The following results are obtained with lzbench 1.8 with the -t16,16 -eall options using 1 core of Intel Core i7-8700K, Ubuntu 18.04.3 64-bit, and clang 9.0.1
with "silesia.tar" which contains tarred files from Silesia compression corpus.
The results are sorted by ratio. The results in bold show pareto frontier on compression ratio.
| Compressor name | Compress. | Decompress. | Compr. size | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lzlib 1.11 -9 | 1.82 MB/s | 76 MB/s | 48296889 | 22.79 |
| fastlzma2 1.0.1 -10 | 3.99 MB/s | 105 MB/s | 48666065 | 22.96 |
| lzma 19.00 -9 | 2.66 MB/s | 107 MB/s | 48707450 | 22.98 |
| xz 5.2.4 -9 | 2.62 MB/s | 88 MB/s | 48745306 | 23.00 |
| fastlzma2 1.0.1 -8 | 5.18 MB/s | 103 MB/s | 49126740 | 23.18 |
| xz 5.2.4 -6 | 2.95 MB/s | 89 MB/s | 49195929 | 23.21 |
| lzma 19.00 -5 | 3.28 MB/s | 103 MB/s | 49710307 | 23.45 |
| lzlib 1.11 -6 | 2.82 MB/s | 74 MB/s | 49777495 | 23.49 |
| csc 2016-10-13 -5 | 3.86 MB/s | 77 MB/s | 49801577 | 23.50 |
| brotli 2019-10-01 -11 | 0.63 MB/s | 451 MB/s | 50412404 | 23.79 |
| fastlzma2 1.0.1 -5 | 7.44 MB/s | 103 MB/s | 51209571 | 24.16 |
| zstd 1.4.3 -22 | 2.28 MB/s | 865 MB/s | 52738312 | 24.88 |
| tornado 0.6a -16 | 2.15 MB/s | 207 MB/s | 53257046 | 25.13 |
| csc 2016-10-13 -3 | 9.38 MB/s | 71 MB/s | 53477914 | 25.23 |
| zstd 1.4.3 -18 | 3.58 MB/s | 912 MB/s | 53690572 | 25.33 |
| fastlzma2 1.0.1 -3 | 11 MB/s | 94 MB/s | 54023837 | 25.49 |
| bzip2 1.0.8 -9 | 15 MB/s | 41 MB/s | 54572811 | 25.75 |
| lzham 1.0 -d26 -1 | 2.98 MB/s | 340 MB/s | 54740589 | 25.83 |
| tornado 0.6a -13 | 6.94 MB/s | 202 MB/s | 55614072 | 26.24 |
| bzip2 1.0.8 -5 | 16 MB/s | 44 MB/s | 55724395 | 26.29 |
| xz 5.2.4 -3 | 6.76 MB/s | 84 MB/s | 55745125 | 26.30 |
| csc 2016-10-13 -1 | 21 MB/s | 73 MB/s | 56201092 | 26.52 |
| lzlib 1.11 -3 | 6.81 MB/s | 69 MB/s | 56320674 | 26.57 |
| brotli 2019-10-01 -8 | 10 MB/s | 533 MB/s | 57140168 | 26.96 |
| zstd 1.4.3 -15 | 7.12 MB/s | 1024 MB/s | 57167422 | 26.97 |
| lzma 19.00 -4 | 14 MB/s | 95 MB/s | 57201645 | 26.99 |
| tornado 0.6a -10 | 5.73 MB/s | 192 MB/s | 57588241 | 27.17 |
| lzma 19.00 -2 | 25 MB/s | 91 MB/s | 58867911 | 27.77 |
| tornado 0.6a -7 | 16 MB/s | 194 MB/s | 59026325 | 27.85 |
| fastlzma2 1.0.1 -1 | 23 MB/s | 90 MB/s | 59030954 | 27.85 |
| zstd 1.4.3 -11 | 20 MB/s | 1001 MB/s | 59239357 | 27.95 |
| brotli 2019-10-01 -5 | 35 MB/s | 520 MB/s | 59568603 | 28.11 |
