Nettle

GNU Nettle is a low-level cryptographic library used by GnuTLS and other software.


Nettle 3.8

Test: sha512

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 423 public results since 4 June 2022 with the latest data as of 3 January 2025.

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
Details
Percentile Rank
# Compatible Public Results
Mbyte/s (Average)
Raptor Lake [24 Cores / 32 Threads]
100th
12
913 +/- 19
Zen 4 [8 Cores / 16 Threads]
97th
10
870 +/- 1
Zen 4 [16 Cores / 32 Threads]
95th
12
862 +/- 3
Zen 4 [6 Cores / 12 Threads]
92nd
6
856
Zen 4 [12 Cores / 24 Threads]
88th
8
834 +/- 45
Raptor Lake [14 Cores / 20 Threads]
88th
9
828 +/- 9
Alder Lake [16 Cores / 24 Threads]
86th
10
818 +/- 28
Alder Lake [10 Cores / 16 Threads]
82nd
9
771 +/- 20
Zen 3 [8 Cores / 16 Threads]
79th
5
752 +/- 7
Zen 3 [12 Cores / 24 Threads]
78th
7
749 +/- 11
Zen 3 [16 Cores / 32 Threads]
76th
12
742 +/- 6
Mid-Tier
75th
< 739
Rocket Lake [8 Cores / 16 Threads]
74th
8
735 +/- 14
Raptor Lake [10 Cores / 16 Threads]
74th
4
735 +/- 14
Zen 3 [6 Cores / 12 Threads]
73rd
3
729
Zen 3 [8 Cores / 16 Threads]
71st
4
722 +/- 5
Zen 3 [8 Cores / 16 Threads]
69th
4
713
Alder Lake [6 Cores / 12 Threads]
66th
9
704 +/- 24
Alder Lake [4 Cores / 8 Threads]
66th
7
702 +/- 3
Rocket Lake [6 Cores / 12 Threads]
64th
3
693
Zen 2 [8 Cores / 16 Threads]
61st
4
665 +/- 13
Comet Lake [10 Cores / 20 Threads]
59th
3
649 +/- 11
Zen 3 [8 Cores / 16 Threads]
59th
3
648
Zen 2 [12 Cores / 24 Threads]
57th
4
643 +/- 11
Zen 2 [12 Cores / 24 Threads]
55th
10
636 +/- 8
Zen 2 [32 Cores / 64 Threads]
55th
3
634 +/- 2
Zen 2 [24 Cores / 48 Threads]
54th
3
630
Zen 3 [64 Cores / 128 Threads]
52nd
3
629 +/- 1
Zen 2 [16 Cores / 32 Threads]
51st
6
627 +/- 3
Median
50th
627
Zen 2 [4 Cores / 8 Threads]
50th
5
626 +/- 3
Kaby/Coffee/Whiskey Lake [8 Cores / 16 Threads]
50th
4
626
Zen 2 [64 Cores / 128 Threads]
47th
5
611 +/- 3
Zen 2 [8 Cores / 16 Threads]
46th
3
605 +/- 5
Zen 2 [8 Cores / 8 Threads]
44th
4
601 +/- 2
Zen 2 [6 Cores / 12 Threads]
44th
5
600 +/- 4
Kaby/Coffee/Whiskey Lake [6 Cores / 12 Threads]
43rd
3
590
Tiger Lake [4 Cores / 8 Threads]
41st
4
585
Tiger Lake [4 Cores / 8 Threads]
41st
4
584 +/- 2
Zen+ [24 Cores / 48 Threads]
41st
3
584
Zen 2 [6 Cores / 12 Threads]
40th
3
583 +/- 1
Zen 2 [6 Cores / 6 Threads]
38th
3
575 +/- 1
Cascade Lake [18 Cores / 36 Threads]
37th
3
572 +/- 5
Cascade Lake [18 Cores / 36 Threads]
37th
3
572 +/- 8
Zen 2 [8 Cores / 16 Threads]
36th
3
560 +/- 7
Zen 3 [128 Cores / 256 Threads]
33rd
13
551 +/- 1
Comet Lake [4 Cores / 8 Threads]
31st
4
533 +/- 5
Kaby/Coffee/Whiskey Lake [4 Cores / 8 Threads]
29th
3
523 +/- 1
Kaby/Coffee/Whiskey Lake [2 Cores / 8 Threads]
29th
3
517 +/- 17
[8 Cores / 8 Threads]
29th
5
507 +/- 16
Cascade Lake [56 Cores / 112 Threads]
26th
3
496 +/- 6
Low-Tier
25th
< 491
Kaby/Coffee/Whiskey Lake [2 Cores / 4 Threads]
24th
5
489 +/- 1
Cascade Lake [48 Cores / 96 Threads]
23rd
4
487 +/- 1
Zen [2 Cores / 4 Threads]
22nd
4
483 +/- 2
Cascade Lake [16 Cores / 32 Threads]
22nd
4
483 +/- 2
Comet Lake [8 Cores / 16 Threads]
19th
4
465
Ice Lake [80 Cores / 160 Threads]
19th
4
464
Kaby/Coffee/Whiskey Lake [4 Cores / 4 Threads]
18th
5
452 +/- 1
Zen [64 Cores / 128 Threads]
15th
4
418 +/- 2
Cascade Lake [16 Cores / 32 Threads]
14th
4
402 +/- 1
Zen [32 Cores / 64 Threads]
12th
3
393
[4 Cores / 8 Threads]
12th
8
393 +/- 1
[4 Cores / 4 Threads]
8th
6
358
Haswell [16 Cores / 16 Threads]
8th
3
349