Benchmarking of all publicly accessible implementations of face detection models. A summary is provided in the section below.
System Information:
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"architecture": "x86_64",
"processor": "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz",
"python_version": "3.9.12 (64 bit)",
}
| Model | Img W | Img H | Min (ms) | Max (ms) | Mean (ms) | FPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dlib HOG | 1920 | 1080 | 638.162 | 923.955 | 773.509 | 1.29281 |
| OpenCV Haar | 1920 | 1080 | 56.5779 | 213.733 | 98.8368 | 10.1177 |
| MTCNN TensorFlow | 1920 | 1080 | 552.752 | 1203.43 | 686.743 | 1.45615 |
| MTCNN OpenCV | 1920 | 1080 | 149.676 | 572.335 | 222.918 | 4.48596 |
| InsightFace SCRFD 500MF | 1920 | 1080 | 9.71508 | 14.7526 | 11.7123 | 85.3803 |
| InsightFace SCRFD 10GF | 1920 | 1080 | 61.5664 | 110.729 | 85.6653 | 11.6733 |
| Ultra-Light-320 | 1920 | 1080 | 4.13775 | 10.1066 | 5.42747 | 184.248 |
| Ultra-Light-640 | 1920 | 1080 | 11.4336 | 18.7521 | 13.8899 | 71.9949 |
| Mediapipe BlazeFace | 1920 | 1080 | 2.54941 | 4.98104 | 3.06858 | 325.883 |
| Dlib HOG | 1280 | 720 | 281.621 | 425.411 | 337.644 | 2.9617 |
| OpenCV Haar | 1280 | 720 | 29.5238 | 102.435 | 49.3472 | 20.2646 |
| MTCNN TensorFlow | 1280 | 720 | 409.094 | 764.485 | 480.591 | 2.08077 |
| MTCNN OpenCV | 1280 | 720 | 73.1196 | 331.995 | 109.978 | 9.09273 |
| InsightFace SCRFD 500MF | 1280 | 720 | 10.4578 | 13.1874 | 11.1333 | 89.8208 |
| InsightFace SCRFD 10GF | 1280 | 720 | 58.6989 | 122.684 | 84.7475 | 11.7998 |
| Ultra-Light-320 | 1280 | 720 | 3.75271 | 6.52814 | 4.387 | 227.946 |
| Ultra-Light-640 | 1280 | 720 | 10.7315 | 17.1158 | 13.6277 | 73.3802 |
| Mediapipe BlazeFace | 1280 | 720 | 2.25854 | 3.58415 | 2.82665 | 353.775 |
| Dlib HOG | 640 | 360 | 73.1757 | 103.079 | 88.1228 | 11.3478 |
| OpenCV Haar | 640 | 360 | 11.5402 | 26.2287 | 16.7382 | 59.7436 |
| MTCNN TensorFlow | 640 | 360 | 285.993 | 569.742 | 318.214 | 3.14254 |
| MTCNN OpenCV | 640 | 360 | 22.3444 | 71.3766 | 33.3338 | 29.9996 |
| InsightFace SCRFD 500MF | 640 | 360 | 8.35896 | 13.5674 | 9.99501 | 100.05 |
| InsightFace SCRFD 10GF | 640 | 360 | 51.2414 | 98.8905 | 75.815 | 13.19 |
| Ultra-Light-320 | 640 | 360 | 3.27849 | 8.59141 | 4.12667 | 242.326 |
| Ultra-Light-640 | 640 | 360 | 10.2892 | 22.0606 | 12.8298 | 77.9437 |
| Mediapipe BlazeFace | 640 | 360 | 2.17795 | 5.17941 | 2.87227 | 348.156 |
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"architecture": "arm64",
"processor": "Apple M1",
"python_version": "3.9.6 (64 bit)",
}
| Model | Img W | Img H | Min (ms) | Max (ms) | Mean (ms) | FPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dlib HOG | 1920 | 1080 | 515.025 | 714.769 | 608.831 | 1.64249 |
| OpenCV Haar | 1920 | 1080 | 32.9342 | 166.14 | 61.1988 | 16.3402 |
| MTCNN TensorFlow | 1920 | 1080 | 407.807 | 769.818 | 494.972 | 2.02032 |
| MTCNN OpenCV | 1920 | 1080 | 163.354 | 394.903 | 207.8 | 4.81231 |
| InsightFace SCRFD 500MF | 1920 | 1080 | 21.0996 | 23.5791 | 22.1802 | 45.0852 |
| InsightFace SCRFD 10GF | 1920 | 1080 | 76.1549 | 78.449 | 77.2323 | 12.9479 |
| Ultra-Light-320 | 1920 | 1080 | 7.03168 | 7.98583 | 7.34379 | 136.169 |
| Ultra-Light-640 | 1920 | 1080 | 21.0688 | 22.6569 | 21.6872 | 46.1102 |
| Mediapipe BlazeFace | 1920 | 1080 | 2.11191 | 4.82035 | 2.7504 | 363.584 |
| Dlib HOG | 1280 | 720 | 228.091 | 316.919 | 269.445 | 3.71134 |
| OpenCV Haar | 1280 | 720 | 17.9412 | 44.1539 | 26.3793 | 37.9085 |
| MTCNN TensorFlow | 1280 | 720 | 296.698 | 531.125 | 343.125 | 2.91439 |
| MTCNN OpenCV | 1280 | 720 | 79.2742 | 223.47 | 105.74 | 9.45712 |
| InsightFace SCRFD 500MF | 1280 | 720 | 21.3211 | 24.5569 | 22.9314 | 43.6083 |
| InsightFace SCRFD 10GF | 1280 | 720 | 76.108 | 78.788 | 77.0228 | 12.9832 |
| Ultra-Light-320 | 1280 | 720 | 6.54078 | 7.96604 | 7.05832 | 141.677 |
| Ultra-Light-640 | 1280 | 720 | 20.2301 | 23.2451 | 21.1584 | 47.2626 |
| Mediapipe BlazeFace | 1280 | 720 | 1.73187 | 2.77972 | 2.14672 | 465.827 |
| Dlib HOG | 640 | 360 | 56.5281 | 80.2209 | 67.5753 | 14.7983 |
| OpenCV Haar | 640 | 360 | 6.60491 | 13.519 | 9.09099 | 109.999 |
| MTCNN TensorFlow | 640 | 360 | 197.786 | 342.821 | 231.7 | 4.31592 |
| MTCNN OpenCV | 640 | 360 | 29.8293 | 61.682 | 36.552 | 27.3583 |
| InsightFace SCRFD 500MF | 640 | 360 | 20.4778 | 24.5581 | 22.1396 | 45.1679 |
| InsightFace SCRFD 10GF | 640 | 360 | 76.525 | 79.9201 | 77.5459 | 12.8956 |
| Ultra-Light-320 | 640 | 360 | 6.32882 | 7.77984 | 7.06168 | 141.609 |
| Ultra-Light-640 | 640 | 360 | 19.6509 | 22.2452 | 20.6835 | 48.3476 |
| Mediapipe BlazeFace | 640 | 360 | 1.52087 | 2.39682 | 1.85917 | 537.875 |