AESCrypt encryption speed
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:27 pm
Hello, people! First, I want to thank you all for the AESCrypt tool.
I was comparing encryption speeds of various tools on my machine and the result was:
I do not know why aescrypt is so much slower. Could anyone explain why?
Thank you!
I was comparing encryption speeds of various tools on my machine and the result was:
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Tool Encryption speed Decryption speed
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aescrypt (AES-256) 45 MB/s 43 MB/s
ccrypt (AES-256) 44 MB/s 44 MB/s
openssl (AES-256) 133 MB/s 131 MB/s
GnuPG (AES-128) 126 MB/s 76 MB/s
GnuPG (AES-192) 99 MB/s 64 MB/s
GnuPG (AES-256) 92 MB/s 62 MB/s
Thank you!