# Long-tailed Image Classification on CIFAR-100-LT Imbalanced factor 200 (test)

Source: [Long-tailed Image Classification on CIFAR-100-LT Imbalanced factor 200 (test)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/long-tailed-image-classification-on-cifar-100-lt-imbalanced-factor-200-test>)

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

Data updated: 2026-02-26T06:06:58.287Z

Evaluation of Long-tailed Image Classification performance on the test split of the CIFAR-100 dataset configured with an imbalance factor of 200.

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 | Long-tailed Image Classification |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | CIFAR-100-LT Imbalanced factor 200 (test) |
| Metric | Top-1 Accuracy |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 8 of 8 |
| 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

- [Top-1 Accuracy](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/long-tailed-image-classification-on-cifar-100-lt-imbalanced-factor-200-test.md?metric=Top-1%20Accuracy>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Top-5 Accuracy](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/long-tailed-image-classification-on-cifar-100-lt-imbalanced-factor-200-test.md?metric=Top-5%20Accuracy>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Top-1 Accuracy (Many)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/long-tailed-image-classification-on-cifar-100-lt-imbalanced-factor-200-test.md?metric=Top-1%20Accuracy%20(Many)>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Top-1 Accuracy (Med)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/long-tailed-image-classification-on-cifar-100-lt-imbalanced-factor-200-test.md?metric=Top-1%20Accuracy%20(Med)>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Top-1 Accuracy (Few)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/long-tailed-image-classification-on-cifar-100-lt-imbalanced-factor-200-test.md?metric=Top-1%20Accuracy%20(Few)>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | Top-1 Accuracy | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PaCo + BatchFormer | 47.8 | Not recorded | 68fa6c2d1e209131cea3294c |
| Balanced Softmax + BatchFormer | 47.5 | Not recorded | 68fa6c2d1e209131cea3294c |
| PaCo | 47.1 | Not recorded | 68fa6c2d1e209131cea3294c |
| Balanced Softmax | 46.4 | Not recorded | 68fa6c2d1e209131cea3294c |
| SEQL | 43.38 | Not recorded | 68fa675c1e209131cea15df9 |
| Meta-Weight Net | 37.91 | Not recorded | 68fa675c1e209131cea15df9 |
| Class Balanced | 36.23 | Not recorded | 68fa675c1e209131cea15df9 |
| Focal Loss | 35.62 | Not recorded | 68fa675c1e209131cea15df9 |

### PaCo + BatchFormer

Top-1 Accuracy: 47.8. Result ID: 698eea7b3a6c314849f35e2e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6c2d1e209131cea3294c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6c2d1e209131cea3294c.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/zhihou7/BatchFormer>)

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

### Balanced Softmax + BatchFormer

Top-1 Accuracy: 47.5. Result ID: 698eea7b3a6c314849f35e2c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6c2d1e209131cea3294c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6c2d1e209131cea3294c.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/zhihou7/BatchFormer>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Training stages":"one stage"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PaCo

Top-1 Accuracy: 47.1. Result ID: 698eea7b3a6c314849f35e2d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6c2d1e209131cea3294c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a8d1e209131cea28b82.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/dvlab-research/Parametric-Contrastive-Learning>)

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

### Balanced Softmax

Top-1 Accuracy: 46.4. Result ID: 698eea7b3a6c314849f35e2b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6c2d1e209131cea3294c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa68c11e209131cea1e125.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/jiawei-ren/BalancedMetaSoftmax>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Training stages":"one stage"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SEQL

Top-1 Accuracy: 43.38. Result ID: 698d31278b517eb4331fb3dc.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa675c1e209131cea15df9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa675c1e209131cea15df9.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/tztztztztz/eql.detectron2>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"ResNet-32","Imbalanced factor":200,"gamma":0.95,"lambda":"3.0 x 10^-3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Meta-Weight Net

Top-1 Accuracy: 37.91. Result ID: 698d31278b517eb4331fb3db.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa675c1e209131cea15df9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66791e209131cea1067e.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/xjtushujun/meta-weight-net>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"ResNet-32","Imbalanced factor":200}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Class Balanced

Top-1 Accuracy: 36.23. Result ID: 698d31278b517eb4331fb3da.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa675c1e209131cea15df9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa654f1e209131cea0988a.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/richardaecn/class-balanced-loss>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"ResNet-32","Imbalanced factor":200}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Focal Loss

Top-1 Accuracy: 35.62. Result ID: 698d31278b517eb4331fb3d9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa675c1e209131cea15df9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa640c1e209131cea02556.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/facebookresearch/Detectron>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"ResNet-32","Imbalanced factor":200}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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