• TheRealKuni@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Compared to something like JPEG XL? It is hands down worse in virtually all metrics.

    Only thing I can think of is that PNG is inherently lossless. Whereas JPEG XL can be lossless or lossy.

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 months ago

      It has a higher bit depth at orders of magnitude less file size. Admittedly it has a smaller max dimension, though the max for PNG is (I believe) purely theoretical.