diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 56b3b5f..b59719a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ BenchmarkHash32K-12      232.87       911.85       3.92x
 BenchmarkHash128K-12     233.37       918.93       3.94x
 ```
 
+### AVX2: Comparison to other hashing techniques
+
+$ go test -bench=Comparison
+BenchmarkComparisonMD5-12    	    1000	   1726121 ns/op	 607.48 MB/s
+BenchmarkComparisonSHA1-12   	     500	   2005164 ns/op	 522.94 MB/s
+BenchmarkComparisonSHA256-12 	     300	   5531036 ns/op	 189.58 MB/s
+BenchmarkComparisonSHA512-12 	     500	   3423030 ns/op	 306.33 MB/s
+BenchmarkComparisonBlake2B-12	    1000	   1232690 ns/op	 850.64 MB/s
+
 Benchmarks below were generated on a MacBook Pro with a 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7.
 
 ### AVX
diff --git a/benchmarks_test.go b/benchmarks_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb1f7e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+ * Minio Cloud Storage, (C) 2016 Minio, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package blake2b
+
+import (
+	"crypto/md5"
+	"crypto/sha1"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"crypto/sha512"
+	"hash"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func benchmarkHash(b *testing.B, hash func() hash.Hash) {
+	b.SetBytes(1024 * 1024)
+	data := make([]byte, 1024)
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		h := hash()
+		for j := 0; j < 1024; j++ {
+			h.Write(data)
+		}
+		h.Sum(nil)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkComparisonMD5(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkHash(b, md5.New)
+}
+
+func BenchmarkComparisonSHA1(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkHash(b, sha1.New)
+}
+
+func BenchmarkComparisonSHA256(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkHash(b, sha256.New)
+}
+
+func BenchmarkComparisonSHA512(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkHash(b, sha512.New)
+}
+
+func BenchmarkComparisonBlake2B(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkHash(b, New512)
+}
+
+// Benchmark blake2b implementation.
+var bench = New512()
+var buf = make([]byte, 128*1024)
+
+func benchmarkSize(b *testing.B, size int) {
+	b.SetBytes(int64(size))
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		bench.Reset()
+		bench.Write(buf[:size])
+		bench.Sum(nil)
+	}
+}
+
+// Benchmark writes of 64 bytes.
+func BenchmarkSize64(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkSize(b, 64)
+}
+
+// Benchmark writes of 128 bytes.
+func BenchmarkSize128(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkSize(b, 128)
+}
+
+// Benchmark writes of 1KiB bytes.
+func BenchmarkSize1K(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkSize(b, 1024)
+}
+
+// Benchmark writes of 8KiB bytes.
+func BenchmarkSize8K(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkSize(b, 8*1024)
+}
+
+// Benchmark writes of 32KiB bytes.
+func BenchmarkSize32K(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkSize(b, 32*1024)
+}
+
+// Benchmark writes of 128KiB bytes.
+func BenchmarkSize128K(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkSize(b, 128*1024)
+}
diff --git a/blake2b_test.go b/blake2b_test.go
index 5ec56fa..63ce6d3 100644
--- a/blake2b_test.go
+++ b/blake2b_test.go
@@ -596,46 +596,3 @@ var goldenKeyed = []string{
 	"d444bfa2362a96df213d070e33fa841f51334e4e76866b8139e8af3bb3398be2dfaddcbc56b9146de9f68118dc5829e74b0c28d7711907b121f9161cb92b69a9",
 	"142709d62e28fcccd0af97fad0f8465b971e82201dc51070faa0372aa43e92484be1c1e73ba10906d5d1853db6a4106e0a7bf9800d373d6dee2d46d62ef2a461",
 }
-
-// Benchmark blake2b implementation.
-var bench = New512()
-var buf = make([]byte, 128*1024)
-
-func benchmarkSize(b *testing.B, size int) {
-	b.SetBytes(int64(size))
-	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		bench.Reset()
-		bench.Write(buf[:size])
-		bench.Sum(nil)
-	}
-}
-
-// Benchmark writes of 64 bytes.
-func BenchmarkHash64(b *testing.B) {
-	benchmarkSize(b, 64)
-}
-
-// Benchmark writes of 128 bytes.
-func BenchmarkHash128(b *testing.B) {
-	benchmarkSize(b, 128)
-}
-
-// Benchmark writes of 1KiB bytes.
-func BenchmarkHash1K(b *testing.B) {
-	benchmarkSize(b, 1024)
-}
-
-// Benchmark writes of 8KiB bytes.
-func BenchmarkHash8K(b *testing.B) {
-	benchmarkSize(b, 8*1024)
-}
-
-// Benchmark writes of 32KiB bytes.
-func BenchmarkHash32K(b *testing.B) {
-	benchmarkSize(b, 32*1024)
-}
-
-// Benchmark writes of 128KiB bytes.
-func BenchmarkHash128K(b *testing.B) {
-	benchmarkSize(b, 128*1024)
-}