Crypto Benchmark on SAM4C MCU
ARM Cortex-M4 @ 120 MHz
This benchmark conducted on ATSAM4C32 Evaluation Kit (ATSAM4C32-EK) will help you in qualifying performance of CycloneCRYPTO (Cryptography library), CycloneSSL (TLS 1.3 & DTLS 1.2 library), CycloneSSH (SSH library with SCP & SFTP protocols), CycloneIPSEC (IPsec/IKEv2 library) and CycloneTCP (TCP/IPv4/IPv6 stack with secure protocols like HTTPS, FTPS, MQTTS, Secure WebSocket, Secure CoAP, Secure Modbus/TCP, SNMPv3...) running on Microchip SAM4C microcontroller.
SAM4C MCU also includes crypto hardware acceleration. In the following comparison charts, both hardware and software performance are presented in the relevant sections.
Cipher Algorithms
ATSAM4C @ 120 MHz
- • Benchmark generated with CycloneCRYPTO 2.1.6
- • Compiled using ARMCC with optimization level 3
| Algorithm | CBC Encrypt (Software) | CBC Decrypt (Software) | CCM Encrypt (Software) | CCM Decrypt (Software) | GCM Encrypt (Software) | GCM Decrypt (Software) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3DES | 0.143 MB/s | 0.141 MB/s | - | - | - | - |
| AES-128 | 0.752 MB/s | 0.725 MB/s | 0.401 MB/s | 0.401 MB/s | 0.479 MB/s | 0.477 MB/s |
| AES-192 | 0.649 MB/s | 0.63 MB/s | 0.34 MB/s | 0.34 MB/s | 0.431 MB/s | 0.43 MB/s |
| AES-256 | 0.572 MB/s | 0.556 MB/s | 0.298 MB/s | 0.298 MB/s | 0.399 MB/s | 0.397 MB/s |
| Algorithm | CBC Encrypt (Hardware) | CBC Decrypt (Hardware) | CCM Encrypt (Hardware) | CCM Decrypt (Hardware) | GCM Encrypt (Hardware) | GCM Decrypt (Hardware) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AES-128 | 22.075 MB/s | 22.075 MB/s | - | - | 20.618 MB/s | 20.491 MB/s |
| AES-192 | 21.186 MB/s | 21.141 MB/s | - | - | 19.762 MB/s | 19.685 MB/s |
| AES-256 | 20.325 MB/s | 20.283 MB/s | - | - | 19.083 MB/s | 18.975 MB/s |
Hash Algorithms
ATSAM4C @ 120 MHz
- • Benchmark generated with CycloneCRYPTO 2.1.6
- • Compiled using ARMCC with optimization level 3
| Algorithm | Speed (Software) | Speed (Hardware) |
|---|---|---|
| MD5 | 5.787 MB/s | - |
| SHA-1 | 1 MB/s | 56.818 MB/s |
| SHA-224 | 1.205 MB/s | 62.5 MB/s |
| SHA-256 | 1.205 MB/s | 62.5 MB/s |
| SHA-384 | 0.651 MB/s | - |
| SHA-512 | 0.651 MB/s | - |
| SHA3-224 | 0.44 MB/s | - |
| SHA3-256 | 0.416 MB/s | - |
| SHA3-384 | 0.319 MB/s | - |
| SHA3-512 | 0.221 MB/s | - |
Signature Algorithms
ATSAM4C @ 120 MHz
- • Benchmark generated with CycloneCRYPTO 2.1.6
- • Compiled using ARMCC with optimization level 3
| Algorithm | Signature Generation (Software) | Signature Verification (Software) |
|---|---|---|
| RSA (1024 bits) | 191.3 ms | 35.7 ms |
| RSA (2048 bits) | 972.5 ms | 129.8 ms |
| RSA (3072 bits) | 2732 ms | 277.7 ms |
| RSA (4096 bits) | 5874 ms | 488.9 ms |
| DSA (1024 bits) | 111.9 ms | 233.7 ms |
| DSA (2048 bits) | 496.7 ms | 1056.4 ms |
EC Signature Algorithms
ATSAM4C @ 120 MHz
- • Benchmark generated with CycloneCRYPTO 2.1.6
- • Compiled using ARMCC with optimization level 3
| Algorithm | Signature Generation (Software) | Signature Verification (Software) |
|---|---|---|
| ECDSA (P-256) | 414 ms | 519.6 ms |
| ECDSA (P-384) | 745.1 ms | 925.4 ms |
| ECDSA (P-521) | 795.8 ms | 945.2 ms |
| EdDSA (Ed25519) | 94.1 ms | 184.7 ms |
| EdDSA (Ed448) | 402.3 ms | 794 ms |
Key Exchange Algorithms
ATSAM4C @ 120 MHz
- • Benchmark generated with CycloneCRYPTO 2.1.6
- • Compiled using ARMCC with optimization level 3
| Algorithm | Public Key Generation (Software) | Shared Secret Computation (Software) |
|---|---|---|
| Diffie-Hellman (1024 bits) | 375.1 ms | 375.4 ms |
| Diffie-Hellman (2048 bits) | 2529.3 ms | 2529.4 ms |
EC Key Exchange Algorithms
ATSAM4C @ 120 MHz
- • Benchmark generated with CycloneCRYPTO 2.1.6
- • Compiled using ARMCC with optimization level 3
| Algorithm | Public Key Generation (Software) | Shared Secret Computation (Software) |
|---|---|---|
| ECDH (P-256) | 397.9 ms | 396.7 ms |
| ECDH (P-384) | 704.7 ms | 716.3 ms |
| ECDH (P-521) | 777.3 ms | 774.7 ms |
| ECDH (X25519) | 51.4 ms | 51.5 ms |
| ECDH (X448) | 201.5 ms | 201.5 ms |