Cryptography

Linux 6.19 boosts AES-GCM performance on AMD Zen 3

October 18, 2025 Lisa Kern

The Linux 6.19 kernel delivers up to 74% faster AES-GCM cryptographic performance for AMD Zen 3 processors. This improvement stems from optimizations in the kernel's crypto subsystem. Phoronix reports these gains based on hardware benchmarks.