# Machine Unlearning Utility and Membership Inference on CIFAR-10 (test)

Source: [Machine Unlearning Utility and Membership Inference on CIFAR-10 (test)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/machine-unlearning-utility-and-membership-inference-on-cifar-10-test>)

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

Data updated: 2026-06-04T09:57:32.666Z

Evaluation of Machine Unlearning effectiveness on the test split of CIFAR-10, reporting aggregate utility metrics (UA, RA, TA) alongside Membership Inference Attack (MIA) performance.

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 | Machine Unlearning |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | CIFAR-10 (test) |
| Metric | Unlearning Accuracy (UA) |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 18 of 18 |
| 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

- [Unlearning Accuracy (UA)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/machine-unlearning-utility-and-membership-inference-on-cifar-10-test.md?metric=Unlearning%20Accuracy%20(UA)>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Retention Accuracy (RA)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/machine-unlearning-utility-and-membership-inference-on-cifar-10-test.md?metric=Retention%20Accuracy%20(RA)>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Target Accuracy (TA)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/machine-unlearning-utility-and-membership-inference-on-cifar-10-test.md?metric=Target%20Accuracy%20(TA)>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [MIA Success Rate](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/machine-unlearning-utility-and-membership-inference-on-cifar-10-test.md?metric=MIA%20Success%20Rate>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Average Gap](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/machine-unlearning-utility-and-membership-inference-on-cifar-10-test.md?metric=Average%20Gap>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [RTE](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/machine-unlearning-utility-and-membership-inference-on-cifar-10-test.md?metric=RTE>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [MIA False Alarm Rate](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/machine-unlearning-utility-and-membership-inference-on-cifar-10-test.md?metric=MIA%20False%20Alarm%20Rate>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | Unlearning Accuracy (UA) | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrain | 100 | Not recorded | 6a210690c10484bac23f0184 |
| l1-sparse | 100 | Not recorded | 6a210690c10484bac23f0184 |
| GA | 99.9 | Not recorded | 6a210690c10484bac23f0184 |
| SalUn | 99.3 | Not recorded | 6a210690c10484bac23f0184 |
| IU | 97 | Not recorded | 6a210690c10484bac23f0184 |
| PURGE | 91.6 | Not recorded | 6a210690c10484bac23f0184 |
| RL | 89.3 | Not recorded | 6a210690c10484bac23f0184 |
| FT | 31.7 | Not recorded | 6a210690c10484bac23f0184 |
| SFRon | 14.7 | Not recorded | 68fa789e1e209131cea795fa |
| RT | 11.17 | Not recorded | 68fa789e1e209131cea795fa |
| MCUβ | 8.04 | Not recorded | 68fa789e1e209131cea795fa |
| MCU | 7.21 | Not recorded | 68fa789e1e209131cea795fa |
| NegGrad+ | 5.22 | Not recorded | 68fa789e1e209131cea795fa |
| SalUn | 3.87 | Not recorded | 68fa789e1e209131cea795fa |
| NegTV | 3.33 | Not recorded | 68fa789e1e209131cea795fa |
| RL | 3.24 | Not recorded | 68fa789e1e209131cea795fa |
| FT | 0.34 | Not recorded | 68fa789e1e209131cea795fa |
| GA | 0.03 | Not recorded | 68fa789e1e209131cea795fa |

### Retrain

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 100. Result ID: 6a214bfefbc373592c1d6be0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210690c10484bac23f0184.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"forget\_class":"0"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### l1-sparse

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 100. Result ID: 6a214bfefbc373592c1d6be2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210690c10484bac23f0184.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"forget\_class":"0"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GA

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 99.9. Result ID: 6a214bfefbc373592c1d6be6.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210690c10484bac23f0184.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"forget\_class":"0"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SalUn

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 99.3. Result ID: 6a214bfefbc373592c1d6be1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210690c10484bac23f0184.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"forget\_class":"0"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### IU

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 97. Result ID: 6a214bfefbc373592c1d6be3.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210690c10484bac23f0184.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"forget\_class":"0"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PURGE

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 91.6. Result ID: 6a214bfefbc373592c1d6be7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210690c10484bac23f0184.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210690c10484bac23f0184.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"forget\_class":"0","objective":"kl\_retain"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RL

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 89.3. Result ID: 6a214bfefbc373592c1d6be4.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210690c10484bac23f0184.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"forget\_class":"0"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### FT

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 31.7. Result ID: 6a214bfefbc373592c1d6be5.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210690c10484bac23f0184.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"forget\_class":"0"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SFRon

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 14.7. Result ID: 6a0450f647f34ce924eaca32.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa789e1e209131cea795fa.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa75011e209131cea652f5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"PreResNet-110","Forgetting Ratio":"20%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RT

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 11.17. Result ID: 6a0450f647f34ce924eaca2d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa789e1e209131cea795fa.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"PreResNet-110","Forgetting Ratio":"20%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MCUβ

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 8.04. Result ID: 6a0450f647f34ce924eaca36.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa789e1e209131cea795fa.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa789e1e209131cea795fa.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"PreResNet-110","Forgetting Ratio":"20%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MCU

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 7.21. Result ID: 6a0450f647f34ce924eaca35.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa789e1e209131cea795fa.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa789e1e209131cea795fa.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"PreResNet-110","Forgetting Ratio":"20%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### NegGrad+

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 5.22. Result ID: 6a0450f647f34ce924eaca31.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa789e1e209131cea795fa.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71471e209131cea505be.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"PreResNet-110","Forgetting Ratio":"20%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SalUn

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 3.87. Result ID: 6a0450f647f34ce924eaca33.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa789e1e209131cea795fa.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72cd1e209131cea5888f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"PreResNet-110","Forgetting Ratio":"20%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### NegTV

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 3.33. Result ID: 6a0450f647f34ce924eaca34.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa789e1e209131cea795fa.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6ef01e209131cea43012.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"PreResNet-110","Forgetting Ratio":"20%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RL

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 3.24. Result ID: 6a0450f647f34ce924eaca2f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa789e1e209131cea795fa.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa68881e209131cea1cbe9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"PreResNet-110","Forgetting Ratio":"20%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### FT

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 0.34. Result ID: 6a0450f647f34ce924eaca2e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa789e1e209131cea795fa.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70381e209131cea49a4c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"PreResNet-110","Forgetting Ratio":"20%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GA

Unlearning Accuracy (UA): 0.03. Result ID: 6a0450f647f34ce924eaca30.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa789e1e209131cea795fa.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6bf01e209131cea31038.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"PreResNet-110","Forgetting Ratio":"20%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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