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DETR vs YOLOv12

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Object Detection · verified 13 Aug 2026

DETRMetacurrent
YOLOv12Ultralyticscurrent
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SpecificationDETRYOLOv12
SummaryThe paper that removed anchors and NMS.Attention-centric YOLO, still widely deployed.
COCO mAP~44~55
SpeedLowVery high
LicenceApache 2.0AGPL-3.0
FamilyTransformer, set predictionSingle stage
Open vocabularyNoNo
Released20202025
CategoryObject DetectionObject Detection
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DETR

  • Reframed detection as set prediction
  • Slow to train, and every transformer detector descends from it

Best for understanding where RF-DETR came from.

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YOLOv12

  • Attention added to the classic single-stage design
  • Same licensing consideration as YOLO26

Best for teams already on the YOLO toolchain.

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