Comparison · 7 YOLO detectors · 21 head-to-heads
YOLO model comparison
Every YOLO detector on this site, compared head to head on the figures their authors published: COCO mAP50-95 at 640px, parameter counts and license. Pick any matchup below.
CompareYOLO26
AgainstYOLO12
Every model in the comparison
Every range spans the family’s smallest to largest checkpoint. Every figure is the model authors’ own.
- COCO mAP50-95 @ 640px
- mAP: higher is better
- Params (M): lower is better
| Model | Released | From | mAP range | Params range | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YOLO26 | 2026 | Ultralytics | 40.9 to 57.5 | 2.4M to 55.7M | AGPL-3.0 |
| YOLO12 | 2025 | Tian, Ye & Doermann (UB / UCAS) | 40.6 to 55.2 | 2.6M to 59.1M | AGPL-3.0 |
| YOLO11 | 2024 | Ultralytics | 39.5 to 54.7 | 2.6M to 56.9M | AGPL-3.0 |
| YOLOv10 | 2024 | Tsinghua University (THU-MIG) | 38.5 to 54.4 | 2.3M to 29.5M | AGPL-3.0 |
| YOLOv9 | 2024 | Academia Sinica (Wang et al.) | 38.3 to 55.6 | 2.0M to 58.1M | GPL-3.0 |
| YOLOv8 | 2023 | Ultralytics | 37.3 to 53.9 | 3.2M to 68.2M | AGPL-3.0 |
| YOLOv5 (v5u) | 2020 | Ultralytics | 34.3 to 53.2 | 2.6M to 97.2M | AGPL-3.0 |
YOLOv7 is not listed. It publishes COCO test-dev AP with its larger checkpoints measured at 1280px, so it cannot share a column with the val2017 @640px figures above without misleading.
Every matchup
YOLO26 vs YOLO12YOLO26 vs YOLO11YOLO26 vs YOLOv10YOLO26 vs YOLOv9YOLO26 vs YOLOv8YOLO26 vs YOLOv5 (v5u)YOLO12 vs YOLO11YOLO12 vs YOLOv10YOLO12 vs YOLOv9YOLO12 vs YOLOv8YOLO12 vs YOLOv5 (v5u)YOLO11 vs YOLOv10YOLO11 vs YOLOv9YOLO11 vs YOLOv8YOLO11 vs YOLOv5 (v5u)YOLOv10 vs YOLOv9YOLOv10 vs YOLOv8YOLOv10 vs YOLOv5 (v5u)YOLOv9 vs YOLOv8YOLOv9 vs YOLOv5 (v5u)YOLOv8 vs YOLOv5 (v5u)
Looking for the weights themselves? Download any of these checkpoints from the model-weights hub, or see how the trackers behind them compare in the YOLO tracker benchmarks.