Crypto++ 8.9.0 Benchmarks

Here are speed benchmarks for some commonly used cryptographic algorithms.

CPU frequency of the test platform is 2 GHz.

Algorithm	Provider	MiB/Second	Cycles/Byte
NonblockingRng	C++	230	8.28
AutoSeededRandomPool	C++	441	4.33
AutoSeededX917RNG(AES)	AESNI	19	99.6
MT19937	C++	696	2.74
RDRAND	RDRAND	7	287.9
RDSEED	RDSEED	7	287.4
AES/OFB RNG	AESNI	691	2.76
Hash_DRBG(SHA1)	SHANI	228	8.38
Hash_DRBG(SHA256)	SHANI	310	6.16
HMAC_DRBG(SHA1)	SHANI	65	29.2
HMAC_DRBG(SHA256)	SHANI	95	20.03
CRC32	C++	392	4.87
CRC32C	SSE4.2	7507	0.25
Adler32	C++	1848	1.03
MD5	C++	517	3.69
SHA-1	SHANI	1461	1.31
SHA-256	SHANI	1403	1.36
SHA-512	SSE2	391	4.88
SHA3-224	C++	314	6.08
SHA3-256	C++	294	6.49
SHA3-384	C++	226	8.45
SHA3-512	C++	157	12.13
Keccak-224	C++	313	6.09
Keccak-256	C++	296	6.44
Keccak-384	C++	225	8.48
Keccak-512	C++	157	12.12
Tiger	SSE2	513	3.72
Whirlpool	SSE2	168	11.37
RIPEMD-160	C++	219	8.70
RIPEMD-320	C++	242	7.87
RIPEMD-128	C++	351	5.44
RIPEMD-256	C++	426	4.48
SM3	C++	224	8.53
BLAKE2s	SSE4.1	493	3.87
BLAKE2b	SSE4.1	682	2.80
LSH-256	AVX2	713	2.68
LSH-512	AVX2	332	5.74

