Decompression speed is normally measured in bytes per second of output, not input. Since the output is the same, two algorithms that decompress at the same rate

Decompression speed is normally measured in bytes per second of output, not input. Since the output is the same, two algorithms that decompress at the same rate take the same time, regardless of compression ratio. Googling finds a benchmark [1] which shows Zopfli decompression rate as intermediate between deflate 1 and deflate 9. On two our of three tests, Zopfli produces smaller files but is slower to decompress than deflate 9. So "the smaller the file, the faster the decompression" isn't correct. [1] PDF: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/brotli/vignettes/brotli-2015-09-22.pdf https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/brotli/vignettes/bro...