Is calculating an MD5 hash less CPU intensive than SHA-1 or SHA-2?

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Published on 2010-04-27T16:19:09Z Indexed on 2010/06/05 15:02 UTC
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Is calculating an MD5 hash less CPU intensive than SHA-1 or SHA-2 on "standard" laptop x86 hardware? I'm interested in general information, not specific to a certain chip.

UPDATE: In my case, I'm interested in calculating the hash of a file. If file-size matters, let's assume its 300K.

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