| Name of compression program |
Last tested version |
Practical usage parameters |
Compression speed (KB/s) |
Decompression speed (KB/s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAR | 3.70 beta 5 | -m3 | 5527.6 | 72547.2 |
| RAR | 3.70 beta 5 | -m2 | 7918.0 | 71534.9 |
| RAR | 3.70 beta 5 | -m1 | 24521.7 | 54116.8 |
| 7-Zip (LZMA) | 4.45 alpha 1 | -t7z -mx9 | 2162.3 | 48609.4 |
| 7-Zip (LZMA) | 4.45 alpha 1 | -t7z -mx7 | 2269.8 | 47853.1 |
| 7-Zip (LZMA) | 4.45 alpha 1 | -t7z -mx5 | 3021.0 | 46691.0 |
| 7-Zip (LZMA) | 4.45 alpha 1 | -t7z -mx3 | 9870.4 | 39741.6 |
| 7-Zip (LZMA) | 4.45 alpha 1 | -t7z -mx1 | 10361.1 | 31209.4 |
| LibMComp (ROLZ2) | 2.3 | -mfx | 459.5 | 26982.5 |
| LibMComp (ROLZ2) | 2.3 | -mf | 604.6 | 25927.2 |
| Quad | 1.10 | x | 1994.1 | 25296.1 |
| LibMComp (ROLZ2) | 2.3 | -mff | 4582.0 | 25204.9 |
| Quad | 1.10 | 8419.1 | 24467.1 | |
| LibMComp (ROLZ3) | 2.3 | -mf3x | 384.0 | 13355.3 |
| LibMComp (ROLZ3) | 2.3 | -mf3 | 500.4 | 13274.6 |
| UHARC (LZP) | 0.6b | -mz | 14217.0 | 13217.6 |
| LibMComp (ROLZ3) | 2.3 | -mf3f | 3773.1 | 13100.5 |
| UHARC (ALZ) | 0.6b | -m3 | 1024.0 | 12569.5 |
| UHARC (ALZ) | 0.6b | -m2 | 1281.3 | 12198.6 |
| UHARC (ALZ) | 0.6b | -m1 | 1755.9 | 11950.3 |
| SBC | 0.970 rev 2 | -m1 | 5592.3 | 11907.7 |
| SBC | 0.970 rev 2 | -m2 | 4755.4 | 11798.1 |
| RAR | 3.70 beta 5 | -m4 | 4951.1 | 10910.9 |
| BMA | 1.33 beta | 6236.8 | 10022.2 | |
| RAR | 3.70 beta 5 | -m5 | 4467.6 | 9491.5 |
| Fast PPMII | variant J rev 1 | -o4 | 10653.9 | 9243.9 |
| DGCA | 1.10 | 2331.6 | 9210.7 | |
| SBC | 0.970 rev 2 | -m3 | 3091.6 | 8872.7 |
| Fast PPMII | variant J rev 1 | -o8 | 7773.2 | 7015.8 |
| M99 | 2.1 | 3254.9 | 5115.8 | |
| Fast PPMII | variant J rev 1 | -o16 | 5507.4 | 5059.2 |
| M99 | 2.1 | -f | 3459.9 | 4971.2 |
| QC | 050 | -4 | 2475.1 | 4224.6 |
| QC | 050 | -2 | 3210.1 | 3886.0 |
| QC | 050 | -6 | 1266.4 | 3168.4 |
| CCM | 1.21 | 1985.4 | 2070.0 | |
| UHARC (PPM) | 0.6b | -mx | 1233.2 | 1858.7 |
| Hook | 0.8d | 800 1 0 | 1934.1 | 1821.6 |
| LibMComp (FPW4) | 2.3 | -mfpw4 | 340.7 | 1517.1 |
| CCM | 1.21 | x | 1476.2 | 1515.9 |
| QC | 050 | -8 | 428.6 | 1408.9 |
| LibMComp (FPW3) | 2.3 | -mfpw3 | 195.9 | 504.3 |
| LibMComp (FPW2) | 2.3 | -mfpw2 | 112.6 | 224.9 |
| LibMComp (FPW1) | 2.3 | -mfpw1 | 73.9 | 124.2 |
| PAQ | 8l | -1 | 88.8 | 89.0 |
| LibMComp (PWCM) | 2.3 | -mx | 20.0 | 19.8 |
| PAQ | 8l | -4 | 11.9 | 12.0 |
