Performance measurements › x86_1 › hash-09 · system: x86_1 · arm_1

hash-09 Eijen Hash Function — performance on x86-64 (system x86_1)

Independent measurement following the structure of the NICCS x86 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: x86_1 method
Submission: NICCS page

2. Assessment environment

item	value
processor	12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700 (CPU 2, one core)
clock	max 2.10 GHz, governor performance, turbo off, SMT off
memory	31788 MiB
OS / kernel	Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) / 6.12.107+deb13-amd64
compiler / build tool	gcc (Debian 14.2.0-19) 14.2.0 / cmake version 3.31.6
campaign start / end (UTC)	2026-09-25T10:02:21 / 2026-09-28T10:51:21

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	2165	67.7	1.04 µs	30.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-256`	128 B	2142	16.7	1.03 µs	124.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-256`	512 B	6489	12.7	3.11 µs	164.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-256`	1024 B	10.4 k	10.1	4.96 µs	206.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-256`	4096 B	39.3 k	9.6	18.8 µs	217.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-256`	8192 B	78.0 k	9.5	37.3 µs	219.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-256`	16384 B	155.7 k	9.5	74.5 µs	220.0	53945 (5 × 10789)
`Eijen-256`	65536 B	623.2 k	9.5	298 µs	219.8	16600 (5 × 3320)
`Eijen-384`	32 B	2219	69.3	1.06 µs	30.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-384`	128 B	2191	17.1	1.05 µs	121.7	57540 (5 × 11508)
`Eijen-384`	512 B	6235	12.2	2.98 µs	171.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-384`	1024 B	12.5 k	12.2	5.96 µs	171.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-384`	4096 B	43.0 k	10.5	20.5 µs	199.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-384`	8192 B	83.8 k	10.2	40.1 µs	204.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-384`	16384 B	167.6 k	10.2	80.2 µs	204.4	56620 (5 × 11324)
`Eijen-384`	65536 B	664.0 k	10.1	318 µs	206.3	14295 (5 × 2859)
`Eijen-512`	32 B	2150	67.2	1.03 µs	31.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-512`	128 B	2192	17.1	1.05 µs	121.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-512`	512 B	6446	12.6	3.08 µs	166.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-512`	1024 B	12.4 k	12.1	5.95 µs	172.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-512`	4096 B	47.9 k	11.7	22.9 µs	178.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-512`	8192 B	94.6 k	11.5	45.2 µs	181.1	97380 (5 × 19476)
`Eijen-512`	16384 B	186.9 k	11.4	89.4 µs	183.3	46205 (5 × 9241)
`Eijen-512`	65536 B	735.5 k	11.2	352 µs	186.3	14185 (5 × 2837)
`Eijen-768`	32 B	2211	69.1	1.06 µs	30.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-768`	128 B	2211	17.3	1.06 µs	120.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-768`	512 B	8452	16.5	4.05 µs	126.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-768`	1024 B	14.8 k	14.4	7.06 µs	145.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-768`	4096 B	57.7 k	14.1	27.6 µs	148.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-768`	8192 B	113.1 k	13.8	54.1 µs	151.4	84700 (5 × 16940)
`Eijen-768`	16384 B	222.0 k	13.6	106 µs	154.3	44140 (5 × 8828)
`Eijen-768`	65536 B	892.5 k	13.6	427 µs	153.5	11285 (5 × 2257)
`Eijen-1024`	32 B	2185	68.3	1.05 µs	30.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-1024`	128 B	4248	33.2	2.04 µs	62.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-1024`	512 B	10.4 k	20.4	4.99 µs	102.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-1024`	1024 B	19.3 k	18.9	9.23 µs	110.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-1024`	4096 B	73.4 k	17.9	35.1 µs	116.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Eijen-1024`	8192 B	141.7 k	17.3	67.8 µs	120.8	59480 (5 × 11896)
`Eijen-1024`	16384 B	282.0 k	17.2	135 µs	121.4	35620 (5 × 7124)
`Eijen-1024`	65536 B	1.12 M	17.1	537 µs	122.0	9155 (5 × 1831)

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	13497	1668 KiB	1732 KiB
`Eijen-256`	hash_128	13497	1660 KiB	1776 KiB
`Eijen-256`	hash_512	13497	1668 KiB	1772 KiB
`Eijen-256`	hash_1024	13497	1684 KiB	1748 KiB
`Eijen-256`	hash_4096	13497	1692 KiB	1756 KiB
`Eijen-256`	hash_8192	13497	1680 KiB	1784 KiB
`Eijen-256`	hash_16384	13497	1708 KiB	1788 KiB
`Eijen-256`	hash_65536	13497	1732 KiB	1840 KiB
`Eijen-384`	hash_32	13497	1684 KiB	1768 KiB
`Eijen-384`	hash_128	13497	1672 KiB	1776 KiB
`Eijen-384`	hash_512	13497	1688 KiB	1752 KiB
`Eijen-384`	hash_1024	13497	1692 KiB	1780 KiB
`Eijen-384`	hash_4096	13497	1676 KiB	1740 KiB
`Eijen-384`	hash_8192	13497	1676 KiB	1776 KiB
`Eijen-384`	hash_16384	13497	1704 KiB	1768 KiB
`Eijen-384`	hash_65536	13497	1736 KiB	1844 KiB
`Eijen-512`	hash_32	13497	1684 KiB	1748 KiB
`Eijen-512`	hash_128	13497	1688 KiB	1752 KiB
`Eijen-512`	hash_512	13497	1684 KiB	1776 KiB
`Eijen-512`	hash_1024	13497	1668 KiB	1768 KiB
`Eijen-512`	hash_4096	13497	1684 KiB	1784 KiB
`Eijen-512`	hash_8192	13497	1692 KiB	1756 KiB
`Eijen-512`	hash_16384	13497	1684 KiB	1784 KiB
`Eijen-512`	hash_65536	13497	1748 KiB	1840 KiB
`Eijen-768`	hash_32	13497	1680 KiB	1756 KiB
`Eijen-768`	hash_128	13497	1692 KiB	1776 KiB
`Eijen-768`	hash_512	13497	1688 KiB	1772 KiB
`Eijen-768`	hash_1024	13497	1680 KiB	1744 KiB
`Eijen-768`	hash_4096	13497	1692 KiB	1772 KiB
`Eijen-768`	hash_8192	13497	1692 KiB	1776 KiB
`Eijen-768`	hash_16384	13497	1704 KiB	1796 KiB
`Eijen-768`	hash_65536	13497	1736 KiB	1824 KiB
`Eijen-1024`	hash_32	13497	1684 KiB	1760 KiB
`Eijen-1024`	hash_128	13497	1680 KiB	1744 KiB
`Eijen-1024`	hash_512	13497	1688 KiB	1768 KiB
`Eijen-1024`	hash_1024	13497	1660 KiB	1724 KiB
`Eijen-1024`	hash_4096	13497	1676 KiB	1780 KiB
`Eijen-1024`	hash_8192	13497	1688 KiB	1752 KiB
`Eijen-1024`	hash_16384	13497	1704 KiB	1768 KiB
`Eijen-1024`	hash_65536	13497	1756 KiB	1820 KiB

7. Raw evidence index

Paths are relative to performance/data/x86_1/ in the harness; each JSON file records its commands, environment and trials.

instance	item	file
`Eijen-256`	KAT log (sha256 `b701bed89eff869f…`)	`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 `564af2ca9497f8e8…`)	`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 `8ad2ce23a76e277b…`)	`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 `e3742de9d9f29dca…`)	`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 `067f1a47fc002d15…`)	`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.