The most extensive comparison of video super-resolution (VSR) algorithms by subjective quality

Our benchmark determines the best upscaling methods for increasing video resolution and improving visual quality using our compact yet comprehensive dataset.

What’s new

• April 9th, 2023: Added LESRCNN, CFSRCNN and ACNet
• November 13th, 2022: Added HGSRCNN and ESRGCNN
• August 28th, 2022: Release of the Benchmark
• November 9th, 2021: Beta-version Release

Introduction

Our benchmark presents the ranking of video upscalers using crowd-sourced subjective comparison. Over 3700 valid participants have selected the most visually appealing upscaling result in many pairwise comparisons.

For evaluating upscaling methods, we also use various metrics (objective quality measures). In addition, we calculate the average FPS (frames per second).

Scroll below for comparison charts, tables, and interactive visual comparisons of upscaling results.

4× Camera-Shot Leaderboards

4× Camera-Shot Visualizations

4× Camera-Shot Charts

4× 2D-Animated Leaderboards

4× 2D-Animated Visualizations

4× 2D-Animated Charts

2× Camera-Shot Leaderboards

2× Camera-Shot Visualizations

2× Camera-Shot Charts

2× 2D-Animated Leaderboards

2× 2D-Animated Visualizations

2× 2D-Animated Charts

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Further Reading

Check the “Methodology” section to learn how we prepare our dataset.

Check the “Participants” section to learn which upscalers’ implementations we use.