在「MySQL 8.0: When to use utf8mb3 over utf8mb4?」這邊提到了 MySQL 對 utf8 以及 utf8mb4 的故事，以及在 MySQL 8.0 預期的效能提昇：
可以看到 Oracle 的團隊花了不少力氣提昇 utf8mb4 的效能。另外提到了在 5.7 的時候將 row format 的預設值轉成 DYNAMIC：
MySQL 5.7 (2015) added some optimizations such as a variable length sort buffer, and also changed InnoDB’s default row format to DYNAMIC. This allows for indexes on VARCHAR(255) with utf8mb4; something that made migrations more difficult prior.
依照「14.11.3 DYNAMIC and COMPRESSED Row Formats」這邊的敘述，看起來 COMPRESSED 也應該支援一樣的特性，不過不確定... （因為通常不會完整 index 整個 VARCHAR(255)，只會 index 某個 prefix length)：
The COMPRESSED row format uses similar internal details for off-page storage as the DYNAMIC row format, with additional storage and performance considerations from the table and index data being compressed and using smaller page sizes.