Speedtest and Comparsion of Open-Source Cryptography Libraries and Compiler Flags

Detailed CPU Speed Analysis

	average	cast5	cast6	3des	blowfish	rijndael	xtea	twofish	serpent	total
all-average	11,609	15,525	7,356	3,281	20,369	15,348	9,869	13,607	6,732
relative to average		133.7%	63.4%	28.3%	175.5%	132.2%	85.0%	117.2%	58.0%
p2-300-debian-etch	2,053	2,714	1,332	605	3,459	2,705	1,584	2,596	1,336
expected	17.7%	2,746	1,301	580	3,603	2,715	1,746	2,407	1,191
difference		-32	30	24	-144	-10	-162	189	145	41
p3-1000-debian-etch	7,574	9,597	5,617	1,988	12,335	9,647	5,921	10,558	5,326
expected	65.2%	10,130	4,800	2,141	13,291	10,014	6,439	8,878	4,392
difference		-532	817	-153	-955	-367	-518	1,680	933	905
ath-2000-debian-etch	11,591	15,162	7,015	3,404	20,625	14,602	9,387	13,534	8,715
expected	99.8%	15,501	7,345	3,276	20,338	15,324	9,854	13,586	6,721
difference		-340	-330	128	287	-723	-467	-52	1,994	497
cel-2660-debian-etch	16,645	22,688	10,292	4,813	29,502	22,529	14,659	18,718	8,255
expected	143.4%	22,260	10,548	4,704	29,207	22,007	14,151	19,510	9,652
difference		428	-256	108	295	523	508	-792	-1,397	-583
p4-3200-debian-etch	20,179	27,463	12,526	5,595	35,925	27,256	17,795	22,626	10,026
expected	173.8%	26,986	12,787	5,703	35,407	26,679	17,155	23,652	11,702
difference		476	-261	-108	517	577	639	-1,026	-1,676	-860
min		-532	-330	-153	-955	-723	-518	-1,026	-1,676
max		476	817	128	517	577	639	1,680	1,994
normalized min		-398	-521	-541	-544	-547	-610	-875	-2,890
range		1,009	1,148	281	1,473	1,300	1,158	2,706	3,670
normalized range		754	1,811	993	839	984	1,362	2,309	6,329

p2-300-debian-etch	gcrypt	mcrypt	botan	cryptopp	openssl	nettle	beecrypt	tomcrypt	custom	average
3des	582	311	638	601	1,132	407		562		605
anubis								2,638		2,638
blowfish	1,451	3,155	3,276	3,398	4,245	2,570	4,679	4,901		3,459
cast5	2,064	3,102	2,785	901	3,316	2,582		4,246		2,714
cast6		2,077	1,304	614						1,332
gost		1,450	1,583	811						1,281
khazad								2,289		2,289
loki97		719								719
noekeon								2,955		2,955
rijndael	1,939	1,298	2,131	1,787	4,409	2,754	2,614	3,785	3,626	2,705
saferplus		473						91		282
serpent	1,015	1,366	1,323	487		1,227			2,599	1,336
skipjack								1,028		1,028
twofish	2,239	3,326	2,656	681		2,797		3,879		2,596
xtea		969	2,155	959				2,251		1,584
average	1,548	1,659	1,983	1,137	3,276	2,056	3,646	2,602	3,113	2,053

p3-1000-debian-etch	gcrypt	mcrypt	botan	cryptopp	openssl	nettle	beecrypt	tomcrypt	custom	average
3des	1,908	1,148	2,202	1,558	3,794	1,314		1,992		1,988
anubis								9,159		9,159
blowfish	4,772	13,041	11,185	11,131	17,338	8,739	15,919	16,558		12,335
cast5	6,893	8,139	9,342	8,847	11,036	8,733		14,192		9,597
cast6		6,006	4,462	6,383						5,617
gost		5,910	5,206	4,260						5,126
khazad								8,385		8,385
loki97		3,745								3,745
noekeon								10,022		10,022
rijndael	6,704	5,669	7,752	7,790	14,682	9,253	8,850	13,191	12,932	9,647
saferplus		1,569						1,485		1,527
serpent	3,493	5,676	4,432	5,602		4,021			8,729	5,326
skipjack								2,284		2,284
twofish	7,543	12,601	9,006	11,716		9,465		13,020		10,558
xtea		5,779	7,285	3,228				7,392		5,921
average	5,219	6,299	6,764	6,724	11,712	6,921	12,385	8,880	10,831	7,574

