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kex-09 TriQ-KEX — 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

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 kex-09/kat.sha256 in the harness) before timing.

instance build flags KAT
TriQ-KEX-128 guide PASS
TriQ-KEX-256 guide PASS
TriQ-KEX-384 guide PASS
TriQ-KEX-512 guide PASS

4. Performance

instance operation mean cycles mean time ops/s median trial n (trials × iters)
TriQ-KEX-128 exchange 37.66 M 14 ms 71.5 14 ms 230 (5 × 46)
TriQ-KEX-128 init_a 2.23 M 827 µs 1.21e+03 826 µs 230 (5 × 46)
TriQ-KEX-128 init_b 2.23 M 826 µs 1.21e+03 826 µs 230 (5 × 46)
TriQ-KEX-128 pass1 6.60 M 2.45 ms 409 2.45 ms 230 (5 × 46)
TriQ-KEX-128 pass2 15.46 M 5.74 ms 174 5.74 ms 230 (5 × 46)
TriQ-KEX-128 derive_a 10.06 M 3.73 ms 268 3.73 ms 230 (5 × 46)
TriQ-KEX-128 derive_b 1.11 M 412 µs 2.43e+03 412 µs 230 (5 × 46)
TriQ-KEX-256 exchange 217.58 M 80.7 ms 12.4 80.7 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-256 init_a 13.26 M 4.92 ms 203 4.92 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-256 init_b 13.25 M 4.92 ms 203 4.92 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-256 pass1 39.63 M 14.7 ms 68 14.7 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-256 pass2 92.24 M 34.2 ms 29.2 34.2 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-256 derive_a 55.80 M 20.7 ms 48.3 20.7 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-256 derive_b 3.39 M 1.26 ms 795 1.26 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-384 exchange 602.41 M 223 ms 4.47 223 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-384 init_a 36.09 M 13.4 ms 74.7 13.4 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-384 init_b 36.09 M 13.4 ms 74.7 13.4 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-384 pass1 108.08 M 40.1 ms 24.9 40.1 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-384 pass2 252.06 M 93.5 ms 10.7 93.5 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-384 derive_a 156.81 M 58.2 ms 17.2 58.1 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-384 derive_b 13.13 M 4.89 ms 205 4.87 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-512 exchange 1.28 G 475 ms 2.11 474 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-512 init_a 77.98 M 28.9 ms 34.6 28.9 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-512 init_b 78.04 M 29 ms 34.5 29 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-512 pass1 232.89 M 86.4 ms 11.6 86.4 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-512 pass2 540.80 M 201 ms 4.98 201 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-512 derive_a 327.84 M 122 ms 8.22 122 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-512 derive_b 21.19 M 7.86 ms 127 7.86 ms 100 (5 × 20)

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
TriQ-KEX-128 exchange 44624 3836 KiB 3900 KiB
TriQ-KEX-128 init_a 44624 1796 KiB 1876 KiB
TriQ-KEX-128 init_b 44624 1796 KiB 1876 KiB
TriQ-KEX-128 pass1 44624 3612 KiB 3676 KiB
TriQ-KEX-128 pass2 44624 3728 KiB 3792 KiB
TriQ-KEX-128 derive_a 44624 3644 KiB 3708 KiB
TriQ-KEX-128 derive_b 44624 1796 KiB 1876 KiB
TriQ-KEX-256 exchange 47836 4476 KiB 4540 KiB
TriQ-KEX-256 init_a 47836 4380 KiB 4444 KiB
TriQ-KEX-256 init_b 47836 4356 KiB 4420 KiB
TriQ-KEX-256 pass1 47836 4492 KiB 4556 KiB
TriQ-KEX-256 pass2 47836 4280 KiB 4344 KiB
TriQ-KEX-256 derive_a 47836 4440 KiB 4504 KiB
TriQ-KEX-256 derive_b 47836 3788 KiB 3852 KiB
TriQ-KEX-384 exchange 58368 5132 KiB 5196 KiB
TriQ-KEX-384 init_a 58368 4476 KiB 5584 KiB
TriQ-KEX-384 init_b 58368 4848 KiB 4912 KiB
TriQ-KEX-384 pass1 58368 5000 KiB 5568 KiB
TriQ-KEX-384 pass2 58368 5328 KiB 5392 KiB
TriQ-KEX-384 derive_a 58368 5152 KiB 5644 KiB
TriQ-KEX-384 derive_b 58368 5384 KiB 5636 KiB
TriQ-KEX-512 exchange 64824 6284 KiB 6348 KiB
TriQ-KEX-512 init_a 64824 6320 KiB 6384 KiB
TriQ-KEX-512 init_b 64824 5960 KiB 6024 KiB
TriQ-KEX-512 pass1 64824 5304 KiB 5368 KiB
TriQ-KEX-512 pass2 64824 6064 KiB 6128 KiB
TriQ-KEX-512 derive_a 64824 5524 KiB 5588 KiB
TriQ-KEX-512 derive_b 64824 6012 KiB 6076 KiB

