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OWLv2 vs Grounding DINO

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Object Detection · verified 13 Aug 2026

OWLv2Googlecurrent
IGrounding DINOIDEA Researchcurrent
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SpecificationOWLv2Grounding DINO
SummaryOpen-vocabulary detection trained with self-labelling.Detects whatever you describe in words.
COCO mAP~45 zero-shot~52 zero-shot
SpeedModerateModerate
LicenceApache 2.0Apache 2.0
FamilyOpen vocabularyOpen vocabulary
Open vocabularyYesYes
Released20232023
CategoryObject DetectionObject Detection
OfficialGoogleIDEA Research

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OWLv2

  • Accepts an image as the query, not just text

Best for querying by example image.

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Grounding DINO

  • Text prompt in, boxes out
  • Fine-tuning still beats it on specialised objects

Best for classes you have no data for.

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