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YOLO26 vs YOLOv12 vs Grounding DINO

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Object Detection · verified 13 Aug 2026

×YOLO26Ultralyticscurrent
×YOLOv12Ultralyticscurrent
×IGrounding DINOIDEA Researchcurrent
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SpecificationYOLO26YOLOv12Grounding DINO
SummaryThe latest in the line most people mean by object detection.Attention-centric YOLO, still widely deployed.Detects whatever you describe in words.
COCO mAP~55~55~52 zero-shot
SpeedVery highVery highModerate
LicenceAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0Apache 2.0
FamilySingle stageSingle stageOpen vocabulary
Open vocabularyNoNoYes
Released202620252023
CategoryObject DetectionObject DetectionObject Detection
OfficialUltralytics ↗Ultralytics ↗IDEA Research ↗

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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.

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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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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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