506
Google's WebP
(lemmy.ml)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 21 May 2025
506 points (99.0% liked)
Memes
51733 readers
1085 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
What compression settings are you using for each? If you're just accepting defaults it's quite possible you're comparing against a lossless webp, which is quite likely to be larger than jpeg at typical quality settings.
I just did a test with the first png I found and it looks like the default were lossless, hence why compression ratio were bad.
Here the webp in smaller than the jpeg and noticeably better. Maybe it would be different for different kinds of picture, with colours, more details and stuff, but here it is clear.
For now I stand corrected, webp is better.
It may not be easy to see because the screenshot isn't perfect, and lemmy compress it further, but the jpg clearly has some artifacts while the webp is slightly blurry.