# Perceptual Image Super-Resolution on ImageNet H.265 x265 (val)

Source: [Perceptual Image Super-Resolution on ImageNet H.265 x265 (val)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/perceptual-image-super-resolution-on-imagenet-h-265-x265-val>)

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

Data updated: 2026-03-30T07:54:12.180Z

Evaluation of perceptual image super-resolution models on the validation split of ImageNet, specifically using data processed via H.265 compression (x265), assessed using metrics such as bpp, PSNR, LPIPS, DISTS, and FID.

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 | Perceptual Image Super-Resolution |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | ImageNet H.265 x265 (val) |
| Metric | PSNR |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| 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

- [PSNR](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/perceptual-image-super-resolution-on-imagenet-h-265-x265-val.md?metric=PSNR>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [BPP](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/perceptual-image-super-resolution-on-imagenet-h-265-x265-val.md?metric=BPP>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [LPIPS](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/perceptual-image-super-resolution-on-imagenet-h-265-x265-val.md?metric=LPIPS>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [DISTS](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/perceptual-image-super-resolution-on-imagenet-h-265-x265-val.md?metric=DISTS>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [FID](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/perceptual-image-super-resolution-on-imagenet-h-265-x265-val.md?metric=FID>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [BDBR](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/perceptual-image-super-resolution-on-imagenet-h-265-x265-val.md?metric=BDBR>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | PSNR | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Real-ESRGAN | 28.95 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |
| Real-ESRGAN | 28.65 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |
| Real-ESRGAN + VRPSR (Ours) | 28.64 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |
| Real-ESRGAN + VRPSR (Ours) | 28.31 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |
| Real-ESRGAN | 28.27 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |
| Real-ESRGAN + VRPSR (Ours) | 27.85 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |
| Real-ESRGAN | 27.54 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |
| S3Diff | 27.46 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |
| S3Diff + VRPSR (Ours) | 27.35 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |
| S3Diff | 27.28 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |
| S3Diff + VRPSR (Ours) | 27.23 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |
| S3Diff | 27.12 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |
| Real-ESRGAN + VRPSR (Ours) | 27.02 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |
| S3Diff + VRPSR (Ours) | 27.02 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |
| S3Diff + VRPSR (Ours) | 26.76 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |
| S3Diff | 26.6 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |
| S3Diff + VRPSR (Ours) | 26.04 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |
| Real-ESRGAN + VRPSR (Ours) | 14.88 | Not recorded | 6925385fd6b0dd334292f774 |

### Real-ESRGAN

PSNR: 28.95. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a3e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a8c1e209131cea28b80.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Bitrate Level":"4"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Real-ESRGAN

PSNR: 28.65. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a3d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a8c1e209131cea28b80.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Bitrate Level":"3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Real-ESRGAN + VRPSR (Ours)

PSNR: 28.64. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a42.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Bitrate Level":"4"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Real-ESRGAN + VRPSR (Ours)

PSNR: 28.31. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a41.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Bitrate Level":"3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Real-ESRGAN

PSNR: 28.27. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a3c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a8c1e209131cea28b80.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Bitrate Level":"2"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Real-ESRGAN + VRPSR (Ours)

PSNR: 27.85. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a40.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Bitrate Level":"2"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Real-ESRGAN

PSNR: 27.54. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a3b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a8c1e209131cea28b80.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Bitrate Level":"1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### S3Diff

PSNR: 27.46. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a47.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74fa1e209131cea650bd.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Bitrate Level":"4"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### S3Diff + VRPSR (Ours)

PSNR: 27.35. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a4b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Bitrate Level":"4"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### S3Diff

PSNR: 27.28. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a46.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74fa1e209131cea650bd.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Bitrate Level":"3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### S3Diff + VRPSR (Ours)

PSNR: 27.23. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a4c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Evaluation":"BDBR summary"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### S3Diff

PSNR: 27.12. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a45.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74fa1e209131cea650bd.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Bitrate Level":"2"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Real-ESRGAN + VRPSR (Ours)

PSNR: 27.02. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a3f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Bitrate Level":"1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### S3Diff + VRPSR (Ours)

PSNR: 27.02. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a4a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Bitrate Level":"3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### S3Diff + VRPSR (Ours)

PSNR: 26.76. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a49.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Bitrate Level":"2"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### S3Diff

PSNR: 26.6. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a44.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74fa1e209131cea650bd.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Bitrate Level":"1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### S3Diff + VRPSR (Ours)

PSNR: 26.04. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a48.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Bitrate Level":"1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Real-ESRGAN + VRPSR (Ours)

PSNR: 14.88. Result ID: 69ca2c0b47f34ce924b29a43.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6925385fd6b0dd334292f774.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Codec":"H.265 (x265)","Evaluation":"BDBR summary"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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