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Faster R-CNN vs. MobileNet SSD v2

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Faster R-CNN vs. MobileNet SSD v2

Both

Faster R-CNN

and

MobileNet SSD v2

are commonly used in computer vision projects. Below, we compare and contrast

Faster R-CNN

and

MobileNet SSD v2

.

  Faster R-CNN MobileNet SSD v2
Date of Release Jan 13, 2018
Model Type Object Detection Object Detection
Architecture
GitHub Stars 7800 1900

Faster R-CNN

One of the most accurate object detection algorithms but requires a lot of power at inference time. A good choice if you can do processing asynchronously on a server.

How to AugmentHow to LabelHow to Plot PredictionsHow to Filter PredictionsHow to Create a Confusion Matrix

MobileNet SSD v2

This architecture provides good realtime results on limited compute. It's designed to run in realtime (30 frames per second) even on mobile devices.

How to AugmentHow to LabelHow to Plot PredictionsHow to Filter PredictionsHow to Create a Confusion Matrix
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