Performance measurements › arm_1 › hash-33 · system: x86_1 · arm_1

hash-33 Thunder Hash Family — 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: Thunder Hash Family
Implementation versions measured: reference
Parameter sets: Thunder-512, Thunder-768, Thunder-1024, Thunder-XOF-256, Thunder-XOF-384, Thunder-XOF-512
Security evaluation: hash-33 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-33/kat.sha256 in the harness) before timing.

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

4. Performance

instance	message	mean cycles	cycles/byte	mean time	MB/s	n
`Thunder-512`	32 B	2695	84.2	1 µs	32.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-512`	128 B	5346	41.8	1.99 µs	64.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-512`	512 B	13.3 k	26.0	4.94 µs	103.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-512`	1024 B	23.9 k	23.4	8.88 µs	115.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-512`	4096 B	87.6 k	21.4	32.5 µs	126.0	90740 (5 × 18148)
`Thunder-512`	8192 B	172.5 k	21.1	64 µs	128.0	47905 (5 × 9581)
`Thunder-512`	16384 B	369.9 k	22.6	137 µs	119.4	24655 (5 × 4931)
`Thunder-512`	65536 B	1.36 M	20.8	505 µs	129.7	6265 (5 × 1253)
`Thunder-768`	32 B	2689	84.0	999 ns	32.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-768`	128 B	5355	41.8	1.99 µs	64.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-768`	512 B	16.0 k	31.2	5.92 µs	86.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-768`	1024 B	29.2 k	28.5	10.8 µs	94.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-768`	4096 B	120.1 k	29.3	44.5 µs	92.0	70485 (5 × 14097)
`Thunder-768`	8192 B	227.8 k	27.8	84.5 µs	96.9	36840 (5 × 7368)
`Thunder-768`	16384 B	477.4 k	29.1	177 µs	92.5	18695 (5 × 3739)
`Thunder-768`	65536 B	1.81 M	27.6	671 µs	97.7	4710 (5 × 942)
`Thunder-1024`	32 B	2724	85.1	1.01 µs	31.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-1024`	128 B	8041	62.8	2.99 µs	42.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-1024`	512 B	23.9 k	46.6	8.85 µs	57.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-1024`	1024 B	45.0 k	43.9	16.7 µs	61.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-1024`	4096 B	171.9 k	42.0	63.8 µs	64.2	48145 (5 × 9629)
`Thunder-1024`	8192 B	341.1 k	41.6	127 µs	64.7	24745 (5 × 4949)
`Thunder-1024`	16384 B	678.5 k	41.4	252 µs	65.1	12530 (5 × 2506)
`Thunder-1024`	65536 B	2.71 M	41.3	1 ms	65.2	3135 (5 × 627)
`Thunder-XOF-256`	32 B	13.0 k	406.4	4.83 µs	6.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-XOF-256`	128 B	15.7 k	122.4	5.82 µs	22.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-XOF-256`	512 B	24.7 k	48.2	9.16 µs	55.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-XOF-256`	1024 B	34.3 k	33.4	12.7 µs	80.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-XOF-256`	4096 B	97.9 k	23.9	36.3 µs	112.8	83770 (5 × 16754)
`Thunder-XOF-256`	8192 B	182.7 k	22.3	67.8 µs	120.8	45415 (5 × 9083)
`Thunder-XOF-256`	16384 B	352.9 k	21.5	131 µs	125.1	15135 (5 × 3027)
`Thunder-XOF-256`	65536 B	1.37 M	20.9	509 µs	128.7	6200 (5 × 1240)
`Thunder-XOF-384`	32 B	12.0 k	375.4	4.46 µs	7.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-XOF-384`	128 B	14.7 k	114.6	5.44 µs	23.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-XOF-384`	512 B	26.2 k	51.1	9.71 µs	52.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-XOF-384`	1024 B	38.5 k	37.6	14.3 µs	71.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-XOF-384`	4096 B	123.2 k	30.1	45.7 µs	89.5	66300 (5 × 13260)
`Thunder-XOF-384`	8192 B	255.3 k	31.2	94.8 µs	86.4	35295 (5 × 7059)
`Thunder-XOF-384`	16384 B	461.8 k	28.2	171 µs	95.6	18260 (5 × 3652)
`Thunder-XOF-384`	65536 B	1.82 M	27.7	674 µs	97.3	4620 (5 × 924)
`Thunder-XOF-512`	32 B	11.1 k	347.7	4.13 µs	7.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-XOF-512`	128 B	16.3 k	127.1	6.04 µs	21.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-XOF-512`	512 B	32.1 k	62.7	11.9 µs	43.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-XOF-512`	1024 B	56.5 k	55.2	21 µs	48.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Thunder-XOF-512`	4096 B	179.9 k	43.9	66.7 µs	61.4	46110 (5 × 9222)
`Thunder-XOF-512`	8192 B	398.4 k	48.6	148 µs	55.4	24210 (5 × 4842)
`Thunder-XOF-512`	16384 B	686.6 k	41.9	255 µs	64.3	11980 (5 × 2396)
`Thunder-XOF-512`	65536 B	2.72 M	41.4	1.01 ms	65.0	2890 (5 × 578)

