Hacker News: aadharshpanhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=aadharshpanHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 18 Oct 2026 03:04:51 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by aadharshpan in "JPEG XL vs. AVIF for web use-cases"]]>A little while ago, I chucked together a comparison game on image file formats (incl a stab at av2 images), encoders, parameters to back out preferences relative to ssimulacra2 and butteraugli: https://aadhar.sh/pixel-peeper

It does seem like AVIFs win on small images, and JXL gives you progressive rendering, easy upgradability on JPEGs, and better lossless and high bitrate images.

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