Ranking best overall compression program method #2 as listed on http://www.maximumcompression.com (21 October 2008) Pos. Program Size (Bytes) Ratio (%) =================================================== 001 PAQ8P 8834436 100.0 002 WinRK 3.0.3 9158952 103.7 003 PAQAR 4.5 9628235 109.0 004 DURILCA 0.5 9828249 111.2 005 SLIM 0.23d 9905919 112.1 006 NanoZip 0.04a 9956363 112.7 007 EPM r9 10179845 115.2 008 LPAQ8 10280109 116.4 009 PPMonstr J rev.1 10389821 117.6 010 RKC 1.02 10411833 117.9 011 CMM4 0.2b 10514487 119.0 012 PIMPLE2 10640280 120.4 013 COMPRESSIA 1.0b 10664630 120.7 014 CCM 1.30c 10736835 121.5 015 Ocamyd 1.66test1 10935918 123.8 016 ENC 0.15 10939309 123.8 017 HIPP 0.5819 10956556 124.0 018 ASH 04a 10966623 124.1 019 UHARC 0.6b 11151014 126.2 020 FreeARC 0.50a 11151634 126.2 021 TC 5.2 dev2 11279556 127.7 022 7-Zip 4.60b 11286551 127.8 023 BEE 0.7.9 11298396 127.9 024 RZM 0.07h 11321527 128.2 025 SQUEEZ 5.5 11373572 128.7 026 STUFFIT 12.0 11381897 128.8 027 RK 1.04.1 11454328 129.7 028 CTXf 0.75 b1 11587323 131.2 029 WinRAR 3.80b5 11601140 131.3 030 BIT 0.3 11633131 131.7 031 Quark 0.95r 11639975 131.8 032 PPMN 1.00b1 km 11733001 132.8 033 GRZipII 0.2.4 11805752 133.6 034 RKUC 1.04 11825088 133.9 035 PPMVC 1.2 11834615 134.0 036 PPMY SSE (9A9) 11835558 134.0 037 PPMd rev J 11868185 134.3 038 777 0.04b1 11887994 134.6 039 RINGS 1.5c 11905847 134.8 040 GRZIP 0.7.3 11915243 134.9 041 BALZ 1.13 11957979 135.4 042 LZPX(J) 1.2h 11977759 135.6 043 FlashZIP 0.91b 11988791 135.7 044 PIM 2.10 12000506 135.8 045 UFA 0.04b1 12033036 136.2 046 Blizzard 0.24b 12035530 136.2 047 BMA 1.35b 12036301 136.2 048 HOOK 1.3 12054323 136.4 049 ICEOWS 4.20b 12094203 136.9 050 BSSC 0.95a 12117125 137.2 051 RKIVE 1.92 12194910 138.0 052 SZIP 1.12 12212231 138.2 053 ACB 2.00c 12215499 138.3 054 UHBC 1.0 12238088 138.5 055 WINZIP 11.0 12296985 139.2 056 CTW 0.1 12309636 139.3 057 SBC 0.970 rev3 12313311 139.4 058 WinHKI 1.74 12352672 139.8 059 LZTurbo 0.92 12373255 140.1 060 M03 12375777 140.1 061 ZZIP 0.36c 12472459 141.2 062 DC 0.99.307b 12497325 141.5 063 BioArc 1.9 12511636 141.6 064 DARK 0.51 12517457 141.7 065 LZPM 0.15 12535698 141.9 066 BBB ver1 12536777 141.9 067 BruteCM 0.1d 12574778 142.3 068 YBS 0.03f 12578095 142.4 069 QC 0.050 12607670 142.7 070 PPMZ2 0.81 12628639 142.9 071 QLFC 6.6w 12640987 143.1 072 Quad 1.12 12647083 143.2 073 TarsaLZP 21Aug2007 12647559 143.2 074 MNZIP 12653353 143.2 075 BA 1.01 12654768 143.2 076 ABC 2.4 12705058 143.8 077 M99 2.2.1 12716248 143.9 078 BOA 0.58b 12731521 144.1 079 ShipInBottle 1.0 b17 12737327 144.2 080 CHILE 0.5 12740959 144.2 081 WINIMP 1.21 12744029 144.3 082 QAZAR 0.0pre5 12749849 144.3 083 DST 0.91b 12768962 144.5 084 CABARC 1.00.0106 12801613 144.9 085 X1 0.95a 12852652 145.5 086 IMP 1.12 12853035 145.5 087 WinTurtle 1.6.0 12924324 146.3 088 M1 0.1a 12953803 146.6 089 DGCA 1.10 12962432 146.7 090 BIX 1.00b7 12966506 146.8 091 MAR 12974461 146.9 092 GCA 0.9k 13033460 147.5 093 ACE 2.04 13052581 147.7 094 WinACE 2.69 13052829 147.7 095 DCGA b8 13092688 148.2 096 QUANTUM 0.97 13100146 148.3 097 TURTLE 0.07 13110829 148.4 098 BICOM 1.01 13121337 148.5 099 BSA 2.00 13144755 148.8 100 ARHANGEL 1.40 13169564 149.1 101 DACT 0.8.41 13173357 149.1 102 NNTC 13237834 149.8 103 OrangeArchiver 