# Faster R-CNN: Towards Real-Time Object Detection with Region Proposal Networks

## Introduction

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```latex
@article{Ren_2017,
   title={Faster R-CNN: Towards Real-Time Object Detection with Region Proposal Networks},
   journal={IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence},
   publisher={Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},
   author={Ren, Shaoqing and He, Kaiming and Girshick, Ross and Sun, Jian},
   year={2017},
   month={Jun},
}
```

## Results and models

|    Backbone     |  Style  | Lr schd | Mem (GB) | Inf time (fps) | box AP | Config | Download |
| :-------------: | :-----: | :-----: | :------: | :------------: | :----: | :------: | :--------: |
|    R-50-DC5     |  caffe  |   1x    | -        | -              | 37.2   | [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/blob/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_dc5_1x_coco.py) | [model](https://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_dc5_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_dc5_1x_coco_20201030_151909-531f0f43.pth) | [log](https://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_dc5_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_dc5_1x_coco_20201030_151909.log.json) |
|    R-50-FPN     |  caffe  |   1x    | 3.8      |                | 37.8   | [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/tree/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_1x_coco.py) | [model](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_1x_coco_bbox_mAP-0.378_20200504_180032-c5925ee5.pth) | [log](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_1x_coco_20200504_180032.log.json) |
|    R-50-FPN     | pytorch |   1x    | 4.0      | 21.4           | 37.4   | [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/tree/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco.py) | [model](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco_20200130-047c8118.pth) | [log](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco_20200130_204655.log.json) |
|    R-50-FPN     | pytorch |   2x    | -        | -              | 38.4   | [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/tree/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_2x_coco.py) | [model](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_2x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_2x_coco_bbox_mAP-0.384_20200504_210434-a5d8aa15.pth) | [log](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_2x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_2x_coco_20200504_210434.log.json) |
|    R-101-FPN    |  caffe  |   1x    | 5.7      |                | 39.8   | [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/tree/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r101_caffe_fpn_1x_coco.py) | [model](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r101_caffe_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r101_caffe_fpn_1x_coco_bbox_mAP-0.398_20200504_180057-b269e9dd.pth) | [log](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r101_caffe_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r101_caffe_fpn_1x_coco_20200504_180057.log.json) |
|    R-101-FPN    | pytorch |   1x    | 6.0      | 15.6           | 39.4   | [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/tree/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r101_fpn_1x_coco.py) | [model](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r101_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r101_fpn_1x_coco_20200130-f513f705.pth) | [log](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r101_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r101_fpn_1x_coco_20200130_204655.log.json) |
|    R-101-FPN    | pytorch |   2x    | -        | -              | 39.8   | [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/tree/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r101_fpn_2x_coco.py) | [model](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r101_fpn_2x_coco/faster_rcnn_r101_fpn_2x_coco_bbox_mAP-0.398_20200504_210455-1d2dac9c.pth) | [log](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r101_fpn_2x_coco/faster_rcnn_r101_fpn_2x_coco_20200504_210455.log.json) |
| X-101-32x4d-FPN | pytorch |   1x    | 7.2      | 13.8           | 41.2   | [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/tree/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_x101_32x4d_fpn_1x_coco.py) | [model](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_x101_32x4d_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_x101_32x4d_fpn_1x_coco_20200203-cff10310.pth) | [log](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_x101_32x4d_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_x101_32x4d_fpn_1x_coco_20200203_000520.log.json) |
| X-101-32x4d-FPN | pytorch |   2x    | -        | -              | 41.2   | [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/tree/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_x101_32x4d_fpn_2x_coco.py) | [model](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_x101_32x4d_fpn_2x_coco/faster_rcnn_x101_32x4d_fpn_2x_coco_bbox_mAP-0.412_20200506_041400-64a12c0b.pth) | [log](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_x101_32x4d_fpn_2x_coco/faster_rcnn_x101_32x4d_fpn_2x_coco_20200506_041400.log.json) |
| X-101-64x4d-FPN | pytorch |   1x    | 10.3     | 9.4            | 42.1   | [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/tree/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_x101_64x4d_fpn_1x_coco.py) | [model](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_x101_64x4d_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_x101_64x4d_fpn_1x_coco_20200204-833ee192.pth) | [log](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_x101_64x4d_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_x101_64x4d_fpn_1x_coco_20200204_134340.log.json) |
| X-101-64x4d-FPN | pytorch |   2x    | -        | -              | 41.6   | [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/tree/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_x101_64x4d_fpn_2x_coco.py) | [model](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_x101_64x4d_fpn_2x_coco/faster_rcnn_x101_64x4d_fpn_2x_coco_20200512_161033-5961fa95.pth) | [log](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_x101_64x4d_fpn_2x_coco/faster_rcnn_x101_64x4d_fpn_2x_coco_20200512_161033.log.json)  |

## Different regression loss

We trained with R-50-FPN pytorch style backbone for 1x schedule.

