Gcrypt Library

Libgcrypt is a general purpose cryptographic library developed as part of the GnuPG project. This is a benchmark of libgcrypt's integrated benchmark and is measuring the time to run the benchmark command with a cipher/mac/hash repetition count set for 50 times as simple, high level look at the overall crypto performance of the system under test.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark gcrypt.

Project Site

gnupg.org

Source Repository

github.com

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

7 June 2024

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

22 Seconds

Average Run Time

2 Minutes

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain

Accolades

250k+ Downloads + 5k+ Public Benchmark Results + Recently Updated Test Profile

Supported Platforms

* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 24 June 2024.

Revision History

pts/gcrypt-1.2.0 [View Source] Fri, 07 Jun 2024 20:25:07 GMT
Update against latest gcrypt 1.10.3 upstream release. Closes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/issues/786

pts/gcrypt-1.1.3 [View Source] Mon, 06 Dec 2021 19:43:25 GMT
Fix install-exit-status handling.

pts/gcrypt-1.1.2 [View Source] Mon, 01 Feb 2021 16:37:37 GMT
Update against libgcrypt 1.9.1 for recent security release from GnuPG project.

pts/gcrypt-1.1.1 [View Source] Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:04:57 GMT
Un-deprecate the test profile with the latest release seeming to be working out well now across a range of systems.

pts/gcrypt-1.1.0 [View Source] Wed, 20 Jan 2021 17:13:20 GMT
Update against latest upstream.

pts/gcrypt-1.0.5 [View Source] Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:04:16 GMT
Add install-exit-status support.

pts/gcrypt-1.0.4 [View Source] Sat, 07 Apr 2018 20:10:05 GMT
Deprecate this test profile since its old, rarely used, and not building nicely on modern systems.

pts/gcrypt-1.0.3 [View Source] Sun, 10 Aug 2014 12:12:32 GMT
Updated download links plus build fix for Debian on ARM by Michael Schloh.

pts/gcrypt-1.0.2 [View Source] Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:18:30 GMT
Fix for gcrypt building on some systems due to gpg error libs. Patch provided by Ed Swarthout.

pts/gcrypt-1.0.1 [View Source] Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:10:48 GMT
Gcrypt works on BSD.

pts/gcrypt-1.0.0 [View Source] Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:48:13 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Suites Using This Test

Cryptography

Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Gcrypt Library 1.10.3

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 40 public results since 7 June 2024 with the latest data as of 22 June 2024.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component

Percentile Rank

# Compatible Public Results

Seconds (Average)

Intel Core i9-14900K

100th

138

Mid-Tier

75th

> 158

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores

53rd

167 ^{+/- 6}

Median

50th

169

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

31st

177 ^{+/- 4}

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

31st

177

Low-Tier

25th

> 178

Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

21st

180 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

8th

188

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Gcrypt Library 1.10.3) has an average run-time of 11 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.2%.

Notable Instruction Set Usage

Notable instruction set extensions supported by this test, based on an automatic analysis by the Phoronix Test Suite / OpenBenchmarking.org analytics engine.

Instruction Set

Support

Instructions Detected

SSE2 (SSE2)

Used by default on supported hardware.

CVTSI2SD DIVSD MULSD MOVDQA MOVDQU

Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: sandybridge, skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, sapphirerapids, alderlake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

VINSERTF128 VZEROUPPER VEXTRACTF128

Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)

Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, sapphirerapids, alderlake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).

VPBROADCASTB VPERMQ VINSERTI128 VEXTRACTI128 VPBROADCASTD VPBROADCASTW VPBROADCASTQ

Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX512)

Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: cascadelake, sapphirerapids).

(ZMM REGISTER USE)

The test / benchmark does honor compiler flag changes.

Last automated analysis: 17 January 2022

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libgcrypt.so.20, libgpg-error.so.0, libc.so.6.

