Performance
We compared 7-Zip with WinRAR 5.20.
FILE SETS: Mozilla Firefox 34.0.5 for Windows and Google Earth 6.2.2.6613 for Windows.
| Archiver | Mozilla Firefox | Google Earth | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 files 85 280 391 bytes |
483 files 110 700 519 bytes |
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| Compressed size | Ratio | Compressed size | Ratio | |
| 7-Zip 9.35 -mx |
39 357 375 | 100% | 15 964 369 | 100% |
| WinRAR 5.20 -m5 -s -ma5 -md128m |
41 789 543 | 106% | 17 035 432 | 107% |
Compression ratio results are very dependent upon the data used for the tests. Usually, 7-Zip compresses to 7z format 30-70% better than to zip format. And 7-Zip compresses to zip format 2-10% better than most of other zip compatible programs.