Horizontal drum aerobic composting adopts horizontal drum as an aerobic reactor, which can realize the full mixing reaction of materials, oxygen and microorganisms through the rotation of the drum and thus humify the material. Windrow composting is to pile up the materials into long and narrow strip piles under aerobic conditions, and use mechanical or manual ventilation regularly. In order to verify the difference between horizontal drum aerobic composting and windrow aerobic composting, the biogas residue after dry anaerobic treatment was used as the main raw material, and corn straw and chicken manure after crushing were used as auxiliary materials. Results showed that at 13^th day of the experiment, the temperature of horizontal drum aerobic composting no longer rose, the Germination Index (GI) was 1.02, the carbon nitrogen raotio was 14.36, the HA/FA was 1.26, and the composting product was thoroughly decomposed. The total nutrients of horizontal drum compost products increased by 0.94%, humic acid content was 24.85 g/kg, cellulose degradation rate was 33.45%, hemicellulose degradation rate was 34.33%, lignin degradation rate was 15.33%, the total nutrients of windrow compost products increased by 0.65%, humic acid content was 22.08 g/kg, cellulose degradation rate was 29.33%, hemicellulose degradation rate was 30.26%, lignin degradation rate was 10.28%. The above indicators of the products of horizontal drum composting are significantly higher than those of windrow composting products of strip stacking (P＜0.05), revealing its superiority. In conclusion, compared with the windrow composting, horizontal drum aerobic composting can accelerate the composting process, reduce the composting time, improve the composting efficiency and ensure the composting quality.