GoT-R1: Unleashing Reasoning Capability of MLLM for Visual Generation with Reinforcement Learning

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Main Authors: Duan, Chengqi, Fang, Rongyao, Wang, Yuqing, Wang, Kun, Huang, Linjiang, Zeng, Xingyu, Li, Hongsheng, Liu, Xihui
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author Duan, Chengqi
Fang, Rongyao
Wang, Yuqing
Wang, Kun
Huang, Linjiang
Zeng, Xingyu
Li, Hongsheng
Liu, Xihui
author_facet Duan, Chengqi
Fang, Rongyao
Wang, Yuqing
Wang, Kun
Huang, Linjiang
Zeng, Xingyu
Li, Hongsheng
Liu, Xihui
contents Visual generation models have made remarkable progress in creating realistic images from text prompts, yet struggle with complex prompts that specify multiple objects with precise spatial relationships and attributes. Effective handling of such prompts requires explicit reasoning about the semantic content and spatial layout. We present GoT-R1, a framework that applies reinforcement learning to enhance semantic-spatial reasoning in visual generation. Building upon the Generation Chain-of-Thought approach, GoT-R1 enables models to autonomously discover effective reasoning strategies beyond predefined templates through carefully designed reinforcement learning. To achieve this, we propose a dual-stage multi-dimensional reward framework that leverages MLLMs to evaluate both the reasoning process and final output, enabling effective supervision across the entire generation pipeline. The reward system assesses semantic alignment, spatial accuracy, and visual quality in a unified approach. Experimental results demonstrate significant improvements on T2I-CompBench benchmark, particularly in compositional tasks involving precise spatial relationships and attribute binding. GoT-R1 advances the state-of-the-art in image generation by successfully transferring sophisticated reasoning capabilities to the visual generation domain. To facilitate future research, we make our code and pretrained models publicly available at https://github.com/gogoduan/GoT-R1.
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spellingShingle GoT-R1: Unleashing Reasoning Capability of MLLM for Visual Generation with Reinforcement Learning
Duan, Chengqi
Fang, Rongyao
Wang, Yuqing
Wang, Kun
Huang, Linjiang
Zeng, Xingyu
Li, Hongsheng
Liu, Xihui
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
Machine Learning
Multimedia
Visual generation models have made remarkable progress in creating realistic images from text prompts, yet struggle with complex prompts that specify multiple objects with precise spatial relationships and attributes. Effective handling of such prompts requires explicit reasoning about the semantic content and spatial layout. We present GoT-R1, a framework that applies reinforcement learning to enhance semantic-spatial reasoning in visual generation. Building upon the Generation Chain-of-Thought approach, GoT-R1 enables models to autonomously discover effective reasoning strategies beyond predefined templates through carefully designed reinforcement learning. To achieve this, we propose a dual-stage multi-dimensional reward framework that leverages MLLMs to evaluate both the reasoning process and final output, enabling effective supervision across the entire generation pipeline. The reward system assesses semantic alignment, spatial accuracy, and visual quality in a unified approach. Experimental results demonstrate significant improvements on T2I-CompBench benchmark, particularly in compositional tasks involving precise spatial relationships and attribute binding. GoT-R1 advances the state-of-the-art in image generation by successfully transferring sophisticated reasoning capabilities to the visual generation domain. To facilitate future research, we make our code and pretrained models publicly available at https://github.com/gogoduan/GoT-R1.
title GoT-R1: Unleashing Reasoning Capability of MLLM for Visual Generation with Reinforcement Learning
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
Machine Learning
Multimedia
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17022