This was inspired by the excellent work of Hive Systems. I wanted to know how some other algorithms measured up, specifically the Windows password hash algorithm. So this page will generate a table for any hash speed that you want. If you didn't know, Windows is still using the same password hash algorithm that was first introduced with Windows NT 3.1 in 1993!

Hardware:
Count:
Algorithm:

Hash rate: 1 GH/s
Number of Characters Numbers Only Lowercase Letters Numbers, Lowercase Letters Upper and Lowercase Letters Numbers, Upper and Lowercase Letters Numbers, Upper and Lowercase Letters, Symbols
1 Instantly Instantly Instantly Instantly Instantly Instantly
2 Instantly Instantly Instantly Instantly Instantly Instantly
3 Instantly Instantly Instantly Instantly Instantly Instantly
4 Instantly Instantly Instantly Instantly Instantly Instantly
5 Instantly Instantly Instantly Instantly Instantly 3 secs
6 Instantly Instantly 2 secs 19 secs 54 secs 3 mins
7 Instantly 8 secs 1 mins 16 mins 56 mins 4 hours
8 Instantly 3 mins 45 mins 14 hours 2 days 2 weeks
9 Instantly 1 hours 1 days 1 months 5 months 3 years
10 10 secs 2 days 1 months 4 years 25 years 221 years
11 2 mins 1 months 4 years 227 years 2 ka 17 ka
12 16 mins 3 years 143 years 12 ka 98 ka 1 Ma
13 3 hours 75 years 5 ka 614 ka 6 Ma 101 Ma
14 1 days 2 ka 186 ka 32 Ma 375 Ma 8 Ga
15 2 weeks 51 ka 7 Ma 2 Ga 23 Ga 599 Ga
16 4 months 1 Ma 241 Ma 86 Ga 1 Ta 46 Ta
17 3 years 34 Ma 9 Ga 4 Ta 89 Ta 4 Pa
18 30 years 891 Ma 312 Ga 234 Ta 6 Pa 274 Pa
19 302 years 23 Ga 11 Ta 12 Pa 343 Pa 21 Ea
20 3 ka 602 Ga 404 Ta 632 Pa 21 Ea 2 Za
21 30 ka 16 Ta 15 Pa 33 Ea 1 Za 125 Za
22 302 ka 407 Ta 524 Pa 2 Za 82 Za 10 Ya
23 3 Ma 11 Pa 19 Ea 89 Za 5 Ya 741 Ya