Benchmark: Scalar vs SIMD XOR Cipher Throughput
Best speedup (SIMD 256)
~13x
at 256B payload
Best speedup (unrolled)
~16x
at 4KB payload
Peak throughput
19.5 GB/s
unrolled @ 16MB
Scalar (byte loop)
SIMD 256-bit
SIMD 256 unrolled
Scalar
SIMD 256
SIMD unrolled