ResNet-50 vs. Vision Transformer

Both ResNet-50 and Vision Transformer are commonly used in computer vision projects. Below, we compare and contrast ResNet-50 and Vision Transformer.

Models

The Vision Transformer leverages powerful natural language processing embeddings (BERT) and applies them to images.

Model Type

Classification

Model Features

Item 1 Info

Item 2 Info

Architecture

Residual Neural Networks

Frameworks

PyTorch

Annotation Format

Instance Segmentation

GitHub

GitHub Stars

9k+

License

BSD 3

Apache-2.0

Paper

Training Notebook

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