# Image Clustering on CIFAR-10 (full)

Source: [Image Clustering on CIFAR-10 (full)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/image-clustering-on-cifar-10-full>)

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

Data updated: 2026-02-26T05:28:38.019Z

Evaluation of image clustering performance on the full CIFAR-10 dataset, measured using Accuracy (ACC), Normalized Mutual Information (NMI), and Adjusted Rand Index (ARI).

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 Clustering |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | CIFAR-10 (full) |
| Metric | Accuracy |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 33 of 33 |
| 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

- [Accuracy](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/image-clustering-on-cifar-10-full.md?metric=Accuracy>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [NMI](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/image-clustering-on-cifar-10-full.md?metric=NMI>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [ARI](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/image-clustering-on-cifar-10-full.md?metric=ARI>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | Accuracy | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SPICE | 0.926 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| SPICEs | 0.838 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| IDFD | 0.815 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| CC | 0.79 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| SENet | 0.765 | Not recorded | 68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4 |
| PICA | 0.696 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| ESC | 0.653 | Not recorded | 68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4 |
| DCCM | 0.623 | Not recorded | 68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4 |
| DCCM | 0.623 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| IIC | 0.617 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| EnSC | 0.613 | Not recorded | 68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4 |
| GATCluster | 0.61 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| k-means | 0.525 | Not recorded | 68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4 |
| DDC | 0.524 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| DAC | 0.522 | Not recorded | 68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4 |
| DAC | 0.522 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| DSEC | 0.478 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| Spectral | 0.455 | Not recorded | 68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4 |
| DeepCluster | 0.374 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| SSC-OMP | 0.326 | Not recorded | 68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4 |
| DCGAN | 0.315 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| AE | 0.314 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| DEC | 0.301 | Not recorded | 68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4 |
| DEC | 0.301 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| SDAE | 0.297 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| VAE | 0.291 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| DeCNN | 0.282 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| JULE | 0.272 | Not recorded | 68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4 |
| JULE | 0.272 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| SC | 0.247 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| k-means | 0.229 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| AC | 0.228 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |
| NMF | 0.19 | Not recorded | 68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3 |

### SPICE

Accuracy: 0.926. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b3a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/niuchuangnn/SPICE>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"backbone":"WideResNet-28-2","joint training":true}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SPICEs

Accuracy: 0.838. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b39.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/niuchuangnn/SPICE>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"backbone":"WideResNet-28-2","joint training":false}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### IDFD

Accuracy: 0.815. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b38.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a0e1e209131cea25deb.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/TTN-YKK/Clustering_friendly_representation_learning>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CC

Accuracy: 0.79. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b37.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa68661e209131cea1bd44.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"backbone":"WideResNet-28-2"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SENet

Accuracy: 0.765. Result ID: 698e4a29ffc3901de09c5c37.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/zhangsz1998/Self-Expressive-Network>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PICA

Accuracy: 0.696. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b36.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ESC

Accuracy: 0.653. Result ID: 698e4a29ffc3901de09c5c36.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DCCM

Accuracy: 0.623. Result ID: 698e4a29ffc3901de09c5c33.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66391e209131cea0ef68.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/Cory-M/DCCM>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DCCM

Accuracy: 0.623. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b33.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66391e209131cea0ef68.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/Cory-M/DCCM>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### IIC

Accuracy: 0.617. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b32.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66381e209131cea0ee8c.md>)

[Implementation](<https://www.sota2.com/github.com/xu-ji/IIC>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"backbone":"WideResNet-28-2"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### EnSC

Accuracy: 0.613. Result ID: 698e4a29ffc3901de09c5c35.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa62801e209131ce9f9ab6.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GATCluster

Accuracy: 0.61. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b35.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa67aa1e209131cea17990.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### k-means

Accuracy: 0.525. Result ID: 698e4a29ffc3901de09c5c2e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DDC

Accuracy: 0.524. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b31.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa65bf1e209131cea0c243.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DAC

Accuracy: 0.522. Result ID: 698e4a29ffc3901de09c5c32.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DAC

Accuracy: 0.522. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b2f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DSEC

Accuracy: 0.478. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b34.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Spectral

Accuracy: 0.455. Result ID: 698e4a29ffc3901de09c5c2f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DeepCluster

Accuracy: 0.374. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b30.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa65861e209131cea0ad87.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SSC-OMP

Accuracy: 0.326. Result ID: 698e4a29ffc3901de09c5c34.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa627f1e209131ce9f9a1b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DCGAN

Accuracy: 0.315. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b2a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa62451e209131ce9f86d4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### AE

Accuracy: 0.314. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b28.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DEC

Accuracy: 0.301. Result ID: 698e4a29ffc3901de09c5c31.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa627c1e209131ce9f9851.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/piiswrong/dec>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DEC

Accuracy: 0.301. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b2e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa627c1e209131ce9f9851.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/piiswrong/dec>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SDAE

Accuracy: 0.297. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b29.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### VAE

Accuracy: 0.291. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b2c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6e2d1e209131cea3e5fb.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DeCNN

Accuracy: 0.282. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b2b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### JULE

Accuracy: 0.272. Result ID: 698e4a29ffc3901de09c5c30.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6afd1e209131cea2b8f4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa629d1e209131ce9fa392.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/jwyang/joint-unsupervised-learning>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### JULE

Accuracy: 0.272. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b2d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa629d1e209131ce9fa392.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/jwyang/joint-unsupervised-learning>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SC

Accuracy: 0.247. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b25.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### k-means

Accuracy: 0.229. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b24.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### AC

Accuracy: 0.228. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b26.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### NMF

Accuracy: 0.19. Result ID: 698ffd583a6c314849fd4b27.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6dfa1e209131cea3d1f3.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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