[Juser] XMPP bandwidth consumption vs SIP/SIMPLE?

[Colin Garvey]

I've heard claims about XMPP instant messages consuming less bandwidth
than equivalent messages sent/received by SIP/SIMPLE clients...
 
--are these claims true? 
--if yes, can anyone provide documentation to support these claims? 
 
thx
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