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture

Kernel Identifier

Verified On

Intel / AMD x86 64-bit

x86_64

(Many Processors)

Linux Laptops 1 System - 1012 Benchmark Results
dddf 3 Systems - 4 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS - Framework Laptop 16 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-35-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
dfff 2 Systems - 51 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX - ASUS ROG Strix G513QY_G513QY G513QY v1.0 - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-46-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0
s 3 Systems - 47 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U - LENOVO ThinkPad X13 Gen 3 21CM0001US - AMD 17h-19h PCIe Root Complex Fedora Linux 39 - 6.5.7-300.fc39.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 45.0
phoronix 2 Systems - 21 Benchmark Results	AMD Phenom II X4 945 - Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H - 6144MB Calculate Linux Desktop 11.15 GNOME - 3.3.3-calculate - GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1
FreeBSD 14.1 Benchmarks 4 Systems - 92 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major - AMD Device 14a4 CentOS Stream 9 - 5.14.0-457.el9.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 40.10
FreeBSD 14.1 Benchmarks 3 Systems - 112 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major thelio-major-r5 - AMD [AMD] FreeBSD - 14.1-RELEASE - Clang 18.1.5
FreeBSD 14.1 Benchmarks 2 Systems - 114 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major thelio-major-r5 - AMD [AMD] FreeBSD - 14.1-RELEASE - Clang 18.1.5
FreeBSD 14.1 Benchmarks 1 System - 115 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major thelio-major-r5 - AMD [AMD] FreeBSD - 14.1-RELEASE - Clang 18.1.5
FreeBSD 14.0 Threadripper AMD 1 System - 107 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major thelio-major-r5 - AMD [AMD] FreeBSD - 14.0-RELEASE - Clang 16.0.6
gcrypt meteor lake intel 3 Systems - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - MTL Swift SFG14-72T Coral_MTH - Intel Device 7e7f Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-35-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
gcrypt new 3 Systems - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-060800-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0
gpy 1 System - 37 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.10.0-061000rc2-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0
namd gcryot 3 Systems - 3 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-14900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI - Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-31-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0
namd gcrypt ryzen 3 Systems - 3 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - Framework Laptop 13 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-35-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9

FreeBSD 14.1 vs. Linux vs. BSD Benchmarks 5 Systems - 84 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major thelio-major-r5 - AMD [AMD] DragonFly - 6.4-RELEASE - GCC 8.3
FreeBSD 14.1 Benchmarks 4 Systems - 92 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - 128GB - 792GB NetBSD 10.0 - 10.0 - X Server
FreeBSD 14.1 Benchmarks 2 Systems - 114 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major thelio-major-r5 - AMD [AMD] DragonFly - 6.4-RELEASE - GCC 8.3
FreeBSD 14.1 Benchmarks 3 Systems - 112 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major thelio-major-r5 - AMD [AMD] DragonFly - 6.4-RELEASE - GCC 8.3
namd gcryot 3 Systems - 3 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-14900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI - Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-31-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0
FreeBSD 14.1 Benchmarks On AMD Threadripper 2 Systems - 107 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major thelio-major-r5 - AMD [AMD] FreeBSD - 14.1-RELEASE - Clang 18.1.5
namd gcrypt ryzen 3 Systems - 3 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - Framework Laptop 13 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-35-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
dfff 2 Systems - 51 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX - ASUS ROG Strix G513QY_G513QY G513QY v1.0 - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-46-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0
s 3 Systems - 47 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U - LENOVO ThinkPad X13 Gen 3 21CM0001US - AMD 17h-19h PCIe Root Complex Fedora Linux 39 - 6.5.7-300.fc39.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 45.0
FreeBSD 14.1 Benchmarks 1 System - 115 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major thelio-major-r5 - AMD [AMD] FreeBSD - 14.1-RELEASE - Clang 18.1.5
FreeBSD 14.0 Threadripper AMD 1 System - 107 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major thelio-major-r5 - AMD [AMD] FreeBSD - 14.0-RELEASE - Clang 16.0.6
gcrypt new 3 Systems - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-060800-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0
dddf 3 Systems - 4 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS - Framework Laptop 16 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-35-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
gpy 1 System - 37 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.10.0-061000rc2-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0
gcrypt meteor lake intel 3 Systems - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - MTL Swift SFG14-72T Coral_MTH - Intel Device 7e7f Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-35-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9