# XAI Evaluation on ImageNet-S (val)

Source: [XAI Evaluation on ImageNet-S (val)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/xai-evaluation-on-imagenet-s-val>)

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

Data updated: 2026-02-27T11:24:26.093Z

Evaluation of Explainable AI (XAI) methods, including attribution fidelity and localization metrics, performed specifically on the validation split of the ImageNet-S 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 | XAI Evaluation |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | ImageNet-S (val) |
| Metric | Selection Score |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 28 of 28 |
| 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

- [Selection Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/xai-evaluation-on-imagenet-s-val.md?metric=Selection%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Attribution Localization](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/xai-evaluation-on-imagenet-s-val.md?metric=Attribution%20Localization>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Point Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/xai-evaluation-on-imagenet-s-val.md?metric=Point%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Pixel Flips AUC@5](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/xai-evaluation-on-imagenet-s-val.md?metric=Pixel%20Flips%20AUC%405>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Pixel Flips AUC@20](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/xai-evaluation-on-imagenet-s-val.md?metric=Pixel%20Flips%20AUC%4020>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Max Sensitivity](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/xai-evaluation-on-imagenet-s-val.md?metric=Max%20Sensitivity>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | Selection Score | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Feature Ablation | 6.029 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| GradCAM | 6.006 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| GradCAM++ | 5.955 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| SplitGrad (α 0.4) | 5.633 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| Deconvolution | 5.435 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| Occlusion | 5.214 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| SplitLRP (sc, wta) | 5.168 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| Guided GradCAM | 5.13 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| SplitGrad (α 0.5, wta) | 4.948 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| Integrated Gradients | 4.838 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| Gradient SHAP | 4.808 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| SplitGrad (α 0.4, wta) | 4.735 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| SplitCAM (sc, α 0.4) | 4.72 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| SplitCAM (sc, α 0.4, wta) | 4.711 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| SplitCAM (sc, α 0.5, wta) | 4.608 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| DeepLift | 4.447 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| SplitLRP (sc) | 4.393 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| Guided GradCAM | 4.301 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| Guided Backprop | 3.448 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| SplitGrad (α 0.4) | 3.429 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| SplitGrad (α 0.5, wta) | 3.379 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| SplitGrad (α 0.4, wta) | 3.287 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| Guided Backprop | 3.276 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| SplitLRP (sc, wta) | 3.235 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| SplitLRP (sc) | 3.062 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| SplitCAM (sc, α 0.5, wta) | 2.766 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| SplitCAM (sc, α 0.4, wta) | 2.761 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |
| SplitCAM (sc, α 0.4) | 2.727 | Not recorded | 6965d1a46343fa78c8323821 |

### Feature Ablation

Selection Score: 6.029. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e6e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"0","Abs":"y","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GradCAM

Selection Score: 6.006. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e77.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

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

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

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"0","Abs":"n","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GradCAM++

Selection Score: 5.955. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e72.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"30","Abs":"n","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SplitGrad (α 0.4)

Selection Score: 5.633. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e62.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"(12, +, g)","Abs":"n","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Deconvolution

Selection Score: 5.435. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e6c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa612c1e209131ce9f2f8a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"0","Abs":"y","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Occlusion

Selection Score: 5.214. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e71.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa612c1e209131ce9f2f8a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"0","Abs":"y","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SplitLRP (sc, wta)

Selection Score: 5.168. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e6b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"(26, pos)","Abs":"y","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Guided GradCAM

Selection Score: 5.13. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e76.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

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

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

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"26","Abs":"n","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SplitGrad (α 0.5, wta)

Selection Score: 4.948. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e67.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"(26, +, g)","Abs":"y","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Integrated Gradients

Selection Score: 4.838. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e70.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

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

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"0","Abs":"y","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Gradient SHAP

Selection Score: 4.808. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e6f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa63d01e209131cea00e17.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"0","Abs":"y","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SplitGrad (α 0.4, wta)

Selection Score: 4.735. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e64.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"(12, +, g)","Abs":"n","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SplitCAM (sc, α 0.4)

Selection Score: 4.72. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e5c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"(12, g)","Abs":"n","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SplitCAM (sc, α 0.4, wta)

Selection Score: 4.711. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e5f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"(26, +, g)","Abs":"y","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SplitCAM (sc, α 0.5, wta)

Selection Score: 4.608. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e61.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"(26, +, g)","Abs":"n","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DeepLift

Selection Score: 4.447. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e6d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

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

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"0","Abs":"y","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SplitLRP (sc)

Selection Score: 4.393. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e69.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"(19, pos)","Abs":"n","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Guided GradCAM

Selection Score: 4.301. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e75.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

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

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

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"0","Abs":"n","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Guided Backprop

Selection Score: 3.448. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e74.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa61d01e209131ce9f633d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"5","Abs":"n","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SplitGrad (α 0.4)

Selection Score: 3.429. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e63.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"(14, +, g)","Abs":"y","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SplitGrad (α 0.5, wta)

Selection Score: 3.379. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e66.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"(12, +, g)","Abs":"y","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SplitGrad (α 0.4, wta)

Selection Score: 3.287. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e65.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"(14, +, g)","Abs":"y","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Guided Backprop

Selection Score: 3.276. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e73.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa61d01e209131ce9f633d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"2","Abs":"n","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SplitLRP (sc, wta)

Selection Score: 3.235. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e6a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"(7, pos)","Abs":"n","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SplitLRP (sc)

Selection Score: 3.062. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e68.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"(7, pos)","Abs":"n","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SplitCAM (sc, α 0.5, wta)

Selection Score: 2.766. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e60.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"(14, g)","Abs":"n","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SplitCAM (sc, α 0.4, wta)

Selection Score: 2.761. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e5e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"(14, g)","Abs":"n","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SplitCAM (sc, α 0.4)

Selection Score: 2.727. Result ID: 69a17edd35dfcabb00e76e5d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1a46343fa78c8323821.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Layer":"(14, g)","Abs":"n","Backbone":"VGG16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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