7zip 32 & 64 bit7zip is by far the best compression tool ever made! I have some comparisons here ~> Which Zip Program is the best?Supported formats:Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ,... more7zip 32 & 64 bit7zip is by far the best compression tool ever made! I have some comparisons here ~> Which Zip Program is the best?Supported formats:Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIMUnpacking only: AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VMDK, WIM, XAR and Z.For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZipStrong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formatsSelf-extracting capability for 7z formatIntegration with Windows ShellPowerful File ManagerPowerful command line versionPlugin for FAR ManagerLocalizations for 87 languages7-Zip works in Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP / 2016 / 2012 / 2008 / 2003 / 2000 / NT.7zip 64 & 32 bit7zip for 64 bit Windows Vista - 7 - 8 - 8.1, 10 & 11You can download it from:https://www.7-zip.org/ less
I always hear WinRar is so good, then WinZip is best, peazip is best... Well in the real world it's 7zip! I need something with great compression I DON'T care if it's pretty! So... moreI always hear WinRar is so good, then WinZip is best, peazip is best... Well in the real world it's 7zip! I need something with great compression I DON'T care if it's pretty! So I took a few folders and compressed them using the best compression each program offered. Using the 64bit versions if they had them.7zip 64bit, WinRar 64bit, PeaZip 64bit.Updated compression tests with a larger folder and file sizes. 7zip 64 bitversion 16.04 64bit http://www.7-zip.org WinRar 64 bit version 5.50 64bit https://www.win-rar.com Winzip 32 bit version 22 32bit - 21 trial http://www.winzip.comPeaZip 64 bit version 6.5.0 64bit http://www.peazip.org 01-08-2018 original file size on disk 5.07 GB or 5,446,914,048 bytes, 8546 Files, 1,775 folders.7zip...........4.41GB.....time 03:32 minutes .7z (Ultra) (Dictionary size 32 MB 4.55GB - 2:07)7zip...........5.05GB.....time 00:07 minutes .tar7zip...........4.67GB.....time 01:22 minutes .zipPeaZip.......5.05GB.....time 00:07 minutes .tarPeaZip.......4.67GB.....time... less