Note: timings are average values and may vary under different conditions, i.e. the amount of free memory, swapped memory, amount of cpu cache, etc. I've tried to make them as accurate as possible, within limits. Note: many of the testing systems were provided by FSF France's GCC Compile Farm initiative (http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/CompileFarm). Many thanks for allowing me to test BeeCrypt there! In the past I've used HP's TestDrive program (has been retired) and the SourceForge Compile Farm project (also retired). Note: to avoid religious wars, in the table below read GNU/Linux for Linux - I'm just a little cramped for space... BENCHmark Modular Exponentation (more is better): BeeCrypt 4.2.0 | gcc-4.4.0 | Debian Linux | Opteron 8354 2200 | 16 GB: 29373 [--with-arch=k8] BeeCrypt 4.2.0 | gcc-4.1.2 | Debian Linux | Opteron 8354 2200 | 16 GB: 27911 BeeCrypt 4.2.0 | gcc-4.4.0 | Debian Linux | Xeon X5450 3000 | 16 GB: 25677 BeeCrypt 4.2.0 | gcc-4.3.3 | Debian Linux | Xeon X5450 3000 | 16 GB: 25511 BeeCrypt 4.2.0 | gcc-4.0.0 | Fedora Core 4 | Athlon 64 3000+| 1 GB: 24910 BeeCrypt 4.0.0 | gcc-3.3.3 | Fedora Core 2 | Athlon 64 3000+| 1 GB: 24870 BeeCrypt 4.2.0 | gcc-3.4.3 | Fedora Core 3 | Athlon 64 3000+| 1 GB: 24654 BeeCrypt 4.0.0 | gcc-3.2.2 | SuSE Enterprise 8 | Opteron 1600 | 1 GB: 19460 BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | gcc-3.x | RedHat Linux | Opteron MP 1600 | : 17230 BeeCrypt 3.1.0 | gcc-2.96 | RedHat AS 2.1 | Itanium 2 1400 | 1 GB: 11730 BeeCrypt 4.2.0 | gcc-3.4.6 | CentOS 4.x | P4 Xeon 3000 | 10 GB: 11648 BeeCrypt 4.2.0 | gcc-4.1.2 | Debian Linux | PPC 970 1800 | 512 MB: 10815 BeeCrypt 4.2.0 | gcc-3.3.3 | SuSE Enterprise 9 | POWER5 1650 | 1 GB: 10150 BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | gcc-3.2.2 | Debian Linux 3.0 | Itanium 2 900 | 12 GB: 7317 BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | gcc-3.3 | RedHat AS 2.1 | P4 Xeon 2400 | 4 GB: 6920 [--with-arch=pentium4] BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.3.3 | Fedora Core 2 | P4 Xeon 2400 | 1 GB: 6811 [--with-arch=pentium4] BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | gcc-2.95.4 | Debian Linux 3.0 | Alpha EV6.7 666 | 2 GB: 5742 BeeCrypt 4.1.2 | gcc-3.3.3 | SuSE Enterprise 9 | POWER4 1000 | 16 GB: 5620 BeeCrypt 4.2.0 | gcc-4.3.1 | Debian Linux | PPC 7455 1333 | 1 GB: 3320 BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | gcc-2.96 | RedHat AS 2.1 | P4 Xeon 2400 | 4 GB: 3280 [--with-arch=pentiumpro] BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | gcc-3.x | RedHat Linux | POWER4+ 1200 | : 2592 BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | gcc-3.x | RedHat Linux | P3 Xeon 900 | : 2169 BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | gcc-3.2.2 | AIX 5.1 | POWER3-II 333 | 512 MB: 1782 [--with-arch=powerpc64] BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | gcc-3.x | RedHat Linux | zSeries 900 | : 1687 (s390x) BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | gcc-3.3 | SuSE Linux 8.2 | Pentium 3 600 | 512 MB: 1447 [--with-arch=pentium3] BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | gcc-3.2.2 | AIX 5.1 | POWER3-II 333 | 512 MB: 756 BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | Forte C 5.1 | Solaris 8 | UltraSparc II 400 | 4 GB: 425 [--with-arch=sparcv8plus] BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | | Debian Linux 3.0 | StrongARM 1110 128 | 