No - the size will change - usually the new one will be smaller - as it reclaims space which is lost when rows are deleted. (When mysql deletes rows, it does not reclaim the space until you optimize, or reimport the database).
The backup feature in threads works just fine - and you can restore it with anything - including those "bigdump" programs.
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