Algorithm	Provider	MiB/Second	Cycles/Byte	Microseconds to Setup Key and IV	Cycles to Setup Key and IV
GMAC(AES)	AESNI	4869	0.39	0.348	696
VMAC(AES)-64 (128-bit key)	AESNI	9358	0.20	0.442	884
VMAC(AES)-128 (128-bit key)	AESNI	5807	0.33	0.498	996
HMAC(SHA-1) (128-bit key)	SHANI	1461	1.31	0.254	508
HMAC(SHA-256) (128-bit key)	SHANI	1397	1.37	0.258	516
Two-Track-MAC (160-bit key)	C++	225	8.48	0.012	24
CMAC(AES) (128-bit key)	AESNI	906	2.11	0.142	284
DMAC(AES) (128-bit key)	AESNI	909	2.10	0.441	883
Poly1305(AES) (256-bit key)	AESNI	925	2.06	0.154	309
Poly1305TLS (256-bit key)	C++	930	2.05	0.011	22
BLAKE2s (256-bit key)	SSE4.1	494	3.86	0.111	222
BLAKE2b (512-bit key)	SSE4.1	685	2.79	0.112	225
SipHash-2-4 (128-bit key)	C++	1873	1.02	0.011	23
SipHash-4-8 (128-bit key)	C++	971	1.96	0.011	23
Panama-LE (256-bit key)	C++	1130	1.69	0.935	1871
Panama-BE (256-bit key)	C++	1087	1.75	0.870	1739
Salsa20	SSE2	665	2.87	0.092	184
Salsa20/12	SSE2	1081	1.76	0.114	227
Salsa20/8	SSE2	1576	1.21	0.115	230
ChaCha20	AVX2	1648	1.16	0.090	180
ChaCha12	AVX2	2569	0.74	0.114	229
ChaCha8	AVX2	3605	0.53	0.114	229
ChaChaTLS (256-bit key)	AVX2	1644	1.16	0.107	214
Sosemanuk (128-bit key)	SSE2	1436	1.33	0.473	945
Rabbit (128-bit key)	C++	841	2.27	0.095	189
RabbitWithIV (128-bit key)	C++	838	2.28	0.204	409
HC-128 (128-bit key)	C++	1193	1.60	4.225	8451
HC-256 (256-bit key)	C++	456	4.18	14.118	28236
MARC4 (128-bit key)	C++	270	7.07	1.539	3078
SEAL-3.0-LE (160-bit key)	C++	659	2.89	9.958	19915
WAKE-OFB-LE (256-bit key)	C++	280	6.82	1.811	3622
AES/CTR (128-bit key)	AESNI	5437	0.35	0.191	383
AES/CTR (192-bit key)	AESNI	4580	0.42	0.183	366
AES/CTR (256-bit key)	AESNI	3794	0.50	0.202	405
AES/CBC (128-bit key)	AESNI	910	2.10	0.160	320
AES/CBC (192-bit key)	AESNI	783	2.44	0.154	308
AES/CBC (256-bit key)	AESNI	690	2.76	0.171	342
AES/XTS (256-bit key)	AESNI	1126	1.69	0.274	549
AES/XTS (384-bit key)	AESNI	1072	1.78	0.263	525
AES/XTS (512-bit key)	AESNI	1040	1.83	0.303	607
AES/OFB (128-bit key)	AESNI	889	2.15	0.187	374
AES/CFB (128-bit key)	AESNI	906	2.11	0.219	437
AES/ECB (128-bit key)	AESNI	7058	0.27	0.090	179
ARIA/CTR (128-bit key)	C++	125	15.32	0.213	426
ARIA/CTR (256-bit key)	C++	96	19.89	0.229	459
HIGHT/CTR (128-bit key)	C++	80	23.74	0.208	416
Camellia/CTR (128-bit key)	C++	135	14.08	0.179	359
Camellia/CTR (256-bit key)	C++	105	18.24	0.197	394
Twofish/CTR (128-bit key)	C++	173	11.02	1.863	3726
Threefish-256(256)/CTR (256-bit key)	C++	343	5.55	0.157	314
Threefish-512(512)/CTR (512-bit key)	C++	429	4.45	0.159	317
Threefish-1024(1024)/CTR (1024-bit key)	C++	334	5.72	0.169	338
Serpent/CTR (128-bit key)	C++	79	24.2	0.498	995
CAST-128/CTR (128-bit key)	C++	97	19.74	0.243	485
CAST-256/CTR (256-bit key)	C++	103	18.59	1.118	2236
RC6/CTR (128-bit key)	C++	209	9.13	1.522	3043
MARS/CTR (128-bit key)	C++	159	12.03	0.805	1609
SHACAL-2/CTR (128-bit key)	SHANI	571	3.34	0.236	473
SHACAL-2/CTR (512-bit key)	SHANI	572	3.34	0.236	472
DES/CTR (64-bit key)	C++	67	28.6	1.864	3728
DES-XEX3/CTR (192-bit key)	C++	64	29.9	1.858	3717
DES-EDE3/CTR (192-bit key)	C++	27	71.8	5.834	11668
IDEA/CTR (128-bit key)	C++	86	22.24	0.198	397
RC5 (r=16)	C++	197	9.66	1.189	2378
Blowfish/CTR (128-bit key)	C++	114	16.74	33.786	67572
SKIPJACK/CTR (80-bit key)	C++	32	59.4	1.997	3993
SEED/CTR (1/2 K table)	C++	56	34.1	0.205	411
SM4/CTR (128-bit key)	AESNI	227	8.39	0.297	593
Kalyna-128(128)/CTR (128-bit key)	C++	160	11.95	0.238	476
Kalyna-128(256)/CTR (256-bit key)	C++	116	16.39	0.276	551
Kalyna-256(256)/CTR (256-bit key)	C++	171	11.13	0.389	777
Kalyna-256(512)/CTR (512-bit key)	C++	133	14.33	0.462	924
Kalyna-512(512)/CTR (512-bit key)	C++	127	15.03	0.805	1610
CHAM-64(128)/CTR (128-bit key)	C++	133	14.34	0.135	271
CHAM-128(128)/CTR (128-bit key)	SSSE3	592	3.22	0.132	265
CHAM-128(256)/CTR (256-bit key)	SSSE3	498	3.83	0.138	276
LEA-128(128)/CTR (128-bit key)	SSSE3	796	2.40	0.184	367
LEA-128(192)/CTR (192-bit key)	SSSE3	686	2.78	0.205	410
LEA-128(256)/CTR (256-bit key)	SSSE3	590	3.23	0.212	425
SIMECK-32(64)/CTR (64-bit key)	C++	61	31.1	0.311	621
SIMECK-64(128)/CTR (128-bit key)	C++	92	20.70	0.341	683
SIMON-64(96)/CTR (96-bit key)	C++	99	19.17	0.191	382
SIMON-64(128)/CTR (128-bit key)	C++	96	19.89	0.216	433
SIMON-128(128)/CTR (128-bit key)	SSSE3	303	6.29	0.407	815
SIMON-128(192)/CTR (192-bit key)	SSSE3	303	6.30	0.425	850
SIMON-128(256)/CTR (256-bit key)	SSSE3	291	6.54	0.447	894
SPECK-64(96)/CTR (96-bit key)	C++	188	10.17	0.150	300
SPECK-64(128)/CTR (128-bit key)	C++	188	10.12	0.149	298
SPECK-128(128)/CTR (128-bit key)	SSSE3	1121	1.70	0.269	539
SPECK-128(192)/CTR (192-bit key)	SSSE3	1089	1.75	0.263	526
SPECK-128(256)/CTR (256-bit key)	SSSE3	1061	1.80	0.269	537
TEA/CTR (128-bit key)	C++	62	30.8	0.146	291
XTEA/CTR (128-bit key)	C++	64	29.9	0.145	289
AES/GCM	AESNI	2496	0.76	0.346	692
AES/CCM (128-bit key)	AESNI	766	2.49	0.248	496
AES/EAX (128-bit key)	AESNI	761	2.51	0.384	768
ChaCha20/Poly1305 (256-bit key)	AVX2	583	3.27	0.716	1433
XChaCha20/Poly1305 (256-bit key)	AVX2	582	3.28	0.960	1920

