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  • and this uses maximum compression level with XZ? Commented Jan 12, 2012 at 21:34
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    -9e is the best level, but it will take very long Commented Aug 6, 2016 at 7:34
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    -9e will not always give you the best result - see point 8 here rootusers.com/13-simple-xz-examples Commented Aug 13, 2019 at 9:09
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    Also, you might see significant improvement if you add --threads=0 to xz Commented Aug 13, 2019 at 9:27
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    @KolonUK reading that article, it shows that -e (extreme mode) always improves compression ratio; the comparison is between -0e and -6; while -e always improves compression ratio within the same compression level, a higher compression level may be more effective than "extreme mode". There is no evidence that -9e can yield a worse compression ratio than -9. Commented Mar 26, 2020 at 17:59