Table 9 Performance Comparison of Different Algorithms on ISDD, SSDD and SIRST Datasets.

From: A lightweight infrared remote sensing architecture for enhanced small target detection using improved DETR with CST modules

Dataset

Algorithm

P(%)

R(%)

mAP50(%)

mAP50-95(%)

Model(MB)

FPS (bs:8)

ISDD

YOLOv5m

85.2

82.8

87.4

42.2

50.5

225.6

YOLOv6m

92.3

81.5

86.9

44.2

104.4

127.8

YOLOv7

82.9

76.9

82.4

35.4

71.3

43.9

YOLOv8m

85.2

81.2

87.3

40.4

52.0

195.2

YOLOv9m

83.7

83.3

85.2

41.1

40.9

157.8

YOLOv10m

82.4

79.0

82.8

40.5

33.5

196.1

YOLOv11m

86.6

82.5

87.4

43.6

40.5

209.6

YOLOv12m

88.1

85.6

87.9

40.9

16.2

191.2

EfficientDet

81.0

84.8

81.7

38.6

306.9

117.3

FCOS

70.4

79.2

72.7

25.7

306.6

60.2

FSAF

81.3

81.8

81.6

39.8

336.4

19.4

CenterNet

86.4

85.8

88.2

42.6

293.7

179.6

Faster RCNN

82.5

85.7

84.8

39.7

321.1

108.8

RT-DETR-r18

86.4

81.6

84.5

40.5

40.5

213.8

RT-DETR-L

84.0

82.9

84.0

40.3

63.1

62.3

RT-DETR-CST

90.4

87.1

89.4

41.7

23.7

207.2

SSDD

YOLOv5m

97.0

94.0

98.5

71.9

50.5

225.9

YOLOv6m

92.3

81.5

86.9

74.2

104.4

127.7

YOLOv7

93.6

91.7

95.0

63.5

71.3

43.6

YOLOv8m

96.3

94.6

98.4

74.7

52.0

194.1

YOLOv9m

96

96.7

98.7

76.1

40.9

158.4

YOLOv10m

96.2

95.8

98.2

74.2

33.5

195.4

YOLOv11m

96.5

95.4

98.9

74.2

40.6

209.6

YOLOv12m

98.5

94.2

98.3

75.5

16.2

191.3

EfficientDet

91.3

88.4

93.4

57.2

306.9

116.9

FCOS

90.6

87.1

91.3

58.7

306.6

60.4

FSAF

91.9

89.9

96.0

65.8

336.4

19.1

CenterNet

93.0

93.5

97.1

69.6

293.7

180.2

Faster RCNN

89.5

93.0

95.3

65.1

321.1

109.3

RT-DETR-r18

96.4

95.7

98.1

71.9

40.5

213.8

RT-DETR-L

95.9

95.4

98.7

73.9

63.1

62.3

RT-DETR-CST

94.7

95.1

97.7

70.7

23.7

207.2

SIRST

YOLOv5m

74.8

70.6

71.2

22.9

50.5

227.3

YOLOv6m

64.6

71.6

60.8

20.9

104.4

127.8

YOLOv7

83.7

75.0

72.9

25.6

71.3

43.2

YOLOv8m

62.0

69.7

64.8

22.1

52.0

198.7

YOLOv9m

65.0

61.5

63.2

21.5

40.9

157.5

YOLOv10m

65.4

65.9

63.2

17.8

33.5

196.0

YOLOv11m

75.5

67.4

71.1

24.4

40.6

209.3

YOLOv12m

74.6

72.6

74.6

22.5

16.2

191.4

EfficientDet

55.1

57.4

44.0

9.9

306.9

117.6

FCOS

74.3

74.2

72.7

29.0

306.6

59.9

FSAF

66.0

67.0

62.0

19.6

336.4

19.2

CenterNet

69.3

79.6

65.4

18.6

293.7

180.1

Faster RCNN

71.8

75.2

73.5

25.0

321.1

109.0

RTDETR-r18

82.0

75.3

78.1

28.4

40.5

213.6

RTDETR-L

86.3

83.5

85.0

31.8

63.1

62.8

CTS-SIRST

81.4

84.4

85.9

35.1

23.7

207.2