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Update benchmarks and add fast mode #2128

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Expand Up @@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ a list of known ports and bindings is provided on [Zstandard homepage](http://ww
## Benchmarks

For reference, several fast compression algorithms were tested and compared
on a server running Arch Linux (`Linux version 5.0.5-arch1-1`),
on a server running Arch Linux (`Linux version 5.5.11-arch1-1`),
with a Core i9-9900K CPU @ 5.0GHz,
using [lzbench], an open-source in-memory benchmark by @inikep
compiled with [gcc] 8.2.1,
compiled with [gcc] 9.3.0,
on the [Silesia compression corpus].

[lzbench]: https://github.com/inikep/lzbench
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| Compressor name | Ratio | Compression| Decompress.|
| --------------- | ------| -----------| ---------- |
| **zstd 1.4.4 -1** | 2.884 | 520 MB/s | 1600 MB/s |
| zlib 1.2.11 -1 | 2.743 | 110 MB/s | 440 MB/s |
| brotli 1.0.7 -0 | 2.701 | 430 MB/s | 470 MB/s |
| quicklz 1.5.0 -1 | 2.238 | 600 MB/s | 800 MB/s |
| lzo1x 2.09 -1 | 2.106 | 680 MB/s | 950 MB/s |
| lz4 1.8.3 | 2.101 | 800 MB/s | 4220 MB/s |
| snappy 1.1.4 | 2.073 | 580 MB/s | 2020 MB/s |
| lzf 3.6 -1 | 2.077 | 440 MB/s | 930 MB/s |
| **zstd 1.4.5 -1** | 2.884 | 500 MB/s | 1660 MB/s |
| zlib 1.2.11 -1 | 2.743 | 90 MB/s | 400 MB/s |
| brotli 1.0.7 -0 | 2.703 | 400 MB/s | 450 MB/s |
| **zstd 1.4.5 --fast=1** | 2.434 | 570 MB/s | 2200 MB/s |
| **zstd 1.4.5 --fast=3** | 2.312 | 640 MB/s | 2300 MB/s |
| quicklz 1.5.0 -1 | 2.238 | 560 MB/s | 710 MB/s |
| **zstd 1.4.5 --fast=5** | 2.178 | 700 MB/s | 2420 MB/s |
| lzo1x 2.10 -1 | 2.106 | 690 MB/s | 820 MB/s |
| lz4 1.9.2 | 2.101 | 740 MB/s | 4530 MB/s |
| **zstd 1.4.5 --fast=7** | 2.096 | 750 MB/s | 2480 MB/s |
| lzf 3.6 -1 | 2.077 | 410 MB/s | 860 MB/s |
| snappy 1.1.8 | 2.073 | 560 MB/s | 1790 MB/s |

[zlib]: http://www.zlib.net/
[LZ4]: http://www.lz4.org/

The negative compression levels, specified with `--fast=#`,
offer faster compression and decompression speed in exchange for some loss in
compression ratio compared to level 1, as seen in the table above.

Zstd can also offer stronger compression ratios at the cost of compression speed.
Speed vs Compression trade-off is configurable by small increments.
Decompression speed is preserved and remains roughly the same at all settings,
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