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hash-21 Neulaser — 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: Neulaser
Implementation versions measured: reference
Parameter sets: Neulaser-512, Neulaser-768, Neulaser-1024
Security evaluation: hash-21 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-21/kat.sha256 in the harness) before timing.

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

4. Performance

instance	message	mean cycles	cycles/byte	mean time	MB/s	n
`Neulaser-512`	32 B	16.7 k	520.5	7.96 µs	4.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-512`	128 B	30.7 k	239.8	14.7 µs	8.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-512`	512 B	73.8 k	144.1	35.2 µs	14.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-512`	1024 B	129.4 k	126.4	61.8 µs	16.6	72745 (5 × 14549)
`Neulaser-512`	4096 B	495.8 k	121.1	237 µs	17.3	20625 (5 × 4125)
`Neulaser-512`	8192 B	975.6 k	119.1	466 µs	17.6	10590 (5 × 2118)
`Neulaser-512`	16384 B	1.94 M	118.3	926 µs	17.7	5375 (5 × 1075)
`Neulaser-512`	65536 B	7.72 M	117.7	3.69 ms	17.8	1355 (5 × 271)
`Neulaser-768`	32 B	21.5 k	672.6	10.3 µs	3.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-768`	128 B	21.5 k	168.0	10.3 µs	12.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-768`	512 B	76.7 k	149.9	36.7 µs	14.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-768`	1024 B	131.9 k	128.8	63 µs	16.3	71265 (5 × 14253)
`Neulaser-768`	4096 B	517.7 k	126.4	247 µs	16.6	19670 (5 × 3934)
`Neulaser-768`	8192 B	995.6 k	121.5	476 µs	17.2	10395 (5 × 2079)
`Neulaser-768`	16384 B	1.99 M	121.3	950 µs	17.3	5235 (5 × 1047)
`Neulaser-768`	65536 B	7.94 M	121.2	3.79 ms	17.3	1315 (5 × 263)
`Neulaser-1024`	32 B	26.6 k	830.0	12.7 µs	2.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-1024`	128 B	26.7 k	208.9	12.8 µs	10.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-1024`	512 B	71.0 k	138.7	33.9 µs	15.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-1024`	1024 B	137.6 k	134.3	65.7 µs	15.6	67495 (5 × 13499)
`Neulaser-1024`	4096 B	515.7 k	125.9	246 µs	16.6	19820 (5 × 3964)
`Neulaser-1024`	8192 B	1.00 M	122.4	479 µs	17.1	10140 (5 × 2028)
`Neulaser-1024`	16384 B	2.00 M	122.1	956 µs	17.1	5140 (5 × 1028)
`Neulaser-1024`	65536 B	7.92 M	120.9	3.79 ms	17.3	1280 (5 × 256)

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
`Neulaser-512`	hash_32	13617	1664 KiB	1768 KiB
`Neulaser-512`	hash_128	13617	1688 KiB	1780 KiB
`Neulaser-512`	hash_512	13617	1696 KiB	1784 KiB
`Neulaser-512`	hash_1024	13617	1668 KiB	1784 KiB
`Neulaser-512`	hash_4096	13617	1696 KiB	1784 KiB
`Neulaser-512`	hash_8192	13617	1652 KiB	1780 KiB
`Neulaser-512`	hash_16384	13617	1712 KiB	1796 KiB
`Neulaser-512`	hash_65536	13617	1740 KiB	1804 KiB
`Neulaser-768`	hash_32	13553	1696 KiB	1760 KiB
`Neulaser-768`	hash_128	13553	1676 KiB	1740 KiB
`Neulaser-768`	hash_512	13553	1684 KiB	1748 KiB
`Neulaser-768`	hash_1024	13553	1660 KiB	1784 KiB
`Neulaser-768`	hash_4096	13553	1676 KiB	1740 KiB
`Neulaser-768`	hash_8192	13553	1684 KiB	1780 KiB
`Neulaser-768`	hash_16384	13553	1708 KiB	1772 KiB
`Neulaser-768`	hash_65536	13553	1748 KiB	1812 KiB
`Neulaser-1024`	hash_32	13953	1696 KiB	1760 KiB
`Neulaser-1024`	hash_128	13953	1692 KiB	1756 KiB
`Neulaser-1024`	hash_512	13953	1684 KiB	1748 KiB
`Neulaser-1024`	hash_1024	13953	1688 KiB	1752 KiB
`Neulaser-1024`	hash_4096	13953	1660 KiB	1784 KiB
`Neulaser-1024`	hash_8192	13953	1680 KiB	1772 KiB
`Neulaser-1024`	hash_16384	13953	1696 KiB	1796 KiB
`Neulaser-1024`	hash_65536	13953	1752 KiB	1816 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
`Neulaser-512`	KAT log (sha256 `e6d058c909153413…`)	`kat/hash-21/Neulaser-512.log`
`Neulaser-512`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-512__hash_1024.json`
`Neulaser-512`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-512__hash_128.json`
`Neulaser-512`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-512__hash_16384.json`
`Neulaser-512`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-512__hash_32.json`
`Neulaser-512`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-512__hash_4096.json`
`Neulaser-512`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-512__hash_512.json`
`Neulaser-512`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-512__hash_65536.json`
`Neulaser-512`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-512__hash_8192.json`
`Neulaser-768`	KAT log (sha256 `aec7e5c434763818…`)	`kat/hash-21/Neulaser-768.log`
`Neulaser-768`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-768__hash_1024.json`
`Neulaser-768`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-768__hash_128.json`
`Neulaser-768`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-768__hash_16384.json`
`Neulaser-768`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-768__hash_32.json`
`Neulaser-768`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-768__hash_4096.json`
`Neulaser-768`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-768__hash_512.json`
`Neulaser-768`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-768__hash_65536.json`
`Neulaser-768`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-768__hash_8192.json`
`Neulaser-1024`	KAT log (sha256 `c4cfa9c6a3c8ec59…`)	`kat/hash-21/Neulaser-1024.log`
`Neulaser-1024`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-1024__hash_1024.json`
`Neulaser-1024`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-1024__hash_128.json`
`Neulaser-1024`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-1024__hash_16384.json`
`Neulaser-1024`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-1024__hash_32.json`
`Neulaser-1024`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-1024__hash_4096.json`
`Neulaser-1024`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-1024__hash_512.json`
`Neulaser-1024`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-1024__hash_65536.json`
`Neulaser-1024`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-1024__hash_8192.json`

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