JPEG XL vs. AVIF for web use-cases Posted by robin_reala on Thursday October 15, 2026 @08:08AM from the jakearchibald.com dept. https://jakearchibald.com/2026/jpeg-xl-vs-avif/ ( 1 comment | 2 points | on HN )
> for those of you who don't have the time, here are the headlines:
> For lossy photos on the web, AVIF almost always produces smaller files than JPEG XL.
> At default effort settings, the best JPEG XL version is typically 15–25% larger than the equivalent AVIF