# Question - EPS vs PDF

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-eps-vs-pdf/267970>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [August 7, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-eps-vs-pdf/267970 "2008-08-07T18:31:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-eps-vs-pdf/267970/1 "2008-08-07T18:31:59Z")

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Ever notice how you can save an illustrator file as a PDF or an EPS, and they look the same, but the PDF’s file size will be less than a 1 Mb, while the EPS is close to 5 Mb? I understand that the EPS embeds fonts, images, etc, but in this case the file is all paths and there’s still a huge difference in file sizes. Does anyone know why? It’s just something I’ve been curious about for a long time.