Text-to-Image Generation on COCO 30k
12.4FIDMACE
Evaluation results
| Method | Links | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACE2026.04 | 12.4 | 30.38 | — | — | |
| FMN2026.04 | 12.53 | 30.94 | — | — | |
| ETC2026.04 | 13.61 | 31.17 | — | — | |
| ESDreported_from_original_paper=true2023.11 | 13.68 | — | — | — | |
| SPEED2026.04 | 13.98 | 30.89 | — | — | |
| SAFREE2026.04 | 14.01 | 31.32 | — | — | |
| SD v1.42026.04 | 14.04 | 31.34 | — | — | |
| SDDescription=Original Stable Diffusion2023.11 | 14.09 | 31.33 | — | — | |
| CPE2026.04 | 14.13 | 31.29 | — | — | |
| ESD-uvariant=unconditional2024.12 | 14.16 | 30.45 | — | — | |
| Original SDBase Model=Stable Diffusion v2.1, Scheduler=DDIM, Inference Steps=502026.04 | 14.3 | 0.2626 | — | — | |
| ESD-x2026.04 | 14.4 | 29.55 | — | — | |
| SD2024.12 | 14.5 | 31.32 | — | — | |
| SPMBase Model=Stable Diffusion v2.1, Scheduler=DDIM, Inference Steps=502026.04 | 14.77 | 0.2581 | — | — | |
| SafeCtrlBase Model=Stable Diffusion v2.1, Scheduler=DDIM, Inference Steps=502026.04 | 15.03 | 0.2616 | — | — | |
| RDMBase Model=Stable Diffusion v2.1, Scheduler=DDIM, Inference Steps=502026.04 | 15.13 | 0.2588 | — | — | |
| Ours2024.12 | 15.15 | 30.67 | — | — | |
| CRParadigm=localized control, Base Model=Stable Diffusion v2.1, Scheduler=DDIM, Inference Steps=502026.04 | 15.15 | 0.2551 | — | — | |
| ESDreported_from_original_paper=false2023.11 | 15.36 | 30.05 | — | — | |
| Ours-SDDescription=Self-discovery approach applied to Stable Diffusion2023.11 | 15.98 | 31.03 | — | — | |
| ESD-u2026.04 | 15.98 | 28.55 | — | — | |
| SLDreported_from_original_paper=true2023.11 | 16.9 | — | — | — | |
| SLD-Mediummode=Medium2024.12 | 16.9 | 30.46 | — | — | |
| DiT-ST LargeParam.=8B2025.05 | 17.16 | — | — | — | |
| SDv3.5 LargeParam.=8B2025.05 | 17.31 | — | — | — | |
| ESDParadigm=global fine-tuning, Base Model=Stable Diffusion v2.1, Scheduler=DDIM, Inference Steps=502026.04 | 17.34 | 0.2381 | — | — | |
| SLDParadigm=global inference guidance, Base Model=Stable Diffusion v2.1, Scheduler=DDIM, Inference Steps=502026.04 | 18.22 | 0.2543 | — | — | |
| DiT-ST MediumParam.=2B2025.05 | 18.78 | — | — | — | |
| SDv3 MediumParam.=2B2025.05 | 18.82 | — | — | — | |
| DMD2Backbone=SDXL, # Fwd Pass=42024.05 | 19.32 | 0.332 | 20.86 | 0.61 | |
| SLDreported_from_original_paper=false2023.11 | 19.35 | 30.41 | — | — | |
| SDXL-TeacherBackbone=SDXL, # Fwd Pass=100, cfg=62024.05 | 19.36 | 0.332 | 21.38 | 0.64 | |
| MeiGen-Image-FaQBackbone=MeiGen-Image, Framework=Forge-and-Quench2026.01 | 19.86 | — | — | — | |
| SingDiffusionclassifier guidance=none, base_model=SD-2.02024.03 | 20.13 | 28.43 | — | — | |
| SDXL-TeacherBackbone=SDXL, # Fwd Pass=100, cfg=82024.05 | 20.39 | 0.335 | 23.21 | 0.64 | |
| Original SDWeight modified=–, External dataset=–2026.04 | 20.5 | 31.48 | — | — | |
| Ours (CLIP)Weight modified=✗, External dataset=✗2026.04 | 20.73 | 31.48 | — | — | |
| AlignGuardParadigm=global fine-tuning, Base Model=Stable Diffusion v2.1, Scheduler=DDIM, Inference Steps=502026.04 | 20.8 | 0.2554 | — | — | |
| FLUX.1-dev-FaQBackbone=FLUX.1-dev, Framework=Forge-and-Quench2026.01 | 20.83 | — | — | — | |
| Ours (VLM)Weight modified=✗, External dataset=✗2026.04 | 21.11 | 31.18 | — | — | |
| LCM-SDXLBackbone=SDXL, # Fwd Pass=42024.05 | 22.16 | 0.317 | 33.92 | 0.61 | |
| SAFREE + Safe DenoiserFine Tuning=false, Negative Prompt=true, Safe Denoiser=true2025.02 | 22.55 | 30.66 | — | — | |
| SafeDenoiserWeight modified=✗, External dataset=✓2026.04 | 22.55 | 30.66 | — | — | |
