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SAM 2 vs RF-DETR

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Object Detection · verified 13 Aug 2026

SAM 2Metacurrent
RF-DETRRoboflowcurrent
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SpecificationSAM 2RF-DETR
SummarySegment anything, now including video.First real-time detector past 60 mAP on COCO.
COCO mAPNot applicable60.5
SpeedReal timeReal time
LicenceApache 2.0Apache 2.0
FamilySegmentationTransformer, set prediction
Open vocabularyYesNo
Released20242025
CategoryObject DetectionObject Detection
OfficialMeta ↗Roboflow ↗

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SAM 2

  • Not a detector: it segments what you point at
  • Transformed how detection datasets get labelled

Best for segmentation and annotation.

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RF-DETR

  • Leads the RF100-VL domain-transfer benchmark
  • DINOv2 backbone, markedly better on occluded objects
  • Apache 2.0, which YOLO is not

Best for most custom detection tasks.

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