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JPEG XL has arrived on the web, but how does it stack up against AVIF? jakearchibald.com/2026/jpeg-xl...

jakearchibald.comJPEG XL vs AVIF for web use-casesJPEG XL has landed, but how does it compare?

It takes my breath away how good these encoders are. I had to zoom in very far to notice any difference whatsoever while moving this slider.

15/10/26, 1:35 pm0 reposts6 likes

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Oh at smaller widths it's realllllly hard to tell

Okay, “use AVIF” is what I’ve taken away from that. Good stuff, as always sir.

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That's pretty much the summary