32 MB: 341 BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | gcc-2.95.4 | Debian Linux 3.0r1 | M68040 33 | 52 MB: 24 BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | gcc-2.95.4 | Debian Linux 3.0r1 | M68030 25 | 36 MB: 8 BENCHmark Hash Function (more is better): MD5 BeeCrypt 4.2.0 | gcc-3.4.6 | CentOS 4.x | Xeon EM64T 3000 | 10 GB: 303.6 MB/s BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.4.2 | Fedora Core 3 | Athlon 64 3000+| 1 GB: 190.5 MB/s BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | gcc-2.96 | RedHat AS 2.1 | P4 Xeon 2400 | 4 GB: 137.0 MB/s [--with-arch=pentiumpro] BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.3.3 | Fedora Core 2 | P4 Xeon 2400 | 1 GB: 97.2 MB/s [--with-arch=pentium4] BeeCrypt 4.1.2 | gcc-3.3.3 | SuSE Enterprise 9 | POWER4 1000 | 16 GB: 43.9 MB/s SHA-1 BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.4.2 | Fedora Core 3 | Athlon 64 3000+| 1 GB: 117.4 MB/s BeeCrypt 4.2.0 | gcc-3.4.6 | CentOS 4.x | Xeon EM64T 3000 | 10 GB: 111.8 MB/s BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.3.3 | Fedora Core 2 | P4 Xeon 2400 | 1 GB: 81.9 MB/s [--with-arch=pentium4] BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | gcc-2.96 | RedHat AS 2.1 | P4 Xeon 2400 | 4 GB: 77.0 MB/s [--with-arch=pentiumpro] BeeCrypt 4.1.2 | gcc-3.3.3 | SuSE Enterprise 9 | POWER4 1000 | 16 GB: 51.2 MB/s SHA-256 BeeCrypt 4.2.0 | gcc-3.4.6 | CentOS 4.x | Xeon EM64T 3000 | 10 GB: 103.5 MB/s BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.4.2 | Fedora Core 3 | Athlon 64 3000+| 1 GB: 85.1 MB/s BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.3.3 | Fedora Core 2 | P4 Xeon 2400 | 1 GB: 42.4 MB/s [--with-arch=pentium4] BeeCrypt 3.0.0 | gcc-2.96 | RedHat AS 2.1 | P4 Xeon 2400 | 4 GB: 37.8 MB/s [--with-arch=pentiumpro] BeeCrypt 4.1.2 | gcc-3.3.3 | SuSE Enterprise 9 | POWER4 1000 | 16 GB: 32.8 MB/s SHA-512 BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.4.2 | Fedora Core 3 | Athlon 64 3000+| 1 GB: 129.6 MB/s BeeCrypt 4.2.0 | gcc-3.4.6 | CentOS 4.x | Xeon EM64T 3000 | 10 GB: 92.6 MB/s BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.3.3 | SuSE Enterprise 9 | POWER4 1000 | 16 GB: 57.6 MB/s BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.3.3 | Fedora Core 2 | P4 Xeon 2400 | 1 GB: 46.3 MB/s [--with-arch=pentium4] BeeCrypt 4.1.2 | gcc-3.3.3 | SuSE Enterprise 9 | POWER4 1000 | 16 GB: 57.9 MB/s BENCHmark Block Cipher (more is better): AES, 128 bits BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.4.2 | Fedora Core 3 | Athlon 64 3000+| 1 GB: 97.0 MB/s [ECB encrypt] BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.4.2 | Fedora Core 3 | Athlon 64 3000+| 1 GB: 93.5 MB/s [CBC encrypt] BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.4.2 | Fedora Core 3 | Athlon 64 3000+| 1 GB: 104.6 MB/s [ECB decrypt] BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.4.2 | Fedora Core 3 | Athlon 64 3000+| 1 GB: 99.2 MB/s [CBC decrypt] Blowfish, 128 bits BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.4.2 | Fedora Core 3 | Athlon 64 3000+| 1 GB: 59.4 MB/s [ECB encrypt] BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.4.2 | Fedora Core 3 | Athlon 64 3000+| 1 GB: 57.7 MB/s [CBC encrypt] BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.4.2 | Fedora Core 3 | Athlon 64 3000+| 1 GB: 61.4 MB/s [ECB decrypt] BeeCrypt 4.1.0 | gcc-3.4.2 | Fedora Core 3 | Athlon 64 3000+| 1 GB: 59.3 MB/s [CBC decrypt]