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
`Thunder-512`	hash_32	12172	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-512`	hash_128	12172	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-512`	hash_512	12172	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-512`	hash_1024	12172	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Thunder-512`	hash_4096	12172	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Thunder-512`	hash_8192	12172	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Thunder-512`	hash_16384	12172	1412 KiB	1476 KiB
`Thunder-512`	hash_65536	12172	3428 KiB	3492 KiB
`Thunder-768`	hash_32	12196	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-768`	hash_128	12196	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-768`	hash_512	12196	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-768`	hash_1024	12196	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Thunder-768`	hash_4096	12196	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Thunder-768`	hash_8192	12196	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Thunder-768`	hash_16384	12196	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`Thunder-768`	hash_65536	12196	1464 KiB	1528 KiB
`Thunder-1024`	hash_32	12860	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-1024`	hash_128	12860	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-1024`	hash_512	12860	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-1024`	hash_1024	12860	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Thunder-1024`	hash_4096	12860	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Thunder-1024`	hash_8192	12860	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`Thunder-1024`	hash_16384	12860	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`Thunder-1024`	hash_65536	12860	1464 KiB	1528 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-256`	hash_32	13484	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-256`	hash_128	13484	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-256`	hash_512	13484	1396 KiB	1460 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-256`	hash_1024	13484	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-256`	hash_4096	13484	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-256`	hash_8192	13484	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-256`	hash_16384	13484	3436 KiB	3500 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-256`	hash_65536	13484	1464 KiB	1528 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-384`	hash_32	13612	3436 KiB	3500 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-384`	hash_128	13612	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-384`	hash_512	13612	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-384`	hash_1024	13612	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-384`	hash_4096	13612	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-384`	hash_8192	13612	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-384`	hash_16384	13612	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-384`	hash_65536	13612	1464 KiB	1528 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-512`	hash_32	13468	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-512`	hash_128	13468	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-512`	hash_512	13468	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-512`	hash_1024	13468	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-512`	hash_4096	13468	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-512`	hash_8192	13468	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-512`	hash_16384	13468	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`Thunder-XOF-512`	hash_65536	13468	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
`Thunder-512`	KAT log (sha256 `351b19a2a1681c03…`)	`kat/hash-33/Thunder-512.log`
`Thunder-512`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-33/Thunder-512__hash_1024.json`
`Thunder-512`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-33/Thunder-512__hash_128.json`
`Thunder-512`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-33/Thunder-512__hash_16384.json`
`Thunder-512`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-33/Thunder-512__hash_32.json`
`Thunder-512`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-33/Thunder-512__hash_4096.json`
`Thunder-512`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-33/Thunder-512__hash_512.json`
`Thunder-512`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-33/Thunder-512__hash_65536.json`
`Thunder-512`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-33/Thunder-512__hash_8192.json`
`Thunder-768`	KAT log (sha256 `935ad71230ef058b…`)	`kat/hash-33/Thunder-768.log`
`Thunder-768`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-33/Thunder-768__hash_1024.json`
`Thunder-768`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-33/Thunder-768__hash_128.json`
`Thunder-768`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-33/Thunder-768__hash_16384.json`
`Thunder-768`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-33/Thunder-768__hash_32.json`
`Thunder-768`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-33/Thunder-768__hash_4096.json`
`Thunder-768`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-33/Thunder-768__hash_512.json`
`Thunder-768`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-33/Thunder-768__hash_65536.json`
`Thunder-768`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-33/Thunder-768__hash_8192.json`
`Thunder-1024`	KAT log (sha256 `e081b435ef4e5dd4…`)	`kat/hash-33/Thunder-1024.log`
`Thunder-1024`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-33/Thunder-1024__hash_1024.json`
`Thunder-1024`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-33/Thunder-1024__hash_128.json`
`Thunder-1024`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-33/Thunder-1024__hash_16384.json`
`Thunder-1024`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-33/Thunder-1024__hash_32.json`
`Thunder-1024`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-33/Thunder-1024__hash_4096.json`
`Thunder-1024`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-33/Thunder-1024__hash_512.json`
`Thunder-1024`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-33/Thunder-1024__hash_65536.json`
`Thunder-1024`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-33/Thunder-1024__hash_8192.json`
`Thunder-XOF-256`	KAT log (sha256 `8cfe9a17e8a28f7b…`)	`kat/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-256.log`
`Thunder-XOF-256`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-256__hash_1024.json`
`Thunder-XOF-256`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-256__hash_128.json`
`Thunder-XOF-256`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-256__hash_16384.json`
`Thunder-XOF-256`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-256__hash_32.json`
`Thunder-XOF-256`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-256__hash_4096.json`
`Thunder-XOF-256`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-256__hash_512.json`
`Thunder-XOF-256`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-256__hash_65536.json`
`Thunder-XOF-256`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-256__hash_8192.json`
`Thunder-XOF-384`	KAT log (sha256 `da6d68ab5cbbc6e1…`)	`kat/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-384.log`
`Thunder-XOF-384`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-384__hash_1024.json`
`Thunder-XOF-384`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-384__hash_128.json`
`Thunder-XOF-384`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-384__hash_16384.json`
`Thunder-XOF-384`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-384__hash_32.json`
`Thunder-XOF-384`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-384__hash_4096.json`
`Thunder-XOF-384`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-384__hash_512.json`
`Thunder-XOF-384`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-384__hash_65536.json`
`Thunder-XOF-384`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-384__hash_8192.json`
`Thunder-XOF-512`	KAT log (sha256 `27b7d525cb082e8b…`)	`kat/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-512.log`
`Thunder-XOF-512`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-512__hash_1024.json`
`Thunder-XOF-512`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-512__hash_128.json`
`Thunder-XOF-512`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-512__hash_16384.json`
`Thunder-XOF-512`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-512__hash_32.json`
`Thunder-XOF-512`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-512__hash_4096.json`
`Thunder-XOF-512`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-512__hash_512.json`
`Thunder-XOF-512`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-512__hash_65536.json`
`Thunder-XOF-512`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-33/Thunder-XOF-512__hash_8192.json`

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