Performance measurements › x86_1 › hash-25 · system: x86_1 · arm_1
hash-25 TaiChi — 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: TaiChi
- Implementation versions measured: reference
- Parameter sets:
TaiChi-512,TaiChi-768,TaiChi-1024 - Security evaluation: hash-25 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-25/kat.sha256 in the harness) before timing.
| instance | build flags | KAT |
|---|---|---|
TaiChi-512 |
guide | PASS |
TaiChi-768 |
guide | PASS |
TaiChi-1024 |
guide | PASS |
4. Performance
| instance | message | mean cycles | cycles/byte | mean time | MB/s | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TaiChi-512 |
32 B | 23.7 k | 741.4 | 11.3 µs | 2.8 | 100000 (5 × 20000) |
TaiChi-512 |
128 B | 22.2 k | 173.6 | 10.6 µs | 12.1 | 100000 (5 × 20000) |
TaiChi-512 |
512 B | 64.3 k | 125.5 | 30.7 µs | 16.7 | 100000 (5 × 20000) |
TaiChi-512 |
1024 B | 128.4 k | 125.4 | 61.3 µs | 16.7 | 61150 (5 × 12230) |
TaiChi-512 |
4096 B | 513.0 k | 125.2 | 245 µs | 16.7 | 18850 (5 × 3770) |
TaiChi-512 |
8192 B | 1.00 M | 122.3 | 479 µs | 17.1 | 10010 (5 × 2002) |
TaiChi-512 |
16384 B | 2.00 M | 122.3 | 957 µs | 17.1 | 5090 (5 × 1018) |
TaiChi-512 |
65536 B | 7.95 M | 121.3 | 3.8 ms | 17.3 | 1295 (5 × 259) |
TaiChi-768 |
32 B | 23.1 k | 722.9 | 11.1 µs | 2.9 | 100000 (5 × 20000) |
TaiChi-768 |
128 B | 21.7 k | 169.8 | 10.4 µs | 12.3 | 100000 (5 × 20000) |
TaiChi-768 |
512 B | 86.3 k | 168.6 | 41.2 µs | 12.4 | 81585 (5 × 16317) |
TaiChi-768 |
1024 B | 172.3 k | 168.3 | 82.3 µs | 12.4 | 48660 (5 × 9732) |
TaiChi-768 |
4096 B | 618.9 k | 151.1 | 296 µs | 13.9 | 15815 (5 × 3163) |
TaiChi-768 |
8192 B | 1.21 M | 148.1 | 580 µs | 14.1 | 7450 (5 × 1490) |
TaiChi-768 |
16384 B | 2.43 M | 148.1 | 1.16 ms | 14.1 | 4205 (5 × 841) |
TaiChi-768 |
65536 B | 9.71 M | 148.1 | 4.64 ms | 14.1 | 1055 (5 × 211) |
TaiChi-1024 |
32 B | 44.2 k | 1382.4 | 21.2 µs | 1.5 | 100000 (5 × 20000) |
TaiChi-1024 |
128 B | 65.8 k | 514.3 | 31.5 µs | 4.1 | 100000 (5 × 20000) |
TaiChi-1024 |
512 B | 129.1 k | 252.1 | 61.8 µs | 8.3 | 63300 (5 × 12660) |
TaiChi-1024 |
1024 B | 236.5 k | 230.9 | 113 µs | 9.0 | 37720 (5 × 7544) |
TaiChi-1024 |
4096 B | 811.7 k | 198.2 | 389 µs | 10.5 | 12310 (5 × 2462) |
TaiChi-1024 |
8192 B | 1.60 M | 195.6 | 768 µs | 10.7 | 6375 (5 × 1275) |
TaiChi-1024 |
16384 B | 3.16 M | 192.8 | 1.51 ms | 10.8 | 3235 (5 × 647) |
TaiChi-1024 |
65536 B | 12.54 M | 191.4 | 6.01 ms | 10.9 | 820 (5 × 164) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TaiChi-512 |
hash_32 | 14089 | 1684 KiB | 1772 KiB |
TaiChi-512 |
hash_128 | 14089 | 1664 KiB | 1772 KiB |
TaiChi-512 |
hash_512 | 14089 | 1668 KiB | 1732 KiB |
TaiChi-512 |
hash_1024 | 14089 | 1684 KiB | 1760 KiB |
TaiChi-512 |
hash_4096 | 14089 | 1684 KiB | 1752 KiB |
TaiChi-512 |
hash_8192 | 14089 | 1676 KiB | 1748 KiB |
TaiChi-512 |
hash_16384 | 14089 | 1688 KiB | 1788 KiB |
TaiChi-512 |
hash_65536 | 14089 | 1736 KiB | 1904 KiB |
TaiChi-768 |
hash_32 | 14089 | 1680 KiB | 1744 KiB |
TaiChi-768 |
hash_128 | 14089 | 1688 KiB | 1764 KiB |
TaiChi-768 |
hash_512 | 14089 | 1664 KiB | 1728 KiB |
TaiChi-768 |
hash_1024 | 14089 | 1684 KiB | 1764 KiB |
TaiChi-768 |
hash_4096 | 14089 | 1668 KiB | 1788 KiB |
TaiChi-768 |
hash_8192 | 14089 | 1700 KiB | 1788 KiB |
TaiChi-768 |
hash_16384 | 14089 | 1680 KiB | 1808 KiB |
TaiChi-768 |
hash_65536 | 14089 | 1732 KiB | 1884 KiB |
