# Face Restoration on LFW

Source: [Face Restoration on LFW](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/face-restoration-on-lfw>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-02-26T05:44:28.427Z

Evaluation of face restoration performance on the LFW dataset, measured using FID and KID.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Face Restoration |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | LFW |
| Metric | FID |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Lower is better |
| Results loaded | 11 of 11 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [FID](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/face-restoration-on-lfw.md?metric=FID>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [KID](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/face-restoration-on-lfw.md?metric=KID>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | FID | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Regression-based specialized models | 19.28 | Not recorded | 68fa73601e209131cea5c027 |
| Diff-Plugin | 20.07 | Not recorded | 68fa73601e209131cea5c027 |
| ControlNet | 21.59 | Not recorded | 68fa73601e209131cea5c027 |
| InstructP2P | 24.66 | Not recorded | 68fa73601e209131cea5c027 |
| WGWS-Net | 29.89 | Not recorded | 68fa73601e209131cea5c027 |
| PromptIR | 30.52 | Not recorded | 68fa73601e209131cea5c027 |
| SD | 30.9 | Not recorded | 68fa73601e209131cea5c027 |
| AirNet | 31.03 | Not recorded | 68fa73601e209131cea5c027 |
| Null-Text | 33.06 | Not recorded | 68fa73601e209131cea5c027 |
| PNP | 34.08 | Not recorded | 68fa73601e209131cea5c027 |
| P2P | 54.67 | Not recorded | 68fa73601e209131cea5c027 |

### Regression-based specialized models

FID: 19.28. Result ID: 6992d52c3a6c31484911ce9b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73601e209131cea5c027.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Method Category":"Regression-based specialized models"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Diff-Plugin

FID: 20.07. Result ID: 6992d52c3a6c31484911cea5.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73601e209131cea5c027.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73601e209131cea5c027.md>)

[Implementation](<https://yuhaoliu7456.github.io/Diff-Plugin>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Method Category":"Diffusion-based models"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ControlNet

FID: 21.59. Result ID: 6992d52c3a6c31484911cea4.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73601e209131cea5c027.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71481e209131cea50695.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Method Category":"Diffusion-based models","re-trained":true}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### InstructP2P

FID: 24.66. Result ID: 6992d52c3a6c31484911cea2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73601e209131cea5c027.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6e641e209131cea3fa43.md>)

[Implementation](<https://www.sota2.com/timothybrooks.com/instruct-pix2pix>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Method Category":"Diffusion-based models"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### WGWS-Net

FID: 29.89. Result ID: 6992d52c3a6c31484911ce9d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73601e209131cea5c027.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Method Category":"Regression-based multi-task models","re-trained":true}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PromptIR

FID: 30.52. Result ID: 6992d52c3a6c31484911ce9e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73601e209131cea5c027.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6fe31e209131cea47ee5.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/va1shn9v/PromptIR>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Method Category":"Regression-based multi-task models","re-trained":true}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SD

FID: 30.9. Result ID: 6992d52c3a6c31484911ce9f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73601e209131cea5c027.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6c391e209131cea32e4a.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/CompVis/latent-diffusion>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Method Category":"Diffusion-based models"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### AirNet

FID: 31.03. Result ID: 6992d52c3a6c31484911ce9c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73601e209131cea5c027.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Method Category":"Regression-based multi-task models","re-trained":true}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Null-Text

FID: 33.06. Result ID: 6992d52c3a6c31484911cea3.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73601e209131cea5c027.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6e011e209131cea3d583.md>)

[Implementation](<https://null-text-inversion.github.io/>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Method Category":"Diffusion-based models"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PNP

FID: 34.08. Result ID: 6992d52c3a6c31484911cea0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73601e209131cea5c027.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f781e209131cea45cf2.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/thunlp/Document-Plugin>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Method Category":"Diffusion-based models"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### P2P

FID: 54.67. Result ID: 6992d52c3a6c31484911cea1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73601e209131cea5c027.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6e801e209131cea405f6.md>)

[Implementation](<https://pix2pixzero.github.io/>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Method Category":"Diffusion-based models"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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