The following tables compare general and technical information for a variety of audio coding formats.
For listening tests comparing the perceived audio quality of audio formats and codecs, see the article Codec listening test.
(2023-07-14) (2022-10-26) (2023-06-23) (2004-02-08) (2023-05-09) NearLink audio (2022-12-21) (2025-01-24) (2009-04-02) (2023-04-24) (2007-03-19, final release) (2022-06-30) (2015-02-24) (2023-06-21) (2020-07-04) (2024-02-29) [51] [52] 8–576 kbit/s (stereo, 48 kHz) 48 kHz (Stereo) 330, 660, 990 kbit/s (48/96/192 kHz) ~0.6-7.5 kbps (stereo) 12-320 kbit/s (stereo)