Operation	Milliseconds/Operation	Megacycles/Operation
RSA 1024 Encryption	0.012	0.024
RSA 1024 Decryption	0.253	0.507
LUC 1024 Encryption	0.013	0.026
LUC 1024 Decryption	0.433	0.866
DLIES 1024 Encryption	0.161	0.322
DLIES 1024 Encryption with precomputation	0.272	0.544
DLIES 1024 Decryption	0.205	0.410
LUCELG 512 Encryption	0.103	0.206
LUCELG 512 Encryption with precomputation	0.106	0.211
LUCELG 512 Decryption	0.105	0.209
RSA 2048 Encryption	0.027	0.053
RSA 2048 Decryption	1.123	2.246
LUC 2048 Encryption	0.030	0.060
LUC 2048 Decryption	1.903	3.806
DLIES 2048 Encryption	0.812	1.623
DLIES 2048 Encryption with precomputation	0.886	1.771
DLIES 2048 Decryption	0.742	1.484
LUCELG 1024 Encryption	0.365	0.729
LUCELG 1024 Encryption with precomputation	0.368	0.737
LUCELG 1024 Decryption	0.321	0.643
RSA 1024 Signature	0.257	0.514
RSA 1024 Verification	0.012	0.024
RW 1024 Signature	0.266	0.531
RW 1024 Signature with precomputation	0.261	0.523
RW 1024 Verification	0.008	0.015
LUC 1024 Signature	0.426	0.851
LUC 1024 Verification	0.013	0.026
NR 1024 Signature	0.084	0.169
NR 1024 Signature with precomputation	0.080	0.160
NR 1024 Verification	0.096	0.192
NR 1024 Verification with precomputation	0.133	0.266
DSA 1024 Signature	0.087	0.175
DSA 1024 Signature with precomputation	0.083	0.165
DSA 1024 Verification	0.099	0.199
DSA 1024 Verification with precomputation	0.134	0.267
LUC-HMP 512 Signature	0.102	0.203
LUC-HMP 512 Signature with precomputation	0.101	0.203
LUC-HMP 512 Verification	0.105	0.210
LUC-HMP 512 Verification with precomputation	0.104	0.208
ESIGN 1023 Signature	0.039	0.079
ESIGN 1023 Verification	0.011	0.022
ESIGN 1536 Signature	0.067	0.135
ESIGN 1536 Verification	0.022	0.045
RSA 2048 Signature	1.131	2.261
RSA 2048 Verification	0.027	0.054
RW 2048 Signature	1.170	2.341
RW 2048 Signature with precomputation	1.176	2.353
RW 2048 Verification	0.015	0.030
LUC 2048 Signature	1.885	3.770
LUC 2048 Verification	0.030	0.061
NR 2048 Signature	0.419	0.839
NR 2048 Signature with precomputation	0.203	0.406
NR 2048 Verification	0.468	0.936
NR 2048 Verification with precomputation	0.319	0.638
LUC-HMP 1024 Signature	0.373	0.746
LUC-HMP 1024 Signature with precomputation	0.367	0.734
LUC-HMP 1024 Verification	0.373	0.746
LUC-HMP 1024 Verification with precomputation	0.374	0.749
ESIGN 2046 Signature	0.087	0.174
ESIGN 2046 Verification	0.024	0.048
XTR-DH 171 Key-Pair Generation	0.150	0.301
XTR-DH 171 Key Agreement	0.294	0.589
XTR-DH 342 Key-Pair Generation	0.351	0.701
XTR-DH 342 Key Agreement	0.702	1.404
DH 1024 Key-Pair Generation	0.086	0.172
DH 1024 Key-Pair Generation with precomputation	0.138	0.277
DH 1024 Key Agreement	0.217	0.434
DH 2048 Key-Pair Generation	0.418	0.835
DH 2048 Key-Pair Generation with precomputation	0.456	0.912
DH 2048 Key Agreement	0.731	1.462
LUCDIF 512 Key-Pair Generation	0.055	0.110
LUCDIF 512 Key-Pair Generation with precomputation	0.055	0.109
LUCDIF 512 Key Agreement	0.110	0.220
LUCDIF 1024 Key-Pair Generation	0.187	0.374
LUCDIF 1024 Key-Pair Generation with precomputation	0.186	0.372
LUCDIF 1024 Key Agreement	0.319	0.638
MQV 1024 Key-Pair Generation	0.081	0.162
MQV 1024 Key-Pair Generation with precomputation	0.076	0.152
MQV 1024 Key Agreement	0.165	0.329
MQV 2048 Key-Pair Generation	0.408	0.817
MQV 2048 Key-Pair Generation with precomputation	0.184	0.368
MQV 2048 Key Agreement	0.766	1.531