| SDXL-TurboBackbone=SDXL, # Fwd Pass=42024.05 | 23.19 | 0.334 | 23.27 | 0.58 | |
| SAFREEWeight modified=✗, External dataset=✗2026.04 | 23.51 | 31.09 | — | — | |
| SGFWeight modified=✗, External dataset=✓2026.04 | 23.73 | 30.36 | — | — | |
| MeiGen-ImageBackbone=MeiGen-Image, Framework=Baseline2026.01 | 23.97 | — | — | — | |
| SDXL-LightningBackbone=SDXL, # Fwd Pass=42024.05 | 24.46 | 0.323 | 24.56 | 0.63 | |
| SD-v1.42025.02 | 25.04 | 31.38 | — | — | |
| SAFREEFine Tuning=false, Negative Prompt=true, Safe Denoiser=false2025.02 | 25.29 | 30.98 | — | — | |
| Original SDModel=SD-v3.52026.04 | 25.6 | 32.15 | — | — | |
| PixArt-αParam.=0.6B2025.05 | 27.35 | — | — | — | |
| ESDFine Tuning=true, Negative Prompt=false, Safe Denoiser=false2025.02 | 27.38 | 30.59 | — | — | |
| FLUX.1-devBackbone=FLUX.1-dev, Framework=Baseline2026.01 | 27.71 | — | — | — | |
| Original SDBase Model=SD-v32026.04 | 29.04 | 0.3201 | — | — | |
| Flux.1 DevParam.=12B2025.05 | 32.1 | — | — | — | |
| RECEFine Tuning=true, Negative Prompt=false, Safe Denoiser=false2025.02 | 33.94 | 30.29 | — | — | |
| Modular Energy Steering (CLIP)Model=SD-v3.5, Variant=CLIP2026.04 | 35.28 | 31.53 | — | — | |
| CRGEvaluation Protocol=Inference-time, Backbone=Stable Diffusion v1.42026.06 | 36.05 | 30.85 | — | — | |
| SD-2.0classifier guidance=none2024.03 | 36.42 | 27.46 | — | — | |
| SLDFine Tuning=false, Negative Prompt=true, Safe Denoiser=false2025.02 | 36.47 | 29.28 | — | — | |
| SLD + Safe DenoiserFine Tuning=false, Negative Prompt=true, Safe Denoiser=true2025.02 | 36.59 | 29.1 | — | — | |
| NPEvaluation Protocol=Inference-time, Method Full Name=Negative Prompting, Backbone=Stable Diffusion v1.42026.06 | 51.74 | 30.49 | — | — | |
| ESDEvaluation Protocol=Fine-tuning, Backbone=Stable Diffusion v1.42026.06 | 53.39 | 31.39 | — | — | |
| SAFREEEvaluation Protocol=Inference-time, Backbone=Stable Diffusion v1.42026.06 | 55.79 | 31.11 | — | — | |
| DNGEvaluation Protocol=Inference-time, Backbone=Stable Diffusion v1.42026.06 | 55.97 | 30.79 | — | — | |
| CAEvaluation Protocol=Fine-tuning, Backbone=Stable Diffusion v1.42026.06 | 56.19 | 31.6 | — | — | |
| Modular Energy Steering (CLIP)Base Model=SD-v3, Energy Estimator=CLIP2026.04 | 56.26 | 0.3126 | — | — | |
| SLD MediumEvaluation Protocol=Inference-time, Configuration=Medium, Backbone=Stable Diffusion v1.42026.06 | 57.09 | 30.83 | — | — | |
| TraSCEEvaluation Protocol=Inference-time, Backbone=Stable Diffusion v1.42026.06 | 57.11 | 30.67 | — | — | |
| RECEEvaluation Protocol=Weight-editing, Backbone=Stable Diffusion v1.42026.06 | 58.4 | 30.87 | — | — | |
| SLD StrongEvaluation Protocol=Inference-time, Configuration=Strong, Backbone=Stable Diffusion v1.42026.06 | 58.49 | 30.11 | — | — | |
| SLD MaxEvaluation Protocol=Inference-time, Configuration=Max, Backbone=Stable Diffusion v1.42026.06 | 62.59 | 29.31 | — | — | |
| UCEEvaluation Protocol=Weight-editing, Backbone=Stable Diffusion v1.42026.06 | 63.3 | 30.14 | — | — | |
| STGEvaluation Protocol=Inference-time, Backbone=Stable Diffusion v1.42026.06 | 65.37 | 29.53 | — | — | |
| MACEEvaluation Protocol=Fine-tuning, Backbone=Stable Diffusion v1.42026.06 | 67.49 | 29.15 | — | — | |
| UCE2026.04 | 97.09 | 20.13 | — | — | |
| CUREWeight modified=✓, External dataset=✗2026.04 | — | 31.18 | — | — | |
| REAL2024.12 | — | 30.41 | — | — | |
| SAFREE*Base Model=SD-v32026.04 | — | 0.3155 | — | — | |
| SD v1.4Backbone=Stable Diffusion v1.42026.06 | — | 31.1 | — | — |