Is Intel® QuickAssist Technology (Intel® QAT) Used in Cryptsetup* Benchmarks?
Content Type: Maintenance & Performance | Article ID: 000094623 | Last Reviewed: 09/10/2025
Performance of Intel® QAT using cryptsetup benchmark shows a decrease of approximately 40%.
Cryptsetup is an open-source utility used to set up disk encryption based on the dm-crypt kernel module. Intel® QuickAssist Technology (Intel® QAT) is not utilized for dm-crypt and dm-integrity due to memory allocation methods in dm-integrity.