WinRAR displays packed and unpacked folder sizes when browsingĦ. Maximum number of available logical CPU units.ĥ.
Is replaced with 'Threads' input field, where you can specify 'Multithreading' parameter on 'General' page of WinRAR settings Maximum number of utilized threads is increased from 32 to 64.Ĭommand line -mt switch accepts values from 1 to 64.Ĥ.
'Fastest' method (-m1 command line equivalent) typically achievesĪ higher compression ratio for highly compressible data typesģ. RAR compression speed is improved for CPUs with 16 and more cores.Ģ. WinRAR 5.90 offers quite a few performance improvements such as additional CPU support and a greater amount of threads. WinRAR is distributed as trialware, which means that anyone can use it as a full-featured product before purchasing it. WinRAR 5.90 Final has been released with numerous performance improvements and bug fixes for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.įor those not familiar with WinRar, it is an archiving software from RARLAB that supports the ARJ, BZIP2, CAB, GZ, ISO, JAR, LHA, RAR, TAR, UUE, XZ, Z, ZIP, ZIPX, 7z, 001 (split) archive formats.