The First Challenge on Mobile Real-World Image Super-Resolution at NTIRE 2026: Benchmark Results and Method Overview
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: This paper provides a review of the NTIRE 2026 challenge on mobile real-world image super-resolution, highlighting the proposed solutions and the resulting outcomes. The challenge aims to recover high-resolution (HR) images from low-resolution (LR) counterparts generated through unknown degradations with a x4 scaling factor while ensuring the models remain executable on mobile devices. The objective is to develop effective and efficient network designs or solutions that achieve state-of-the-art real-world image super-resolution performance. The track of the challenge evaluates performance using a weighted combination of image quality assessment (IQA) score and speedup ratios. The competition attracted 108 registrants, with 16 teams achieving a valid score in the final ranking. This collaborative effort advances the performance of mobile real-world image super-resolution while offering an in-depth overview of the latest trends in the field.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Li, Jiatong, Chen, Zheng, Liu, Kai, Wang, Jingkai, Zhou, Zihan, Liu, Xiaoyang, Zhu, Libo, Gong, Jue, Timofte, Radu, Zhang, Yulun, Wang, Congyu, Wang, Zihao, Wu, Ke, Zhu, Xinzhe, Zhang, Fengkai, Yang, Zhongbao, Sun, Long, Dong, Jiangxin, Pan, Jinshan, Tu, Jiachen, Shi, Yaokun, Xu, Guoyi, Jiang, Yaoxin, Liu, Jiajia, Situ, Renyuan, Yang, Yixin, Zhou, Zhaorun, Chen, Junyang, Li, Yuqi, Yang, Chuanguang, Feng, Weilun, Yan, Chuanyue, Tan, Yuedong, Tian, Yingli, Chen, Zhenzhong, Guo, Tongqi, Liu, Ruhan, Shi, Sangzi, Deng, Huazhang, Yang, Jie, Ma, Wenzhuo, Zhang, Yuantong, Yang, Daiqin, Chen, Tianrun, Ji, Deyi, Jiang, Yuxiao, Zhu, Qi, Zhu, Lanyun, Pan, Yuwen, Tian, Runze, Shi, Mingyu, Feng, Zhanfeng, Bao, Yuanfei, Guo, Jiaming, Pei, Renjing, Di, Xin, Peng, Long, Jiang, Linfeng, Fu, Xueyang, Cao, Yang, Zha, Zhengjun, Lee, Choulhyouc, Weng, Shyang-En, Liao, Yi-Cheng, Tyrakowski, Jorge, Xu, Yu-Syuan, Chiu, Wei-Chen, Huang, Ching-Chun, Im, Yoonjin, Park, Jihye, Chun, Hyungju, Park, Hyunhee, Park, MinKyu, Yu, Xiaoxuan, Zhang, Jianxing, Jiang, Yuxuan, Zeng, Chengxi, Peng, Tianhao, Zhang, Fan, Bull, David, Ruangsang, Watchara, Aramvith, Supavadee, Deng, JiaHao, Zhou, Wei, Huang, Hongyu, Lin, Shaohui, Wang, Zihan, Chen, Yilin, Li, Yunchen, Qiao, Junbo, Li, Wei, Xie, Jiao, He, Gaoqi, Li, Wenxi
Language: English
Subfield: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Award: G5166587540
OpenAlex ID: W7155065692