Mask RCNN vs. SegFormer

Both Mask RCNN and SegFormer are commonly used in computer vision projects. Below, we compare and contrast Mask RCNN and SegFormer.

Models

Mask RCNN is a convolutional neural network for instance segmentation.

SegFormer is a computer vision framework used in semantic segmentation tasks, implemented with transformers.

Model Type

Instance Segmentation

Semantic Segmentation

Model Features

Item 1 Info

Item 2 Info

Architecture

Transformers

Annotation Format

Instance Segmentation

Framework

PyTorch

GitHub

GitHub Stars

24k+

2.2k+

License

MIT

NVIDIA Source Code

Paper

Training Notebook

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COCO can detect 80 common objects, including cats, cell phones, and cars.