News:

  • October 13, 2025, 05:32:22 PM

Login with username, password and session length

Author Topic: Checksum Algorithm perfomance  (Read 1144 times)

etElMadr

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 37
Checksum Algorithm perfomance
« on: August 30, 2022, 08:42:13 PM »
Which checksum alogorithm has the least computational cost? 

BobO

  • Host Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6126
  • Yes Pinky, Do-more will control the world!
Re: Checksum Algorithm perfomance
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2022, 04:11:53 PM »
Not sure without profiling, but I'd guess that the 32 bit checksum would be fastest, although anything other than CRCs is likely faster than CRCs.
"It has recently come to our attention that users spend 95% of their time using 5% of the available features. That might be relevant." -BobO