| bzip2 1.0.8 -1 | 18 MB/s | 52 MB/s | 60484813 | 28.54 |
| zling 2018-10-12 -4 | 46 MB/s | 226 MB/s | 60626768 | 28.60 |
| lizard 1.0 -49 | 1.95 MB/s | 1729 MB/s | 60679215 | 28.63 |
| zstd 1.4.3 -8 | 46 MB/s | 1055 MB/s | 60757793 | 28.67 |
| zling 2018-10-12 -3 | 53 MB/s | 226 MB/s | 60999828 | 28.78 |
| xpack 2016-06-02 -9 | 17 MB/s | 1116 MB/s | 61240928 | 28.89 |
| zling 2018-10-12 -2 | 60 MB/s | 225 MB/s | 61503093 | 29.02 |
| zling 2018-10-12 -1 | 67 MB/s | 221 MB/s | 62022546 | 29.26 |
| xpack 2016-06-02 -6 | 43 MB/s | 1086 MB/s | 62213845 | 29.35 |
| tornado 0.6a -6 | 34 MB/s | 195 MB/s | 62364583 | 29.42 |
| xz 5.2.4 -0 | 24 MB/s | 70 MB/s | 62579435 | 29.53 |
| zling 2018-10-12 -0 | 75 MB/s | 216 MB/s | 62990590 | 29.72 |
| crush 1.0 -2 | 0.82 MB/s | 468 MB/s | 63746223 | 30.08 |
| lzlib 1.11 -0 | 36 MB/s | 61 MB/s | 63847386 | 30.12 |
| zstd 1.4.3 -5 | 104 MB/s | 932 MB/s | 63993747 | 30.19 |
| lzma 19.00 -0 | 34 MB/s | 80 MB/s | 64013917 | 30.20 |
| lzham 1.0 -d26 -0 | 11 MB/s | 271 MB/s | 64089870 | 30.24 |
| tornado 0.6a -5 | 51 MB/s | 195 MB/s | 64129604 | 30.26 |
| libdeflate 1.3 -12 | 7.39 MB/s | 900 MB/s | 64801629 | 30.57 |
| brieflz 1.2.0 -8 | 0.46 MB/s | 473 MB/s | 64912139 | 30.63 |
| libdeflate 1.3 -9 | 16 MB/s | 898 MB/s | 65701539 | 31.00 |
| crush 1.0 -1 | 6.11 MB/s | 455 MB/s | 66494412 | 31.37 |
| brieflz 1.2.0 -6 | 19 MB/s | 468 MB/s | 67208420 | 31.71 |
| lizard 1.0 -45 | 17 MB/s | 1810 MB/s | 67317588 | 31.76 |
| lzfse 2017-03-08 | 90 MB/s | 934 MB/s | 67624281 | 31.91 |
| zlib 1.2.11 -9 | 14 MB/s | 404 MB/s | 67644548 | 31.92 |
| libdeflate 1.3 -6 | 99 MB/s | 924 MB/s | 67928189 | 32.05 |
| brotli 2019-10-01 -2 | 154 MB/s | 485 MB/s | 68060686 | 32.11 |
| zlib 1.2.11 -6 | 35 MB/s | 407 MB/s | 68228431 | 32.19 |
| lizard 1.0 -29 | 2.07 MB/s | 2697 MB/s | 68694227 | 32.41 |
| zstd 1.4.3 -2 | 356 MB/s | 1067 MB/s | 69594511 | 32.84 |
| ucl_nrv2e 1.03 -9 | 2.13 MB/s | 429 MB/s | 69645134 | 32.86 |
| lizard 1.0 -39 | 4.37 MB/s | 2475 MB/s | 69807522 | 32.94 |
| ucl_nrv2d 1.03 -9 | 2.09 MB/s | 422 MB/s | 70053895 | 33.05 |
| tornado 0.6a -4 | 133 MB/s | 310 MB/s | 70513617 | 33.27 |
| libdeflate 1.3 -3 | 161 MB/s | 912 MB/s | 70668968 | 33.34 |
| ucl_nrv2b 1.03 -9 | 2.09 MB/s | 407 MB/s | 71031195 | 33.51 |
| xpack 2016-06-02 -1 | 171 MB/s | 890 MB/s | 71090065 | 33.54 |
| tornado 0.6a -3 | 186 MB/s | 301 MB/s | 72662044 | 34.28 |
