# Different Formats of Compression

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/different-formats-of-compression/201015
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**Created:** [September 17, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/different-formats-of-compression/201015 "2006-09-17T20:07:14Z")
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### Author: ![hsadan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@hsadan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hsadan)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/different-formats-of-compression/201015/1 "2006-09-17T20:07:14Z")

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Besides using different programs and running on different OS, is there any significant differences between the different formats of compression? eg. zip, rar, 7z

is any format generally better (in terms of compression), or at least better at certain types of files?