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YOLO26 vs YOLO-World
2 of 5Object Detection · verified 13 Aug 2026
YOLO26Ultralyticscurrent
YOLO-WorldTencentcurrent| Specification | YOLO26 | YOLO-World |
|---|---|---|
| Summary | The latest in the line most people mean by object detection. | Open-vocabulary detection at YOLO speed. |
| COCO mAP | ~55 | ~46 zero-shot |
| Speed | Very high | High |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Family | Single stage | Open vocabulary |
| Open vocabulary | No | Yes |
| Released | 2026 | 2024 |
| Category | Object Detection | Object Detection |
| Official | Ultralytics ↗ | Tencent ↗ |
Highlighted rows are where these differ.
YOLO26
- Strong on Jetson, Snapdragon and ARM CPUs
- AGPL-3.0: open-source your derivative work or buy a licence
Best for edge and mobile deployment.
YOLO-World
- The speed of YOLO with text-defined classes
- Weaker than Grounding DINO on hard prompts
Best for prompted detection that has to be fast.