| crush 1.0 -0 | 53 MB/s | 413 MB/s | 73064603 | 34.47 |
| ucl_nrv2e 1.03 -6 | 21 MB/s | 391 MB/s | 73302012 | 34.58 |
| libdeflate 1.3 -1 | 201 MB/s | 865 MB/s | 73318371 | 34.59 |
| lizard 1.0 -42 | 131 MB/s | 1621 MB/s | 73350988 | 34.61 |
| zstd 1.4.3 -1 | 480 MB/s | 1203 MB/s | 73508823 | 34.68 |
| ucl_nrv2d 1.03 -6 | 21 MB/s | 386 MB/s | 73757673 | 34.80 |
| ucl_nrv2b 1.03 -6 | 20 MB/s | 375 MB/s | 73902185 | 34.87 |
| lizard 1.0 -35 | 95 MB/s | 2279 MB/s | 74563583 | 35.18 |
| lzo1z 2.10 -999 | 8.67 MB/s | 814 MB/s | 75061331 | 35.42 |
| lzo1x 2.10 -999 | 8.76 MB/s | 827 MB/s | 75301903 | 35.53 |
| lzsse8 2019-04-18 -12 | 9.86 MB/s | 4491 MB/s | 75464339 | 35.61 |
| lzsse8 2019-04-18 -16 | 9.90 MB/s | 4461 MB/s | 75464339 | 35.61 |
| lzsse8 2019-04-18 -6 | 10 MB/s | 4503 MB/s | 75469717 | 35.61 |
| lzo1y 2.10 -999 | 8.87 MB/s | 822 MB/s | 75503849 | 35.62 |
| brieflz 1.2.0 -3 | 108 MB/s | 436 MB/s | 75550736 | 35.65 |
| lzsse2 2019-04-18 -16 | 9.82 MB/s | 3762 MB/s | 75829973 | 35.78 |
| lzsse2 2019-04-18 -12 | 9.74 MB/s | 3754 MB/s | 75829973 | 35.78 |
| lzsse2 2019-04-18 -6 | 10 MB/s | 3741 MB/s | 75837101 | 35.78 |
| lizard 1.0 -25 | 18 MB/s | 2853 MB/s | 75867915 | 35.80 |
| lzsse4 2019-04-18 -16 | 10 MB/s | 4291 MB/s | 76113017 | 35.91 |
| lzsse4 2019-04-18 -12 | 10 MB/s | 4272 MB/s | 76113017 | 35.91 |
| lzsse4 2019-04-18 -6 | 10 MB/s | 4272 MB/s | 76118298 | 35.91 |
| lzmat 1.01 | 38 MB/s | 479 MB/s | 76485353 | 36.09 |
| lzo1b 2.10 -999 | 12 MB/s | 945 MB/s | 76594292 | 36.14 |
| zlib 1.2.11 -1 | 119 MB/s | 383 MB/s | 77259029 | 36.45 |
| lz4hc 1.9.2 -12 | 11 MB/s | 4427 MB/s | 77262620 | 36.45 |
| lizard 1.0 -19 | 4.60 MB/s | 4043 MB/s | 77416400 | 36.53 |
| lz4hc 1.9.2 -9 | 33 MB/s | 4378 MB/s | 77884448 | 36.75 |
| brotli 2019-10-01 -0 | 420 MB/s | 419 MB/s | 78433298 | 37.01 |
| lizard 1.0 -32 | 193 MB/s | 1641 MB/s | 78652654 | 37.11 |
| lz4hc 1.9.2 -4 | 81 MB/s | 4210 MB/s | 79807909 | 37.65 |
| lzo1c 2.10 -999 | 24 MB/s | 878 MB/s | 80396741 | 37.93 |
| lzvn 2017-03-08 | 73 MB/s | 1223 MB/s | 80814609 | 38.13 |
| lizard 1.0 -40 | 354 MB/s | 1497 MB/s | 80843049 | 38.14 |
| lzo1f 2.10 -999 | 21 MB/s | 833 MB/s | 80890206 | 38.17 |
| brieflz 1.2.0 -1 | 197 MB/s | 431 MB/s | 81138803 | 38.28 |
| lizard 1.0 -15 | 85 MB/s | 4081 MB/s | 81187330 | 38.31 |
| ucl_nrv2e 1.03 -1 | 59 MB/s | 330 MB/s | 81195560 | 38.31 |
| ucl_nrv2d 1.03 -1 | 59 MB/s | 333 MB/s | 81461976 | 38.43 |
