Performance measurements › arm_1 › hash-32 · system: x86_1 · arm_1

hash-32 The ZC-EDMC 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: The ZC-EDMC Hash Function
Implementation versions measured: reference
Parameter sets: ZC-EDMC-1280-512, ZC-EDMC-1280-768, ZC-EDMC-1280-1024, ZC-EDMC-1536-512, ZC-EDMC-1536-768, ZC-EDMC-1536-1024
Security evaluation: hash-32 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-32/kat.sha256 in the harness) before timing.

instance	build flags	KAT
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	guide	PASS
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	guide	PASS
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	guide	PASS
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	guide	PASS
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	guide	PASS
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	guide	PASS

4. Performance

instance	message	mean cycles	cycles/byte	mean time	MB/s	n
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	32 B	513	16.0	191 ns	167.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	128 B	965	7.5	360 ns	355.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	512 B	2792	5.5	1.04 µs	493.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	1024 B	5535	5.4	2.06 µs	497.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	4096 B	21.5 k	5.2	7.98 µs	513.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	8192 B	43.0 k	5.3	16 µs	513.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	16384 B	85.5 k	5.2	31.8 µs	515.7	94490 (5 × 18898)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	65536 B	340.4 k	5.2	126 µs	518.7	24630 (5 × 4926)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	32 B	913	28.5	340 ns	94.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	128 B	1828	14.3	680 ns	188.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	512 B	5053	9.9	1.88 µs	272.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	1024 B	9203	9.0	3.42 µs	299.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	4096 B	34.6 k	8.5	12.9 µs	318.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	8192 B	68.2 k	8.3	25.3 µs	323.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	16384 B	178.9 k	10.9	66.4 µs	246.8	51785 (5 × 10357)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	65536 B	539.7 k	8.2	200 µs	327.2	15110 (5 × 3022)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	32 B	3891	121.6	1.45 µs	22.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	128 B	4821	37.7	1.79 µs	71.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	512 B	16.4 k	32.0	6.08 µs	84.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	1024 B	21.9 k	21.4	8.13 µs	126.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	4096 B	81.2 k	19.8	30.2 µs	135.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	8192 B	160.0 k	19.5	59.4 µs	137.9	52575 (5 × 10515)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	16384 B	394.3 k	24.1	146 µs	112.0	26190 (5 × 5238)
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	65536 B	1.26 M	19.2	468 µs	140.1	6775 (5 × 1355)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	32 B	946	29.6	353 ns	90.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	128 B	1798	14.0	669 ns	191.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	512 B	4374	8.5	1.63 µs	315.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	1024 B	7811	7.6	2.9 µs	353.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	4096 B	30.2 k	7.4	11.2 µs	365.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	8192 B	59.3 k	7.2	22 µs	372.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	16384 B	195.8 k	12.0	72.7 µs	225.3	68575 (5 × 13715)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	65536 B	474.1 k	7.2	176 µs	372.1	18020 (5 × 3604)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	32 B	2379	74.3	885 ns	36.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	128 B	2642	20.6	983 ns	130.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	512 B	6103	11.9	2.27 µs	225.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	1024 B	19.1 k	18.6	7.09 µs	144.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	4096 B	41.2 k	10.1	15.3 µs	267.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	8192 B	108.8 k	13.3	40.4 µs	202.8	96390 (5 × 19278)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	16384 B	161.0 k	9.8	59.8 µs	274.0	50055 (5 × 10011)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	65536 B	1.10 M	16.8	410 µs	160.0	13380 (5 × 2676)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	32 B	2662	83.2	990 ns	32.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	128 B	4368	34.1	1.62 µs	78.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	512 B	10.4 k	20.2	3.84 µs	133.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	1024 B	18.0 k	17.6	6.69 µs	153.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	4096 B	65.0 k	15.9	24.1 µs	170.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	8192 B	127.4 k	15.5	47.3 µs	173.2	62585 (5 × 12517)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	16384 B	251.6 k	15.4	93.3 µs	175.5	33130 (5 × 6626)
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	65536 B	1.76 M	26.8	653 µs	100.4	8505 (5 × 1701)

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
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	hash_32	12680	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	hash_128	12680	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	hash_512	12680	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	hash_1024	12680	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	hash_4096	12680	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	hash_8192	12680	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	hash_16384	12680	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	hash_65536	12680	1464 KiB	1528 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	hash_32	12680	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	hash_128	12680	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	hash_512	12680	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	hash_1024	12680	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	hash_4096	12680	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	hash_8192	12680	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	hash_16384	12680	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	hash_65536	12680	1464 KiB	1528 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	hash_32	12680	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	hash_128	12680	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	hash_512	12680	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	hash_1024	12680	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	hash_4096	12680	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	hash_8192	12680	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	hash_16384	12680	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	hash_65536	12680	1464 KiB	1528 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	hash_32	16704	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	hash_128	16704	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	hash_512	16704	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	hash_1024	16704	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	hash_4096	16704	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	hash_8192	16704	1412 KiB	1476 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	hash_16384	16704	1420 KiB	1484 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	hash_65536	16704	1468 KiB	1532 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	hash_32	16704	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	hash_128	16704	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	hash_512	16704	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	hash_1024	16704	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	hash_4096	16704	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	hash_8192	16704	1412 KiB	1476 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	hash_16384	16704	1420 KiB	1484 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	hash_65536	16704	3476 KiB	3540 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	hash_32	16704	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	hash_128	16704	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	hash_512	16704	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	hash_1024	16704	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	hash_4096	16704	3436 KiB	3500 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	hash_8192	16704	1412 KiB	1476 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	hash_16384	16704	1420 KiB	1484 KiB
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	hash_65536	16704	1468 KiB	1532 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
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	KAT log (sha256 `fd0e6077f885c07b…`)	`kat/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-512.log`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-512__hash_1024.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-512__hash_128.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-512__hash_16384.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-512__hash_32.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-512__hash_4096.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-512__hash_512.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-512__hash_65536.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-512`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-512__hash_8192.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	KAT log (sha256 `a93bee8c2b50618b…`)	`kat/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-768.log`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-768__hash_1024.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-768__hash_128.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-768__hash_16384.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-768__hash_32.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-768__hash_4096.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-768__hash_512.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-768__hash_65536.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-768`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-768__hash_8192.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	KAT log (sha256 `18371e21e166ef2d…`)	`kat/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-1024.log`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-1024__hash_1024.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-1024__hash_128.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-1024__hash_16384.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-1024__hash_32.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-1024__hash_4096.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-1024__hash_512.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-1024__hash_65536.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1280-1024`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1280-1024__hash_8192.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	KAT log (sha256 `06ccca8fce871ce4…`)	`kat/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-512.log`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-512__hash_1024.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-512__hash_128.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-512__hash_16384.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-512__hash_32.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-512__hash_4096.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-512__hash_512.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-512__hash_65536.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-512`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-512__hash_8192.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	KAT log (sha256 `91a7f06e7ba69db3…`)	`kat/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-768.log`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-768__hash_1024.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-768__hash_128.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-768__hash_16384.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-768__hash_32.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-768__hash_4096.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-768__hash_512.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-768__hash_65536.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-768`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-768__hash_8192.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	KAT log (sha256 `c1b8b5b4cd603e41…`)	`kat/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-1024.log`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-1024__hash_1024.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-1024__hash_128.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-1024__hash_16384.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-1024__hash_32.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-1024__hash_4096.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-1024__hash_512.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-1024__hash_65536.json`
`ZC-EDMC-1536-1024`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-32/ZC-EDMC-1536-1024__hash_8192.json`

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