ath-2000-debian-etch	gcrypt	mcrypt	botan	cryptopp	openssl	nettle	beecrypt	tomcrypt	custom	average
3des	2,660	1,458	2,899	3,833	7,150	2,061		3,763		3,404
anubis								13,399		13,399
blowfish	7,849	16,427	15,146	21,396	26,929	16,280	29,230	31,744		20,625
cast5	10,436	19,455	13,758	5,706	17,066	13,738		25,972		15,162
cast6		10,906	6,251	3,888						7,015
gost		7,364	7,284	5,742						6,797
khazad								11,230		11,230
loki97		3,470								3,470
noekeon								19,545		19,545
rijndael	8,659	4,258	10,102	9,635	25,972	19,404	13,041	21,315	19,030	14,602
saferplus		2,273						1,875		2,074
serpent	6,479	8,702	8,692	3,152		7,868			17,400	8,715
skipjack								4,818		4,818
twofish	12,590	16,329	14,686	3,808		14,130		19,661		13,534
xtea		6,460	12,431	5,934				12,722		9,387
average	8,112	8,827	10,139	7,010	19,279	12,247	21,135	15,095	18,215	11,591

cel-2660-debian-etch	gcrypt	mcrypt	botan	cryptopp	openssl	nettle	beecrypt	tomcrypt	custom	average
3des	3,012	2,434	5,543	6,019	9,994	2,116		4,570		4,813
anubis								22,782		22,782
blowfish	5,376	23,742	27,060	34,712	36,864	25,174	40,599	42,487		29,502
cast5	15,982	26,872	23,481	6,793	27,765	23,575		34,347		22,688
cast6		16,587	9,797	4,492						10,292
gost		12,092	13,254	7,546						10,964
khazad								13,353		13,353
loki97		5,755								5,755
noekeon								27,575		27,575
rijndael	11,689	8,859	17,196	16,165	37,044	28,595	19,715	33,607	29,896	22,529
saferplus		3,759						2,840		3,299
serpent	4,348	5,880	6,143	3,658		5,474			24,028	8,255
skipjack								7,119		7,119
twofish	14,337	24,547	18,076	4,717		19,723		30,906		18,718
xtea		8,801	18,610	9,079				22,147		14,659
average	9,124	12,666	15,462	10,353	27,917	17,443	30,157	21,976	26,962	16,645

p4-3200-debian-etch	gcrypt	mcrypt	botan	cryptopp	openssl	nettle	beecrypt	tomcrypt	custom	average
3des	3,660	2,990	6,425	6,128	11,805	2,559		5,597		5,595
anubis								27,830		27,830
blowfish	6,381	28,317	32,452	42,647	45,298	30,945	49,558	51,800		35,925
cast5	19,020	32,804	28,363	8,262	33,483	28,596		41,712		27,463
cast6		19,411	12,710	5,457						12,526
gost		14,652	17,151	9,215						13,672
khazad								16,218		16,218
loki97		6,799								6,799
noekeon								33,443		33,443
rijndael	13,866	10,742	20,945	19,678	44,671	34,795	23,517	40,937	36,155	27,256
saferplus		4,563						3,448		4,006
serpent	5,278	7,176	7,553	4,439		6,601			29,106	10,026
skipjack								8,647		8,647
twofish	17,188	27,449	21,833	5,843		24,450		38,995		22,626
xtea		10,633	22,649	11,037				26,859		17,795
average	10,899	15,049	18,898	12,523	33,814	21,324	36,537	26,862	32,630	20,179

all-average	gcrypt	mcrypt	botan	cryptopp	openssl	nettle	beecrypt	tomcrypt	custom	average
3des	2,364	1,668	3,542	3,628	6,775	1,691		3,297		3,281
anubis								15,162		15,162
blowfish	5,166	16,936	17,824	22,657	26,135	16,742	27,997	29,498		20,369
cast5	10,879	18,074	15,546	6,101	18,533	15,445		24,094		15,525
cast6		10,997	6,905	4,167						7,356
gost		8,294	8,896	5,515						7,568
khazad								10,295		10,295
loki97		4,098								4,098
noekeon								18,708		18,708
rijndael	8,571	6,165	11,625	11,011	25,356	18,960	13,547	22,567	20,328	15,348
saferplus		2,527						1,948		2,237
serpent	4,123	5,760	5,629	3,468		5,038			16,372	6,732
skipjack								4,779		4,779
twofish	10,779	16,850	13,251	5,353		14,113		21,292		13,607
xtea		6,528	12,626	6,047				14,274		9,869
average	6,980	8,900	10,649	7,550	19,200	11,998	20,772	15,083	18,350	11,609