| ucl_nrv2b 1.03 -1 | 58 MB/s | 322 MB/s | 81703168 | 38.55 |
| quicklz 1.5.0 -3 | 59 MB/s | 1069 MB/s | 81822241 | 38.60 |
| lzsse8 2019-04-18 -1 | 19 MB/s | 4166 MB/s | 81866245 | 38.63 |
| lzsse4 2019-04-18 -1 | 21 MB/s | 3965 MB/s | 82542106 | 38.94 |
| lzo2a 2.10 -999 | 27 MB/s | 667 MB/s | 82809337 | 39.07 |
| lzg 1.0.10 -8 | 9.30 MB/s | 762 MB/s | 83606901 | 39.45 |
| lz4hc 1.9.2 -1 | 131 MB/s | 4071 MB/s | 83803769 | 39.54 |
| yalz77 2015-09-19 -12 | 24 MB/s | 518 MB/s | 84050625 | 39.66 |
| quicklz 1.5.0 -2 | 286 MB/s | 708 MB/s | 84555627 | 39.89 |
| lizard 1.0 -22 | 149 MB/s | 2904 MB/s | 84866725 | 40.04 |
| yalz77 2015-09-19 -8 | 35 MB/s | 532 MB/s | 85153287 | 40.18 |
| lzo1b 2.10 -99 | 126 MB/s | 839 MB/s | 85653376 | 40.41 |
| lizard 1.0 -30 | 453 MB/s | 1414 MB/s | 85727429 | 40.45 |
| lizard 1.0 -12 | 179 MB/s | 3955 MB/s | 86232422 | 40.69 |
| yalz77 2015-09-19 -4 | 56 MB/s | 539 MB/s | 87392632 | 41.23 |
| density 0.14.2 -3 | 432 MB/s | 529 MB/s | 87649866 | 41.35 |
| gipfeli 2016-07-13 | 403 MB/s | 663 MB/s | 87931759 | 41.49 |
| lzsse2 2019-04-18 -1 | 24 MB/s | 3276 MB/s | 87976095 | 41.51 |
| lzo1c 2.10 -99 | 110 MB/s | 828 MB/s | 88112288 | 41.57 |
| lzo1b 2.10 -9 | 186 MB/s | 816 MB/s | 89261884 | 42.12 |
| lzg 1.0.10 -6 | 29 MB/s | 702 MB/s | 89490220 | 42.22 |
| tornado 0.6a -2 | 300 MB/s | 488 MB/s | 90076660 | 42.50 |
| pithy 2011-12-24 -9 | 400 MB/s | 2256 MB/s | 90360813 | 42.63 |
| lzrw 15-Jul-1991 -5 | 150 MB/s | 677 MB/s | 90818810 | 42.85 |
| lzo1c 2.10 -9 | 169 MB/s | 820 MB/s | 91040386 | 42.95 |
| lzo1b 2.10 -6 | 244 MB/s | 823 MB/s | 91382355 | 43.12 |
| pithy 2011-12-24 -6 | 483 MB/s | 2221 MB/s | 92090898 | 43.45 |
| lzo1a 2.10 -99 | 121 MB/s | 869 MB/s | 92666265 | 43.72 |
| lzo1c 2.10 -6 | 211 MB/s | 819 MB/s | 93303623 | 44.02 |
| yalz77 2015-09-19 -1 | 105 MB/s | 578 MB/s | 93952728 | 44.33 |
| lzo1b 2.10 -3 | 255 MB/s | 821 MB/s | 94044578 | 44.37 |
| quicklz 1.5.0 -1 | 550 MB/s | 715 MB/s | 94720562 | 44.69 |
| lzo1 2.10 -99 | 123 MB/s | 857 MB/s | 94946129 | 44.80 |
| lzg 1.0.10 -4 | 53 MB/s | 655 MB/s | 95930551 | 45.26 |
| slz_zlib 1.0.0 -3 | 293 MB/s | 379 MB/s | 96187780 | 45.38 |
| lzo1c 2.10 -3 | 262 MB/s | 829 MB/s | 96716153 | 45.63 |
| slz_zlib 1.0.0 -2 | 297 MB/s | 378 MB/s | 96863094 | 45.70 |
| lizard 1.0 -20 | 481 MB/s | 2985 MB/s | 96924204 | 45.73 |
