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kex-09 TriQ-KEX — 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

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 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 60.66 M 29 ms 34.5 29 ms 175 (5 × 35)
TriQ-KEX-128 init_a 3.61 M 1.73 ms 579 1.73 ms 175 (5 × 35)
TriQ-KEX-128 init_b 3.62 M 1.73 ms 578 1.73 ms 175 (5 × 35)
TriQ-KEX-128 pass1 10.80 M 5.17 ms 194 5.16 ms 175 (5 × 35)
TriQ-KEX-128 pass2 25.42 M 12.1 ms 82.4 12.1 ms 175 (5 × 35)
TriQ-KEX-128 derive_a 15.99 M 7.64 ms 131 7.64 ms 175 (5 × 35)
TriQ-KEX-128 derive_b 1.17 M 577 µs 1.73e+03 562 µs 175 (5 × 35)
TriQ-KEX-256 exchange 343.23 M 165 ms 6.05 164 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-256 init_a 21.00 M 10.2 ms 98.5 10 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-256 init_b 21.00 M 10 ms 99.6 10 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-256 pass1 62.90 M 30.1 ms 33.3 30.1 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-256 pass2 146.90 M 70.8 ms 14.1 70.2 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-256 derive_a 87.77 M 42.4 ms 23.6 42 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-256 derive_b 3.64 M 1.76 ms 568 1.76 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-384 exchange 934.75 M 450 ms 2.22 447 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-384 init_a 56.52 M 27 ms 37 27 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-384 init_b 56.52 M 27 ms 37 27 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-384 pass1 169.54 M 81.6 ms 12.3 81 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-384 pass2 396.78 M 191 ms 5.25 190 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-384 derive_a 241.64 M 116 ms 8.64 116 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-384 derive_b 14.14 M 6.94 ms 144 6.92 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-512 exchange 1.96 G 943 ms 1.06 945 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-512 init_a 120.15 M 57.6 ms 17.4 57.4 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-512 init_b 120.27 M 57.5 ms 17.4 57.4 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-512 pass1 359.70 M 172 ms 5.82 172 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-512 pass2 838.72 M 403 ms 2.48 401 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-512 derive_a 502.09 M 243 ms 4.12 240 ms 100 (5 × 20)
TriQ-KEX-512 derive_b 22.91 M 11.2 ms 89.4 11.2 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 47069 2080 KiB 2188 KiB
TriQ-KEX-128 init_a 47069 2056 KiB 2176 KiB
TriQ-KEX-128 init_b 47069 2068 KiB 2148 KiB
TriQ-KEX-128 pass1 47069 2064 KiB 2144 KiB
TriQ-KEX-128 pass2 47069 2056 KiB 2184 KiB
TriQ-KEX-128 derive_a 47069 2056 KiB 2136 KiB
TriQ-KEX-128 derive_b 47069 2052 KiB 2132 KiB
TriQ-KEX-256 exchange 50677 2660 KiB 2792 KiB
TriQ-KEX-256 init_a 50677 2684 KiB 2800 KiB
TriQ-KEX-256 init_b 50677 2712 KiB 2804 KiB
TriQ-KEX-256 pass1 50677 2684 KiB 2752 KiB
TriQ-KEX-256 pass2 50677 2588 KiB 2716 KiB
TriQ-KEX-256 derive_a 50677 2684 KiB 2800 KiB
TriQ-KEX-256 derive_b 50677 2708 KiB 2776 KiB
TriQ-KEX-384 exchange 59797 3432 KiB 3592 KiB
TriQ-KEX-384 init_a 59797 3440 KiB 3600 KiB
TriQ-KEX-384 init_b 59797 3424 KiB 3580 KiB
TriQ-KEX-384 pass1 59797 3416 KiB 3552 KiB
TriQ-KEX-384 pass2 59797 3440 KiB 3604 KiB
TriQ-KEX-384 derive_a 59797 3444 KiB 3600 KiB
TriQ-KEX-384 derive_b 59797 3428 KiB 3520 KiB
TriQ-KEX-512 exchange 67393 3008 KiB 3140 KiB
TriQ-KEX-512 init_a 67393 3028 KiB 3220 KiB
TriQ-KEX-512 init_b 67393 3008 KiB 3200 KiB
TriQ-KEX-512 pass1 67393 3008 KiB 3216 KiB
TriQ-KEX-512 pass2 67393 2992 KiB 3224 KiB
TriQ-KEX-512 derive_a 67393 2996 KiB 3152 KiB
TriQ-KEX-512 derive_b 67393 3020 KiB 3236 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 7.0% 0.1% drng 14, pseudoXOF 74.8
TriQ-KEX-256 exchange 3.6% 0.0% drng 14, pseudoXOF 65.4, pseudohash 9
TriQ-KEX-384 exchange 4.4% 0.0% drng 14, pseudoXOF 70.7, pseudohash 9
TriQ-KEX-512 exchange 3.8% 0.0% drng 14, pseudoXOF 63, pseudohash 17

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
TriQ-KEX-128 KAT log (sha256 5b85598ad4855dd5…) 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 671cd82218afaac3…) 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 6ec4d0ea4abfe2cc…) 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 e61678802e93fa99…) 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.