# Faithfulness Evaluation of Image Explanation on ImageNet (val)

Source: [Faithfulness Evaluation of Image Explanation on ImageNet (val)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/faithfulness-evaluation-of-image-explanation-on-imagenet-val>)

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

Data updated: 2026-05-08T08:08:26.880Z

Evaluation of the faithfulness of image explanation models on the ImageNet validation set, measured using metrics including Deletion, Insertion, and IMD.

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 | Faithfulness evaluation of image explanation |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | ImageNet (val) |
| Metric | Deletion |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 32 of 32 |
| 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

- [Deletion](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/faithfulness-evaluation-of-image-explanation-on-imagenet-val.md?metric=Deletion>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Insertion](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/faithfulness-evaluation-of-image-explanation-on-imagenet-val.md?metric=Insertion>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [IMD](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/faithfulness-evaluation-of-image-explanation-on-imagenet-val.md?metric=IMD>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | Deletion | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rollout | 65.6 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| raw attention | 62.4 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| M2IB | 59.5 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| M2IB | 59.5 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| GAME | 59.4 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| Grad-CAM | 58.2 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| GAME | 57.3 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| Grad-CAM | 56.3 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| CLIPSurgery | 54.1 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| CLIPSurgery | 52.4 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| MaskCLIP | 49.6 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| MaskCLIP | 48.9 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| Grad-ECLIP w/o λi | 45.7 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| Grad-ECLIP | 44.2 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| Grad-ECLIP w/o λi | 43.8 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| Grad-ECLIP | 42.7 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| Rollout | 40.8 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| raw attention | 38.3 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| M2IB | 36.3 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| M2IB | 36.3 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| Grad-CAM | 35.2 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| GAME | 35 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| Grad-CAM | 34.2 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| GAME | 33.6 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| CLIPSurgery | 32.2 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| CLIPSurgery | 31.2 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| MaskCLIP | 28.9 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| MaskCLIP | 28.5 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| Grad-ECLIP w/o λi | 26.3 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| Grad-ECLIP | 25.4 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| Grad-ECLIP w/o λi | 25.4 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |
| Grad-ECLIP | 24.6 | Not recorded | 68fa772a1e209131cea71801 |

### Rollout

Deletion: 65.6. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077aa.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa67ae1e209131cea17be6.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### raw attention

Deletion: 62.4. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077a8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### M2IB

Deletion: 59.5. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077bc.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73b61e209131cea5e107.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/YingWANGG/M2IB>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### M2IB

Deletion: 59.5. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077be.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73b61e209131cea5e107.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/YingWANGG/M2IB>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Prediction","Rank":"@5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GAME

Deletion: 59.4. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077b2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa69a11e209131cea233a8.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Prediction","Rank":"@5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Grad-CAM

Deletion: 58.2. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077ae.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66cb1e209131cea12568.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/ramprs/grad-cam/>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Prediction","Rank":"@5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GAME

Deletion: 57.3. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077b0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa69a11e209131cea233a8.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Grad-CAM

Deletion: 56.3. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077ac.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66cb1e209131cea12568.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/ramprs/grad-cam/>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CLIPSurgery

Deletion: 54.1. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077ba.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74dd1e209131cea64460.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Prediction","Rank":"@5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CLIPSurgery

Deletion: 52.4. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077b8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74dd1e209131cea64460.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MaskCLIP

Deletion: 49.6. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077b6.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6d1f1e209131cea37ece.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Prediction","Rank":"@5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MaskCLIP

Deletion: 48.9. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077b4.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6d1f1e209131cea37ece.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Grad-ECLIP w/o λi

Deletion: 45.7. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077c6.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Prediction","Rank":"@5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Grad-ECLIP

Deletion: 44.2. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077c2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Prediction","Rank":"@5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Grad-ECLIP w/o λi

Deletion: 43.8. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077c4.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Grad-ECLIP

Deletion: 42.7. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077c0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Rollout

Deletion: 40.8. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077a9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa67ae1e209131cea17be6.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### raw attention

Deletion: 38.3. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077a7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### M2IB

Deletion: 36.3. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077bb.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73b61e209131cea5e107.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/YingWANGG/M2IB>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### M2IB

Deletion: 36.3. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077bd.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73b61e209131cea5e107.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/YingWANGG/M2IB>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Prediction","Rank":"@1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Grad-CAM

Deletion: 35.2. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077ad.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66cb1e209131cea12568.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/ramprs/grad-cam/>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Prediction","Rank":"@1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GAME

Deletion: 35. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077b1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa69a11e209131cea233a8.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Prediction","Rank":"@1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Grad-CAM

Deletion: 34.2. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077ab.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66cb1e209131cea12568.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/ramprs/grad-cam/>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GAME

Deletion: 33.6. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077af.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa69a11e209131cea233a8.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CLIPSurgery

Deletion: 32.2. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077b9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74dd1e209131cea64460.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Prediction","Rank":"@1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CLIPSurgery

Deletion: 31.2. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077b7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74dd1e209131cea64460.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MaskCLIP

Deletion: 28.9. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077b5.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6d1f1e209131cea37ece.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Prediction","Rank":"@1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MaskCLIP

Deletion: 28.5. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077b3.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6d1f1e209131cea37ece.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Grad-ECLIP w/o λi

Deletion: 26.3. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077c5.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Prediction","Rank":"@1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Grad-ECLIP

Deletion: 25.4. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077c1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Prediction","Rank":"@1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Grad-ECLIP w/o λi

Deletion: 25.4. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077c3.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Grad-ECLIP

Deletion: 24.6. Result ID: 69fd99f047f34ce924e077bf.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772a1e209131cea71801.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Text input source":"Ground-truth","Rank":"@1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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