| lzo1b 2.10 -1 | 257 MB/s | 805 MB/s | 97036087 | 45.78 |
| pithy 2011-12-24 -3 | 597 MB/s | 2083 MB/s | 97255186 | 45.89 |
| yappy 2014-03-22 -100 | 96 MB/s | 3001 MB/s | 98672514 | 46.56 |
| lzo1c 2.10 -1 | 269 MB/s | 812 MB/s | 99550904 | 46.97 |
| slz_zlib 1.0.0 -1 | 301 MB/s | 380 MB/s | 99657958 | 47.02 |
| lzo1f 2.10 -1 | 244 MB/s | 793 MB/s | 99743329 | 47.06 |
| yappy 2014-03-22 -10 | 128 MB/s | 2969 MB/s | 100018673 | 47.19 |
| lzrw 15-Jul-1991 -4 | 392 MB/s | 630 MB/s | 100131356 | 47.24 |
| lzo1x 2.10 -1 | 680 MB/s | 868 MB/s | 100572537 | 47.45 |
| lz4 1.9.2 | 737 MB/s | 4448 MB/s | 100880800 | 47.60 |
| fastlz 0.1 -2 | 368 MB/s | 811 MB/s | 100906072 | 47.61 |
| lzo1y 2.10 -1 | 674 MB/s | 863 MB/s | 101258318 | 47.78 |
| lzo1x 2.10 -15 | 699 MB/s | 871 MB/s | 101462094 | 47.87 |
| density 0.14.2 -2 | 933 MB/s | 1433 MB/s | 101651444 | 47.96 |
| lzf 3.6 -1 | 398 MB/s | 914 MB/s | 102041092 | 48.14 |
| snappy 2019-09-30 | 591 MB/s | 1868 MB/s | 102146767 | 48.19 |
| pithy 2011-12-24 -0 | 647 MB/s | 2084 MB/s | 103072463 | 48.63 |
| lzo1x 2.10 -12 | 717 MB/s | 875 MB/s | 103238859 | 48.71 |
| lizard 1.0 -10 | 635 MB/s | 4173 MB/s | 103402971 | 48.79 |
| lzo1a 2.10 -1 | 309 MB/s | 811 MB/s | 104202251 | 49.16 |
| fastlz 0.1 -1 | 341 MB/s | 806 MB/s | 104628084 | 49.37 |
| lzrw 15-Jul-1991 -3 | 381 MB/s | 726 MB/s | 105424168 | 49.74 |
| lzf 3.6 -0 | 400 MB/s | 869 MB/s | 105682088 | 49.86 |
| yappy 2014-03-22 -1 | 165 MB/s | 2809 MB/s | 105750956 | 49.89 |
| lzo1 2.10 -1 | 308 MB/s | 799 MB/s | 106474519 | 50.24 |
| lzo1x 2.10 -11 | 735 MB/s | 893 MB/s | 106604629 | 50.30 |
| lz4fast 1.9.2 -3 | 838 MB/s | 4423 MB/s | 107066190 | 50.52 |
| tornado 0.6a -1 | 437 MB/s | 520 MB/s | 107381846 | 50.66 |
| lzg 1.0.10 -1 | 91 MB/s | 653 MB/s | 108553667 | 51.22 |
| wflz 2015-09-16 | 305 MB/s | 1183 MB/s | 109605264 | 51.71 |
| lzrw 15-Jul-1991 -1 | 317 MB/s | 646 MB/s | 113761625 | 53.67 |
| lzjb 2010 | 394 MB/s | 601 MB/s | 122671613 | 57.88 |
| lz4fast 1.9.2 -17 | 1201 MB/s | 4632 MB/s | 131732802 | 62.15 |
| density 0.14.2 -1 | 2214 MB/s | 2677 MB/s | 133042166 | 62.77 |
| blosclz 2.0.0 -9 | 403 MB/s | 1037 MB/s | 135557850 | 63.96 |
| blosclz 2.0.0 -6 | 412 MB/s | 1083 MB/s | 137571765 | 64.91 |
| shrinker 0.1 | 985 MB/s | 3180 MB/s | 172535778 | 81.40 |
| blosclz 2.0.0 -3 | 1073 MB/s | 5909 MB/s | 199437330 | 94.10 |
| blosclz 2.0.0 -1 | 6485 MB/s | 7959 MB/s | 211947520 | 100.00 |