# Saliency Map Faithfulness Evaluation on ILSVRC 2012 (val)

Source: [Saliency Map Faithfulness Evaluation on ILSVRC 2012 (val)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/saliency-map-faithfulness-evaluation-on-ilsvrc-2012-val>)

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

Data updated: 2026-02-26T05:40:36.210Z

Evaluation of Saliency Map Faithfulness using Insertion and Deletion metrics on the validation split of the ILSVRC 2012 dataset.

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 | Saliency Map Faithfulness Evaluation |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | ILSVRC 2012 (val) |
| Metric | Deletion Score |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 10 of 10 |
| 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

- [Deletion Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/saliency-map-faithfulness-evaluation-on-ilsvrc-2012-val.md?metric=Deletion%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Insertion Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/saliency-map-faithfulness-evaluation-on-ilsvrc-2012-val.md?metric=Insertion%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Preservation Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/saliency-map-faithfulness-evaluation-on-ilsvrc-2012-val.md?metric=Preservation%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | Deletion Score | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SimGrad | 0.1336 | Not recorded | 68fa699f1e209131cea232bd |
| GradCAM | 0.1232 | Not recorded | 68fa699f1e209131cea232bd |
| DeepLIFT | 0.098 | Not recorded | 68fa699f1e209131cea232bd |
| IntGrad | 0.0907 | Not recorded | 68fa699f1e209131cea232bd |
| Grad-CAM | 0.089 | Not recorded | 68fa675c1e209131cea15d45 |
| Grad-CAM++ | 0.082 | Not recorded | 68fa675c1e209131cea15d45 |
| SmGrad | 0.08 | Not recorded | 68fa699f1e209131cea232bd |
| Score-CAM | 0.077 | Not recorded | 68fa675c1e209131cea15d45 |
| FGVis | 0.0644 | Not recorded | 68fa699f1e209131cea232bd |
| RelEx | 0.0567 | Not recorded | 68fa699f1e209131cea232bd |

### SimGrad

Deletion Score: 0.1336. Result ID: 698dc9c88b517eb43323bd5a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa699f1e209131cea232bd.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa614c1e209131ce9f38a9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"natural ResNet-50"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GradCAM

Deletion Score: 0.1232. Result ID: 698dc9c88b517eb43323bd5b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa699f1e209131cea232bd.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66cb1e209131cea12568.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/ramprs/grad-cam/>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"natural ResNet-50"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DeepLIFT

Deletion Score: 0.098. Result ID: 698dc9c88b517eb43323bd5e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa699f1e209131cea232bd.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66811e209131cea10ba6.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"natural ResNet-50"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### IntGrad

Deletion Score: 0.0907. Result ID: 698dc9c88b517eb43323bd5d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa699f1e209131cea232bd.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa63661e209131ce9fe6bd.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"natural ResNet-50"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Grad-CAM

Deletion Score: 0.089. Result ID: 698d308f8b517eb4331fabe0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa675c1e209131cea15d45.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66cb1e209131cea12568.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/ramprs/grad-cam/>)

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

### Grad-CAM++

Deletion Score: 0.082. Result ID: 698d308f8b517eb4331fabe1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa675c1e209131cea15d45.md>)

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

### SmGrad

Deletion Score: 0.08. Result ID: 698dc9c88b517eb43323bd5c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa699f1e209131cea232bd.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa63661e209131ce9fe6d2.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"natural ResNet-50"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Score-CAM

Deletion Score: 0.077. Result ID: 698d308f8b517eb4331fabe2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa675c1e209131cea15d45.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa675c1e209131cea15d45.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/haofanwang/Score-CAM>)

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

### FGVis

Deletion Score: 0.0644. Result ID: 698dc9c88b517eb43323bd5f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa699f1e209131cea232bd.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa661c1e209131cea0e65d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"natural ResNet-50"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RelEx

Deletion Score: 0.0567. Result ID: 698dc9c88b517eb43323bd60.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa699f1e209131cea232bd.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa699f1e209131cea232bd.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/JBNU-VL/RelEx>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"natural ResNet-50"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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