There's is no general compromise gear or at least there shouldn't be.
Generally the slower and higher your engine revs the deeper the gears needed aka a 7000 rpm 170 /6 vs faster especially with lower peak power rpm aka 4500 rpm 543 (which around a 3.23 probably be it's ideal 1/4 mile gear, zero compromise). Generally 3.23 are gonna be closer to ideal for larger engines, less of a compromise and be further from ideal on smaller one's but yes you can put them behind anything but the compromise ain't the same. To me, is the main reason to build larger displacements if your unwilling to run deeper than 3.23/3.55.