Table 2 Comparison of YOLOv5 and Hybrid-YOLOv5 with architectural modifications and motivations.

From: Hybrid-YOLOv5 for object detection of non-ferrous metals in end-of-life vehicles

Component

YOLOv5 (Original)

Hybrid-YOLOv5 (Proposed)

Motivation for Change

Backbone

CSPDarknet53

MobileNetV3 + CSPDarknet53

Improve computational efficiency while maintaining sufficient detection accuracy.

Backbone Module

C3 (Cross Stage Partial Module)

C2 F (Coarse-to-Fine Module)

Enhance hierarchical feature extraction, improving small object detection and texture representation.

Attention Mechanism

None

SE (Squeeze-and-Excitation) Module

Improve feature recalibration and emphasize critical features in complex visual tasks.