	hash_4096	13692	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Pavelor-512`	hash_8192	13692	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`Pavelor-512`	hash_16384	13692	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`Pavelor-512`	hash_65536	13692	1464 KiB	1528 KiB
`Pavelor-768`	hash_32	13692	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Pavelor-768`	hash_128	13692	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Pavelor-768`	hash_512	13692	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Pavelor-768`	hash_1024	13692	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Pavelor-768`	hash_4096	13692	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Pavelor-768`	hash_8192	13692	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`Pavelor-768`	hash_16384	13692	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`Pavelor-768`	hash_65536	13692	1464 KiB	1528 KiB
`Pavelor-1024`	hash_32	13692	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Pavelor-1024`	hash_128	13692	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Pavelor-1024`	hash_512	13692	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Pavelor-1024`	hash_1024	13692	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Pavelor-1024`	hash_4096	13692	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Pavelor-1024`	hash_8192	13692	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`Pavelor-1024`	hash_16384	13692	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`Pavelor-1024`	hash_65536	13692	1464 KiB	1528 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
`Pavelor-512`	KAT log (sha256 `f8a4c5b36f24ca8f…`)	`kat/hash-22/Pavelor-512.log`
`Pavelor-512`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-512__hash_1024.json`
`Pavelor-512`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-512__hash_128.json`
`Pavelor-512`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-512__hash_16384.json`
`Pavelor-512`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-512__hash_32.json`
`Pavelor-512`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-512__hash_4096.json`
`Pavelor-512`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-512__hash_512.json`
`Pavelor-512`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-512__hash_65536.json`
`Pavelor-512`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-512__hash_8192.json`
`Pavelor-768`	KAT log (sha256 `41ed86f622b25874…`)	`kat/hash-22/Pavelor-768.log`
`Pavelor-768`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-768__hash_1024.json`
`Pavelor-768`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-768__hash_128.json`
`Pavelor-768`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-768__hash_16384.json`
`Pavelor-768`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-768__hash_32.json`
`Pavelor-768`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-768__hash_4096.json`
`Pavelor-768`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-768__hash_512.json`
`Pavelor-768`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-768__hash_65536.json`
`Pavelor-768`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-768__hash_8192.json`
`Pavelor-1024`	KAT log (sha256 `15a80bb7712bb206…`)	`kat/hash-22/Pavelor-1024.log`
`Pavelor-1024`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-1024__hash_1024.json`
`Pavelor-1024`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-1024__hash_128.json`
`Pavelor-1024`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-1024__hash_16384.json`
`Pavelor-1024`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-1024__hash_32.json`
`Pavelor-1024`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-1024__hash_4096.json`
`Pavelor-1024`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-1024__hash_512.json`
`Pavelor-1024`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-1024__hash_65536.json`
`Pavelor-1024`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-1024__hash_8192.json`

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