6. Transmission and storage overhead

Bandwidth counts all specified protocol messages and each required public key once. Public keys are transmitted bytes too. Certificates and transport framing are excluded. The published raw timing records are unchanged.

instance passes messages (bytes; raw API) protocol-message bytes public key A / B bandwidth (bytes) long-term sk (API cap) shared secret
TriQ-KEX-128 2 6148 / 8180 14328 2054 / 2054 18436 2134 16
TriQ-KEX-256 2 18808 / 24952 43760 6328 / 6328 56416 6488 32
TriQ-KEX-384 2 36598 / 48678 85276 12255 / 12255 109786 12495 48
TriQ-KEX-512 2 59096 / 78648 137744 19768 / 19768 177280 20088 64

Symmetric primitives

Survey verdict: ICCS-only

Share of each operation spent in the ICCS placeholder hash functions and in the ICCS DRNG (reference build, measured in the same run with link-time wrappers):

instance operation pseudohash/XOF/sm3 DRNG calls per operation
TriQ-KEX-128 exchange 11% 0.2% drng 14, pseudoXOF 74.6
TriQ-KEX-256 exchange 5.3% 0.0% drng 14, pseudoXOF 65.9, pseudohash 9
TriQ-KEX-384 exchange 6.3% 0.0% drng 14, pseudoXOF 70.7, pseudohash 9
TriQ-KEX-512 exchange 5.6% 0.0% drng 14, pseudoXOF 63, pseudohash 17

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
TriQ-KEX-128 KAT log (sha256 b53a7b6ac1262b30…) kat/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-128.log
TriQ-KEX-128 timing derive_a records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-128__derive_a.json
TriQ-KEX-128 timing derive_b records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-128__derive_b.json
TriQ-KEX-128 timing exchange records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-128__exchange.json
TriQ-KEX-128 timing init_a records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-128__init_a.json
TriQ-KEX-128 timing init_b records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-128__init_b.json
TriQ-KEX-128 timing pass1 records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-128__pass1.json
TriQ-KEX-128 timing pass2 records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-128__pass2.json
TriQ-KEX-128 hash profile exchange profile/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-128__exchange.json
TriQ-KEX-256 KAT log (sha256 ff3859812595cf76…) kat/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-256.log
TriQ-KEX-256 timing derive_a records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-256__derive_a.json
TriQ-KEX-256 timing derive_b records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-256__derive_b.json
TriQ-KEX-256 timing exchange records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-256__exchange.json
TriQ-KEX-256 timing init_a records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-256__init_a.json
TriQ-KEX-256 timing init_b records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-256__init_b.json
TriQ-KEX-256 timing pass1 records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-256__pass1.json
TriQ-KEX-256 timing pass2 records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-256__pass2.json
TriQ-KEX-256 hash profile exchange profile/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-256__exchange.json
TriQ-KEX-384 KAT log (sha256 bb396809c1d4bb7c…) kat/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-384.log
TriQ-KEX-384 timing derive_a records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-384__derive_a.json
TriQ-KEX-384 timing derive_b records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-384__derive_b.json
TriQ-KEX-384 timing exchange records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-384__exchange.json
TriQ-KEX-384 timing init_a records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-384__init_a.json
TriQ-KEX-384 timing init_b records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-384__init_b.json
TriQ-KEX-384 timing pass1 records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-384__pass1.json
TriQ-KEX-384 timing pass2 records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-384__pass2.json
TriQ-KEX-384 hash profile exchange profile/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-384__exchange.json
TriQ-KEX-512 KAT log (sha256 2b6807a92bffa604…) kat/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-512.log
TriQ-KEX-512 timing derive_a records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-512__derive_a.json
TriQ-KEX-512 timing derive_b records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-512__derive_b.json
TriQ-KEX-512 timing exchange records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-512__exchange.json
TriQ-KEX-512 timing init_a records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-512__init_a.json
TriQ-KEX-512 timing init_b records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-512__init_b.json
TriQ-KEX-512 timing pass1 records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-512__pass1.json
TriQ-KEX-512 timing pass2 records/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-512__pass2.json
TriQ-KEX-512 hash profile exchange profile/kex-09/TriQ-KEX-512__exchange.json

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