Table 6 Comparison experiments of different models on the TinyPerson dataset.(CF-YOLO is an enhanced version based on YOLOv11n).

From: CF-YOLO for small target detection in drone imagery based on YOLOv11 algorithm

Model

P

R

F1

mAP50

mAP50:95

Para(M)

GFLOPs

YOLOv5n

38.7

21.5

27.8

19.3

6.18

2.18

5.8

YOLOv5s

42

23.2

29.9

22.4

7.4

7.81

18.7

YOLOv8n

38.6

21.8

27.9

20

6.51

2.68

6.8

YOLOv8s

41.3

23.2

29.7

22.3

7.44

9.82

23.3

YOLOv9-tiny

38.5

20.5

26.6

19

6.01

1.73

6.4

YOLOv9s

41.3

22.5

29.0

21.3

6.92

6.19

22.1

YOLOv10n

38.4

21.9

27.9

19.3

6.19

2.26

6.5

YOLOv10s

40.3

23.7

29.9

22.4

7.48

7.21

21.4

YOLOv11n

38.4

22.3

28.3

19.6

6.21

2.58

6.3

YOLOv11s

40.3

23.2

29.5

21.7

7.15

9.41

21.3

CF-YOLO

46.8

31.8

38.0

29.7

9.81

3.77

23.9