Operation	Milliseconds/Operation	Megacycles/Operation
ed25519 Signature	0.021	0.041
ed25519 Verification	0.059	0.117
x25519 Key-Pair Generation	0.050	0.100
x25519 Key Agreement	0.050	0.100
ECIES over GF(p) 256 Encryption	1.199	2.398
ECIES over GF(p) 256 Encryption with precomputation	1.006	2.012
ECIES over GF(p) 256 Decryption	0.849	1.699
ECDSA over GF(p) 256 Signature	0.626	1.252
ECDSA over GF(p) 256 Signature with precomputation	0.535	1.070
ECDSA over GF(p) 256 Verification	2.179	4.357
ECDSA over GF(p) 256 Verification with precomputation	0.872	1.744
ECDSA-RFC6979 over GF(p) 256 Signature	0.589	1.179
ECDSA-RFC6979 over GF(p) 256 Signature with precomputation	0.508	1.016
ECDSA-RFC6979 over GF(p) 256 Verification	2.103	4.206
ECDSA-RFC6979 over GF(p) 256 Verification with precomputation	0.880	1.760
ECGDSA over GF(p) 256 Signature	1.190	2.381
ECGDSA over GF(p) 256 Signature with precomputation	1.017	2.034
ECGDSA over GF(p) 256 Verification	2.128	4.255
ECGDSA over GF(p) 256 Verification with precomputation	0.873	1.746
ECDHC over GF(p) 256 Key-Pair Generation	0.601	1.203
ECDHC over GF(p) 256 Key-Pair Generation with precomputation	0.502	1.003
ECDHC over GF(p) 256 Key Agreement	0.591	1.181
ECMQVC over GF(p) 256 Key-Pair Generation	0.591	1.181
ECMQVC over GF(p) 256 Key-Pair Generation with precomputation	0.503	1.006
ECMQVC over GF(p) 256 Key Agreement	2.119	4.237
ECIES over GF(2^n) 233 Encryption	2.670	5.340
ECIES over GF(2^n) 233 Encryption with precomputation	0.825	1.649
ECIES over GF(2^n) 233 Decryption	1.520	3.040
ECDSA over GF(2^n) 233 Signature	1.356	2.712
ECDSA over GF(2^n) 233 Signature with precomputation	0.430	0.859
ECDSA over GF(2^n) 233 Verification	1.691	3.381
ECDSA over GF(2^n) 233 Verification with precomputation	0.721	1.442
ECDSA-RFC6979 over GF(2^n) 233 Signature	1.384	2.768
ECDSA-RFC6979 over GF(2^n) 233 Signature with precomputation	0.432	0.864
ECDSA-RFC6979 over GF(2^n) 233 Verification	1.784	3.568
ECDSA-RFC6979 over GF(2^n) 233 Verification with precomputation	0.747	1.495
ECGDSA over GF(2^n) 233 Signature	2.845	5.690
ECGDSA over GF(2^n) 233 Signature with precomputation	0.839	1.679
ECGDSA over GF(2^n) 233 Verification	1.682	3.364
ECGDSA over GF(2^n) 233 Verification with precomputation	0.751	1.503
ECDHC over GF(2^n) 233 Key-Pair Generation	1.333	2.667
ECDHC over GF(2^n) 233 Key-Pair Generation with precomputation	0.417	0.835
ECDHC over GF(2^n) 233 Key Agreement	1.355	2.710
ECMQVC over GF(2^n) 233 Key-Pair Generation	1.331	2.661
ECMQVC over GF(2^n) 233 Key-Pair Generation with precomputation	0.416	0.832
ECMQVC over GF(2^n) 233 Key Agreement	1.664	3.328

Throughput Geometric Average: 1171.104434

Test started at Mon Sep 22 23:06:50 2025
Test ended at Mon Sep 22 23:18:47 2025