Thread: Change AZW3 compression algorithm?
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Old 11-18-2019, 11:42 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
One thing you should be aware of is that with higher compression comes more processor usage and more battery usage to decompress. It's not worth it for the pittance in space you'd save.
That is not true in all cases.

A compression algorithm specialized for particular input data might produce smaller output while using less CPU than a general compression algorithm.

It is very common for compression algorithms that squeeze out a bit more compression at the cost of a lot of CPU to have decompressors that use little or no additional CPU.
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