Crypto Benchmark on STM32L4 MCU
ARM Cortex-M4 @ 80 MHz
This benchmark conducted on STM32 Nucleo-144 development board with STM32L4A6 MCU will help you in qualifying performance of CycloneCRYPTO (Crypto Library), CycloneSSL (TLS 1.3 / DTLS 1.2 Library), CycloneSSH (SSH Library with SCP & SFTP) and CycloneTCP (TCP/IPv4/IPv6 Stack with secure protocols like HTTPS, FTPS, MQTTS, Secure WebSocket, Secure CoAP, Secure Modbus/TCP, SNMPv3...) running on STMicroelectronics STM32L4 series.
Cipher Algorithms
STM32L4 @ 80 MHz
Benchmark generated with CycloneCRYPTO 2.1.6
Compiled using ARM CC with optimization level 3
| Algorithm | CBC Encrypt (Software) | CBC Decrypt (Software) | CCM Encrypt (Software) | CCM Decrypt (Software) | GCM Encrypt (Software) | GCM Decrypt (Software) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3DES | 0.124 MB/s | 0.121 MB/s | - | - | - | - |
| AES-128 | 0.689 MB/s | 0.704 MB/s | 0.364 MB/s | 0.363 MB/s | 0.4 MB/s | 0.398 MB/s |
| AES-192 | 0.594 MB/s | 0.611 MB/s | 0.309 MB/s | 0.309 MB/s | 0.364 MB/s | 0.363 MB/s |
| AES-256 | 0.523 MB/s | 0.54 MB/s | 0.271 MB/s | 0.27 MB/s | 0.338 MB/s | 0.337 MB/s |
| Algorithm | CBC Encrypt (Hardware) | CBC Decrypt (Hardware) | CCM Encrypt (Hardware) | CCM Decrypt (Hardware) | GCM Encrypt (Hardware) | GCM Decrypt (Hardware) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3DES | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AES-128 | 5.109 MB/s | 5.109 MB/s | - | - | 4.796 MB/s | 4.746 MB/s |
| AES-192 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AES-256 | 3.776 MB/s | 3.776 MB/s | - | - | 3.563 MB/s | 3.538 MB/s |
Hash Algorithms
STM32L4 @ 80 MHz
Benchmark generated with CycloneCRYPTO 2.1.6
Compiled using ARM CC with optimization level 3
| Algorithm | Speed (Software) | Speed (Hardware) |
|---|---|---|
| MD5 | 2.779 MB/s | 46.728 MB/s |
| SHA-1 | 1.148 MB/s | 40.65 MB/s |
| SHA-224 | 1.091 MB/s | 45.662 MB/s |
| SHA-256 | 1.091 MB/s | 45.662 MB/s |
| SHA-384 | 0.563 MB/s | - |
| SHA-512 | 0.563 MB/s | - |
| SHA3-224 | 0.211 MB/s | - |
| SHA3-256 | 0.199 MB/s | - |
| SHA3-384 | 0.153 MB/s | - |
| SHA3-512 | 0.106 MB/s | - |
Signature Algorithms
STM32L4 @ 80 MHz
Benchmark generated with CycloneCRYPTO 2.1.6
Compiled using ARM CC with optimization level 3
| Signature | Signature Generation (Software) | Signature Verification (Software) |
|---|---|---|
| RSA (1024 bits) | 210.7 ms | 38.9 ms |
| RSA (2048 bits) | 1077.6 ms | 143.4 ms |
| DSA (1024 bits) | 123 ms | 255 ms |
| DSA (2048 bits) | 552.1 ms | 1167.4 ms |
EC Signature Algorithms
STM32L4 @ 80 MHz
Benchmark generated with CycloneCRYPTO 2.1.6
Compiled using ARM CC with optimization level 3
| Signature | Signature Generation (Software) | Signature Verification (Software) |
|---|---|---|
| ECDSA (P-256) | 461.6 ms | 579.5 ms |
| ECDSA (P-384) | 831.3 ms | 1028.3 ms |
| ECDSA (P-521) | 905 ms | 1075.6 ms |
| EdDSA (Ed25519) | 103.7 ms | 204.5 ms |
| EdDSA (Ed448) | 449.9 ms | 891.1 ms |
Key Exchange Algorithms
STM32L4 @ 80 MHz
Benchmark generated with CycloneCRYPTO 2.1.6
Compiled using ARM CC with optimization level 3
| Algorithm | Public Key Generation (Software) | Shared Secret Computation (Software) |
|---|---|---|
| Diffie-Hellman (1024 bits) | 418.5 ms | 418.7 ms |
| Diffie-Hellman (2048 bits) | 2844.5 ms | 2844.6 ms |
EC Key Exchange Algorithms
STM32L4 @ 80 MHz
Benchmark generated with CycloneCRYPTO 2.1.6
Compiled using ARM CC with optimization level 3
| Algorithm | Public Key Generation (Software) | Shared Secret Computation (Software) |
|---|---|---|
| ECDH (P-256) | 444.2 ms | 443.1 ms |
| ECDH (P-384) | 783.9 ms | 795.3 ms |
| ECDH (P-521) | 882.8 ms | 880 ms |
| ECDH (X25519) | 58 ms | 58 ms |
| ECDH (X448) | 231 ms | 230.9 ms |