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hash-22 Pavelor: A Highly Secure Hash Algorithm for Software Implementation — 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: Pavelor: A Highly Secure Hash Algorithm for Software Implementation
Implementation versions measured: reference
Parameter sets: Pavelor-512, Pavelor-768, Pavelor-1024
Security evaluation: hash-22 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-22/kat.sha256 in the harness) before timing.

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

4. Performance

instance	message	mean cycles	cycles/byte	mean time	MB/s	n
`Pavelor-512`	32 B	37.8 k	1180.9	18.1 µs	1.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Pavelor-512`	128 B	40.6 k	317.0	19.4 µs	6.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Pavelor-512`	512 B	114.5 k	223.6	54.7 µs	9.4	72135 (5 × 14427)
`Pavelor-512`	1024 B	224.0 k	218.8	107 µs	9.6	42575 (5 × 8515)
`Pavelor-512`	4096 B	816.4 k	199.3	390 µs	10.5	12530 (5 × 2506)
`Pavelor-512`	8192 B	1.60 M	194.9	763 µs	10.7	6445 (5 × 1289)
`Pavelor-512`	16384 B	3.19 M	194.5	1.52 ms	10.8	3260 (5 × 652)
`Pavelor-512`	65536 B	12.64 M	192.9	6.04 ms	10.9	830 (5 × 166)
`Pavelor-768`	32 B	37.9 k	1183.4	18.1 µs	1.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Pavelor-768`	128 B	73.8 k	576.3	35.2 µs	3.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Pavelor-768`	512 B	184.4 k	360.2	88.1 µs	5.8	52450 (5 × 10490)
`Pavelor-768`	1024 B	332.7 k	324.9	159 µs	6.4	30195 (5 × 6039)
`Pavelor-768`	4096 B	1.22 M	297.9	583 µs	7.0	8500 (5 × 1700)
`Pavelor-768`	8192 B	2.40 M	293.5	1.15 ms	7.1	4330 (5 × 866)
`Pavelor-768`	16384 B	4.76 M	290.5	2.28 ms	7.2	2195 (5 × 439)
`Pavelor-768`	65536 B	19.02 M	290.2	9.08 ms	7.2	550 (5 × 110)
`Pavelor-1024`	32 B	74.5 k	2329.1	35.6 µs	0.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Pavelor-1024`	128 B	147.3 k	1150.7	70.7 µs	1.8	64550 (5 × 12910)
`Pavelor-1024`	512 B	369.3 k	721.2	176 µs	2.9	27355 (5 × 5471)
`Pavelor-1024`	1024 B	662.8 k	647.2	317 µs	3.2	15480 (5 × 3096)
`Pavelor-1024`	4096 B	2.44 M	594.7	1.16 ms	3.5	4260 (5 × 852)
`Pavelor-1024`	8192 B	4.80 M	585.7	2.29 ms	3.6	2175 (5 × 435)
`Pavelor-1024`	16384 B	9.50 M	579.8	4.54 ms	3.6	1090 (5 × 218)
`Pavelor-1024`	65536 B	37.78 M	576.5	18 ms	3.6	280 (5 × 56)

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
`Pavelor-512`	hash_32	15905	1664 KiB	1772 KiB
`Pavelor-512`	hash_128	15905	1676 KiB	1772 KiB
`Pavelor-512`	hash_512	15905	1668 KiB	1776 KiB
`Pavelor-512`	hash_1024	15905	1680 KiB	1760 KiB
`Pavelor-512`	hash_4096	15905	1680 KiB	1744 KiB
`Pavelor-512`	hash_8192	15905	1692 KiB	1756 KiB
`Pavelor-512`	hash_16384	15905	1704 KiB	1796 KiB
`Pavelor-512`	hash_65536	15905	1756 KiB	1824 KiB
`Pavelor-768`	hash_32	15905	1696 KiB	1784 KiB
`Pavelor-768`	hash_128	15905	1668 KiB	1780 KiB
`Pavelor-768`	hash_512	15905	1636 KiB	1764 KiB
`Pavelor-768`	hash_1024	15905	1688 KiB	1772 KiB
`Pavelor-768`	hash_4096	15905	1672 KiB	1788 KiB
`Pavelor-768`	hash_8192	15905	1676 KiB	1792 KiB
`Pavelor-768`	hash_16384	15905	1692 KiB	1776 KiB
`Pavelor-768`	hash_65536	15905	1756 KiB	1828 KiB
`Pavelor-1024`	hash_32	15913	1684 KiB	1772 KiB
`Pavelor-1024`	hash_128	15913	1676 KiB	1780 KiB
`Pavelor-1024`	hash_512	15913	1688 KiB	1772 KiB
`Pavelor-1024`	hash_1024	15913	1684 KiB	1776 KiB
`Pavelor-1024`	hash_4096	15913	1688 KiB	1764 KiB
`Pavelor-1024`	hash_8192	15913	1700 KiB	1788 KiB
`Pavelor-1024`	hash_16384	15913	1704 KiB	1796 KiB
`Pavelor-1024`	hash_65536	15913	1760 KiB	1824 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
`Pavelor-512`	KAT log (sha256 `f46ede9cb33dfcdf…`)	`kat/hash-22/Pavelor-512.log`
`Pavelor-512`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-512__hash_1024.json`
`Pavelor-512`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-512__hash_128.json`
`Pavelor-512`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-512__hash_16384.json`
`Pavelor-512`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-512__hash_32.json`
`Pavelor-512`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-512__hash_4096.json`
`Pavelor-512`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-512__hash_512.json`
`Pavelor-512`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-512__hash_65536.json`
`Pavelor-512`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-512__hash_8192.json`
`Pavelor-768`	KAT log (sha256 `d559880c10a414aa…`)	`kat/hash-22/Pavelor-768.log`
`Pavelor-768`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-768__hash_1024.json`
`Pavelor-768`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-768__hash_128.json`
`Pavelor-768`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-768__hash_16384.json`
`Pavelor-768`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-768__hash_32.json`
`Pavelor-768`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-768__hash_4096.json`
`Pavelor-768`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-768__hash_512.json`
`Pavelor-768`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-768__hash_65536.json`
`Pavelor-768`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-768__hash_8192.json`
`Pavelor-1024`	KAT log (sha256 `46333481da8603e0…`)	`kat/hash-22/Pavelor-1024.log`
`Pavelor-1024`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-1024__hash_1024.json`
`Pavelor-1024`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-1024__hash_128.json`
`Pavelor-1024`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-1024__hash_16384.json`
`Pavelor-1024`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-1024__hash_32.json`
`Pavelor-1024`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-1024__hash_4096.json`
`Pavelor-1024`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-1024__hash_512.json`
`Pavelor-1024`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-1024__hash_65536.json`
`Pavelor-1024`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-22/Pavelor-1024__hash_8192.json`

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