1.05 13265652 150.2 104 BWTZIP 13268400 150.2 105 BZIP 0.21 13348813 151.1 106 BZIP2 1.0.5 13379118 151.4 107 PSA 0.91a 13414981 151.8 108 LZXQ 0.4 13487115 152.7 109 PAR 2.00 13491351 152.7 110 EXP 1.0 13502811 152.8 111 PAC 17apr2004 13515568 153.0 112 PACKET 0.90b 13538570 153.2 113 RZIP 2.1 13555841 153.4 114 Tornado 0.4a 13595881 153.9 115 LZDS v2.1 13625557 154.2 116 SR3a 13643600 154.4 117 BZP 0.3 13696214 155.0 118 LGHA 1.1g 13732210 155.4 119 HA 0.999b 13733651 155.5 120 TRANSFORM 1.02 13750394 155.6 121 ASD 0.2.0 13774725 155.9 122 LZAP 0.20.0b 13857867 156.9 123 JAR 1.02 13862146 156.9 124 EXTREME 1.06 13865425 156.9 125 12Ghosts 7.0 13873112 157.0 126 AI 1.1 13890894 157.2 127 CODEC 3.21 13906106 157.4 128 PPMT 0.1 13914385 157.5 129 ARI 2.2 13997766 158.4 130 THOR 0.96 14120888 159.8 131 LZ2A 14144400 160.1 132 KZIP 14-APR-2007 14280477 161.6 133 YAC 1.02 14325263 162.2 134 DCA 1.0.1b 14337289 162.3 135 SEMONE 0.6 14393960 162.9 136 UC II v3.05b 14551136 164.7 137 DeepFreezer 1.06 14555458 164.8 138 LHA32 1.88.3.14 14564115 164.9 139 LHARK 0.4d 14571843 164.9 140 DLC 0.6.1 14672708 166.1 141 SLUG 1.27b 14688487 166.3 142 BJWFLATE 1.54 14753711 167.0 143 RDMC 0.06c 14783483 167.3 144 SYMBRA 0.2 14843240 168.0 145 HIT 2.10 14845671 168.0 146 ZET 0.10b 14865875 168.3 147 LIMIT 1.2 14868331 168.3 148 PKZIP 2.50 14868451 168.3 149 ZAP32 0.15.0b 14871952 168.3 150 AMG 2.2 14872858 168.4 151 HuffComp 1.3 14878310 168.4 152 DZIP 2.90 14928634 169.0 153 vuZIP 1.8 14930430 169.0 154 EAZEL 1.0 14930765 169.0 155 LHA 2.67 14939058 169.1 156 GZIP 1.3.5 14948376 169.2 157 ZIP 2.2 14948761 169.2 158 AIN 2.32 14964305 169.4 159 ESP 1.92 14970505 169.5 160 WINZIP 8.0 14994002 169.7 161 JCALG1 5.32 15047102 170.3 162 ARJ 2.84 15059672 170.5 163 WIN-GZ 1.2 15087157 170.8 164 File2Pack 2.0 15088358 170.8 165 BCArchive 1.08.7 15147600 171.5 166 RAX 1.02 15184339 171.9 167 Windows XP built-in 15283775 173.0 168 HAP 3.06 15290714 173.1 169 BVI 1.70 15461581 175.0 170 aPLib 0.43 15567219 176.2 171 ALZip 7.0 15619459 176.8 172 XPA 1.0.2 15623505 176.8 173 LZA 1.01 15701975 177.7 174 Chaos Comp 3.0 15830671 179.2 175 LCSSR 0.2 15842346 179.3 176 AR 1.0 15989247 181.0 177 SAR 1.0 15989247 181.0 178 ZOO 2.1 15990584 181.0 179 Archiver 1.0 16028708 181.4 180 BAR 1.1.2 16038084 181.5 181 HiP beta 1 16113154 182.4 182 HYPER 2.5 16469406 186.4 183 LZOP 1.02rc1 16605317 188.0 184 LZC 0.08 16895049 191.2 185 ERI 5.1fre 17317756 196.0 186 QuickLZ 1.40b9 17325712 196.1 187 ARX 1.0 17360261 196.5 188 Secura 1.7 17748104 200.9 189 CA-ZIP 3.4 17897153 202.6 190 CODER 1.1 18150341 205.4 191 BigCrunch 0.4a1 19003791 215.1 192 BriefLZ 1.04 19150759 216.8 193 LCW 0.2 19503456 220.8 194 LZ 1.0 20402392 230.9 195 SRANK 1.0 21222999 240.2 196 LZRW1 24878204 281.6 197 Shindlet 36659263 415.0 198 SHcodec 1.0.1 38815350 439.4 The above list doesn't include clones of a program (like PAQ clones WinUDA, KGB and Emilcont), 'light' versions (like Durilca Light and PPMs) and programs without an own compression format (like PowerArchiver, TUGzip). If you still think I missed a program please let me know!. PS. Most of these clones and light versions are included in the multiple file compression (MFC) test found on the site. ©2003-2008 Maximum Compression Werner Bergmans