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The Tenth NTIRE 2025 Efficient Super-Resolution Challenge Report

arXiv 2504.10686 ↗First posted 14 Apr 2025cs.CV eess.IVcited by 26

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This paper presents a comprehensive review of the NTIRE 2025 Challenge on Single-Image Efficient Super-Resolution (ESR). The challenge aimed to advance the development of deep models that optimize key computational metrics, i.e., runtime, parameters, and FLOPs, while achieving a PSNR of at least 26.90 dB on the operatornameDIV2KLSDIRvalid dataset and 26.99 dB on the operatornameDIV2KLSDIRtest dataset. A robust participation saw 244 registered entrants, with 43 teams submitting valid entries. This report meticulously analyzes these methods and results, emphasizing groundbreaking advancements in state-of-the-art single-image ESR techniques. The analysis highlights innovative approaches and establishes benchmarks for future research in the field.

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