# Image Captioning on MS-COCO 200 images (test)

Source: [Image Captioning on MS-COCO 200 images (test)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/image-captioning-on-ms-coco-200-images-test>)

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

Data updated: 2026-03-31T09:10:40.783Z

Evaluation of Image Captioning performance specifically on a 200-image subset of the MS-COCO test set, reporting efficiency metrics like Energy consumption and Latency alongside token counts.

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 | Image Captioning |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | MS-COCO 200 images (test) |
| Metric | Tokens |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 16 of 16 |
| 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

- [Tokens](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/image-captioning-on-ms-coco-200-images-test.md?metric=Tokens>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Energy (J)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/image-captioning-on-ms-coco-200-images-test.md?metric=Energy%20(J)>): Lower is better; unit: OTHER.

- [Latency (s)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/image-captioning-on-ms-coco-200-images-test.md?metric=Latency%20(s)>): Lower is better; unit: TIME.

## Recorded results

| Method | Tokens | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LingoLoop | 1020.38 | Not recorded | 68fa79891e209131cea7e18a |
| LingoLoop | 1002.08 | Not recorded | 68fa79891e209131cea7e18a |
| LingoLoop | 797.55 | Not recorded | 68fa79891e209131cea7e18a |
| LingoLoop | 554.41 | Not recorded | 68fa79891e209131cea7e18a |
| Verbose images | 394.74 | Not recorded | 68fa79891e209131cea7e18a |
| Verbose images | 362.38 | Not recorded | 68fa79891e209131cea7e18a |
| Verbose images | 345.59 | Not recorded | 68fa79891e209131cea7e18a |
| Verbose images | 332.29 | Not recorded | 68fa79891e209131cea7e18a |
| None | 88.86 | Not recorded | 68fa79891e209131cea7e18a |
| Noise | 88.24 | Not recorded | 68fa79891e209131cea7e18a |
| None | 86.11 | Not recorded | 68fa79891e209131cea7e18a |
| Noise | 85.78 | Not recorded | 68fa79891e209131cea7e18a |
| None | 76.31 | Not recorded | 68fa79891e209131cea7e18a |
| Noise | 74.89 | Not recorded | 68fa79891e209131cea7e18a |
| Noise | 68.07 | Not recorded | 68fa79891e209131cea7e18a |
| None | 66.64 | Not recorded | 68fa79891e209131cea7e18a |

### LingoLoop

Tokens: 1020.38. Result ID: 69cb8ddd47f34ce924b40a32.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"MLLM":"Qwen2.5-VL-3B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### LingoLoop

Tokens: 1002.08. Result ID: 69cb8ddd47f34ce924b40a2e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"MLLM":"InstructBLIP"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### LingoLoop

Tokens: 797.55. Result ID: 69cb8ddd47f34ce924b40a36.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"MLLM":"Qwen2.5-VL-7B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### LingoLoop

Tokens: 554.41. Result ID: 69cb8ddd47f34ce924b40a3a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"MLLM":"InternVL3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Verbose images

Tokens: 394.74. Result ID: 69cb8ddd47f34ce924b40a31.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa729f1e209131cea579b8.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"MLLM":"Qwen2.5-VL-3B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Verbose images

Tokens: 362.38. Result ID: 69cb8ddd47f34ce924b40a39.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa729f1e209131cea579b8.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"MLLM":"InternVL3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Verbose images

Tokens: 345.59. Result ID: 69cb8ddd47f34ce924b40a35.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa729f1e209131cea579b8.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"MLLM":"Qwen2.5-VL-7B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Verbose images

Tokens: 332.29. Result ID: 69cb8ddd47f34ce924b40a2d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa729f1e209131cea579b8.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"MLLM":"InstructBLIP"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### None

Tokens: 88.86. Result ID: 69cb8ddd47f34ce924b40a33.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"MLLM":"Qwen2.5-VL-7B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Noise

Tokens: 88.24. Result ID: 69cb8ddd47f34ce924b40a34.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"MLLM":"Qwen2.5-VL-7B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### None

Tokens: 86.11. Result ID: 69cb8ddd47f34ce924b40a2b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"MLLM":"InstructBLIP"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Noise

Tokens: 85.78. Result ID: 69cb8ddd47f34ce924b40a2c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"MLLM":"InstructBLIP"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### None

Tokens: 76.31. Result ID: 69cb8ddd47f34ce924b40a37.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"MLLM":"InternVL3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Noise

Tokens: 74.89. Result ID: 69cb8ddd47f34ce924b40a38.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"MLLM":"InternVL3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Noise

Tokens: 68.07. Result ID: 69cb8ddd47f34ce924b40a30.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"MLLM":"Qwen2.5-VL-3B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### None

Tokens: 66.64. Result ID: 69cb8ddd47f34ce924b40a2f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79891e209131cea7e18a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"MLLM":"Qwen2.5-VL-3B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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