TaiChi-1024 |
hash_32 | 14073 | 1664 KiB | 4268 KiB |
TaiChi-1024 |
hash_128 | 14073 | 1672 KiB | 6456 KiB |
TaiChi-1024 |
hash_512 | 14073 | 1640 KiB | 8892 KiB |
TaiChi-1024 |
hash_1024 | 14073 | 1680 KiB | 10144 KiB |
TaiChi-1024 |
hash_4096 | 14073 | 1688 KiB | 11792 KiB |
TaiChi-1024 |
hash_8192 | 14073 | 1636 KiB | 12128 KiB |
TaiChi-1024 |
hash_16384 | 14073 | 1644 KiB | 12232 KiB |
TaiChi-1024 |
hash_65536 | 14073 | 1740 KiB | 12512 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 |
|---|---|---|
TaiChi-512 |
KAT log (sha256 81d7575825cc961b…) |
kat/hash-25/TaiChi-512.log |
TaiChi-512 |
timing hash_1024 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-512__hash_1024.json |
TaiChi-512 |
timing hash_128 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-512__hash_128.json |
TaiChi-512 |
timing hash_16384 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-512__hash_16384.json |
TaiChi-512 |
timing hash_32 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-512__hash_32.json |
TaiChi-512 |
timing hash_4096 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-512__hash_4096.json |
TaiChi-512 |
timing hash_512 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-512__hash_512.json |
TaiChi-512 |
timing hash_65536 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-512__hash_65536.json |
TaiChi-512 |
timing hash_8192 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-512__hash_8192.json |
TaiChi-768 |
KAT log (sha256 412d2874e1ec2ec8…) |
kat/hash-25/TaiChi-768.log |
TaiChi-768 |
timing hash_1024 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-768__hash_1024.json |
TaiChi-768 |
timing hash_128 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-768__hash_128.json |
TaiChi-768 |
timing hash_16384 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-768__hash_16384.json |
TaiChi-768 |
timing hash_32 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-768__hash_32.json |
TaiChi-768 |
timing hash_4096 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-768__hash_4096.json |
TaiChi-768 |
timing hash_512 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-768__hash_512.json |
TaiChi-768 |
timing hash_65536 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-768__hash_65536.json |
TaiChi-768 |
timing hash_8192 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-768__hash_8192.json |
TaiChi-1024 |
KAT log (sha256 31b4d6afe3d0bc71…) |
kat/hash-25/TaiChi-1024.log |
TaiChi-1024 |
timing hash_1024 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-1024__hash_1024.json |
TaiChi-1024 |
timing hash_128 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-1024__hash_128.json |
TaiChi-1024 |
timing hash_16384 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-1024__hash_16384.json |
TaiChi-1024 |
timing hash_32 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-1024__hash_32.json |
TaiChi-1024 |
timing hash_4096 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-1024__hash_4096.json |
TaiChi-1024 |
timing hash_512 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-1024__hash_512.json |
TaiChi-1024 |
timing hash_65536 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-1024__hash_65536.json |
TaiChi-1024 |
timing hash_8192 | records/hash-25/TaiChi-1024__hash_8192.json |
Scripts: performance/campaign.py, performance/ngcc_perf.c, performance/hashprof/ in the harness.