|    Backbone     | Loss type | Mem (GB) | Inf time (fps) | box AP | Config | Download |
| :-------------: | :-------: | :------: | :------------: | :----: | :------: | :--------: |
|    R-50-FPN     |  L1Loss   | 4.0      | 21.4           | 37.4   | [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/tree/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco.py) | [model](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco_20200130-047c8118.pth) | [log](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco_20200130_204655.log.json) |
|    R-50-FPN     |  IoULoss  |          |                | 37.9   | [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/tree/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco.py) | [model](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_iou_1x_coco-fdd207f3.pth) | [log](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_iou_1x_coco_20200506_095954.log.json)  |
|    R-50-FPN     |  GIoULoss |          |                | 37.6   | [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/tree/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco.py) | [model](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_giou_1x_coco-0eada910.pth) | [log](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_giou_1x_coco_20200505_161120.log.json)  |
|    R-50-FPN     |  BoundedIoULoss |          |                | 37.4   | [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/tree/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco.py) | [model](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_bounded_iou_1x_coco-98ad993b.pth) | [log](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_bounded_iou_1x_coco_20200505_160738.log.json)  |

## Pre-trained Models

We also train some models with longer schedules and multi-scale training. The users could finetune them for downstream tasks.

|    Backbone     |  Style  | Lr schd | Mem (GB) | Inf time (fps) | box AP | Config | Download |
| :-------------: | :-----: | :-----: | :------: | :------------: | :----: | :------: | :--------: |
|    [R-50-DC5](./faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_dc5_mstrain_1x_coco.py)          |  caffe  |   1x    | -        |                | 37.4   | [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/blob/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_dc5_mstrain_1x_coco.py) | [model](https://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_dc5_mstrain_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_dc5_mstrain_1x_coco_20201028_233851-b33d21b9.pth) | [log](https://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_dc5_mstrain_1x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_dc5_mstrain_1x_coco_20201028_233851.log.json)
|    [R-50-DC5](./faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_dc5_mstrain_3x_coco.py)          |  caffe  |   3x    | -        |                | 38.7   | [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/blob/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_dc5_mstrain_3x_coco.py) | [model](https://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_dc5_mstrain_3x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_dc5_mstrain_3x_coco_20201028_002107-34a53b2c.pth) | [log](https://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_dc5_mstrain_3x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_dc5_mstrain_3x_coco_20201028_002107.log.json)
|    [R-50-FPN](./faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_2x_coco.py)     |  caffe  |   2x    | 4.3      |                | 39.7   |[config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/tree/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_2x_coco.py) | [model](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_2x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_2x_coco_bbox_mAP-0.397_20200504_231813-10b2de58.pth) | [log](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_2x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_2x_coco_20200504_231813.log.json)
|    [R-50-FPN](./faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_3x_coco.py)     |  caffe  |   3x    | 4.3      |                | 40.2   |  [config](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/tree/master/configs/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_3x_coco.py) | [model](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_3x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_3x_coco_bbox_mAP-0.398_20200504_163323-30042637.pth) | [log](http://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_3x_coco/faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_3x_coco_20200504_163323.log.json)

We further finetune some pre-trained models on the COCO subsets, which only contain only a few of the 80 categories.

| Backbone                                                     | Style | Class name         | Pre-traind model                                             | Mem (GB) | box AP | Config                                                       | Download                                                     |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | ----- | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | -------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [R-50-FPN](./faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_1x_coco-person.py)          | caffe | person             | [R-50-FPN-Caffe-3x](./faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_3x_coco.py) | 3.7      | 55.8   | [config](./faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_1x_coco-person.py) | [model](https://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco-person/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco-person_20201216_175929-d022e227.pth) | [log](https://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco-person/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco-person_20201216_175929.log.json)                                                 |
| [R-50-FPN](./faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_1x_coco-person-bicycle-car.py) | caffe | person-bicycle-car | [R-50-FPN-Caffe-3x](./faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_3x_coco.py) | 3.7      | 44.1   | [config](./faster_rcnn_r50_caffe_fpn_mstrain_1x_coco-person-bicycle-car.py) | [model](https://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco-person-bicycle-car/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco-person-bicycle-car_20201216_173117-6eda6d92.pth) | [log](https://download.openmmlab.com/mmdetection/v2.0/faster_rcnn/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco-person-bicycle-car/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_1x_coco-person-bicycle-car_20201216_173117.log.json) |