# Face Restoration on Real-world face restoration

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

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

Data updated: 2026-03-25T13:06:38.493Z

Evaluation of Face Restoration performance on the Real-world face restoration dataset, measured using NIQE, FID, IDS, and AGE metrics.

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) | Real-world face restoration |
| Metric | NIQE |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Lower is better |
| Results loaded | 9 of 9 |
| 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

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

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

- [IDS Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/face-restoration-on-real-world-face-restoration.md?metric=IDS%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Age Error](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/face-restoration-on-real-world-face-restoration.md?metric=Age%20Error>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | NIQE | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TimeWeaver | 3.84 | Not recorded | 69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472 |
| DifFace | 3.87 | Not recorded | 69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472 |
| CodeFormer | 4.19 | Not recorded | 69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472 |
| Ref-LDM | 4.31 | Not recorded | 69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472 |
| DMDNet | 4.35 | Not recorded | 69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472 |
| RestorerID | 4.4 | Not recorded | 69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472 |
| FaceMe | 4.8 | Not recorded | 69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472 |
| InstantRestore | 5.84 | Not recorded | 69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472 |
| DiffBIR | 6.07 | Not recorded | 69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472 |

### TimeWeaver

NIQE: 3.84. Result ID: 69c3dddc47f34ce924ad45af.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Reference-based":"true"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DifFace

NIQE: 3.87. Result ID: 69c3dddc47f34ce924ad45a8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74341e209131cea606d0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/zsyOAOA/DifFace>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Reference-based":"false"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CodeFormer

NIQE: 4.19. Result ID: 69c3dddc47f34ce924ad45a7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dc41e209131cea3bf99.md>)

[Implementation](<https://shangchenzhou.com/projects/CodeFormer>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Reference-based":"false"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Ref-LDM

NIQE: 4.31. Result ID: 69c3dddc47f34ce924ad45ac.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa76141e209131cea6b48c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Reference-based":"true"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DMDNet

NIQE: 4.35. Result ID: 69c3dddc47f34ce924ad45aa.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dac1e209131cea3b668.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Reference-based":"true"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RestorerID

NIQE: 4.4. Result ID: 69c3dddc47f34ce924ad45ab.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa75da1e209131cea6a3ee.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Reference-based":"true"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### FaceMe

NIQE: 4.8. Result ID: 69c3dddc47f34ce924ad45ad.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa76931e209131cea6dd4c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Reference-based":"true"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### InstantRestore

NIQE: 5.84. Result ID: 69c3dddc47f34ce924ad45ae.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa76261e209131cea6b843.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Reference-based":"true"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DiffBIR

NIQE: 6.07. Result ID: 69c3dddc47f34ce924ad45a9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c010636e5bf4afc6472.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72e01e209131cea5918f.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/XPixelGroup/DiffBIR>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Reference-based":"false"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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