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Main Authors: Chen, Zheng, Liu, Kai, Wang, Jingkai, Yan, Xianglong, Li, Jianze, Zhang, Ziqing, Gong, Jue, Li, Jiatong, Sun, Lei, Liu, Xiaoyang, Timofte, Radu, Zhang, Yulun, Park, Jihye, Im, Yoonjin, Chun, Hyungju, Park, Hyunhee, Park, MinKyu, Xie, Zheng, Kong, Xiangyu, Yuan, Weijun, Li, Zhan, Song, Qiurong, Zhu, Luen, Zhang, Fengkai, Zhu, Xinzhe, Chen, Junyang, Wang, Congyu, Yang, Yixin, Zhou, Zhaorun, Dong, Jiangxin, Pan, Jinshan, Wang, Shengwei, Ou, Jiajie, Li, Baiang, Ma, Sizhuo, Gao, Qiang, Zhang, Jusheng, Wang, Jian, Wang, Keze, Liu, Yijiao, Chen, Yingsi, Li, Hui, Wang, Yu, Zhu, Congchao, Ahmad, Saeed, Lee, Ik Hyun, Park, Jun Young, Yoon, Ji Hwan, Yan, Kainan, Wang, Zian, Wang, Weibo, Zou, Shihao, Dong, Chao, Zhou, Wei, Li, Linfeng, Lee, Jaeseong, Chae, Jaeho, Kim, Jinwoo, Kim, Seonjoo, Hong, Yucong, Yan, Zhenming, Chen, Junye, Han, Ruize, Wang, Song, Jiang, Yuxuan, Zeng, Chengxi, Peng, Tianhao, Zhang, Fan, Bull, David, Mu, Tongyao, Cao, Qiong, Wang, Yifan, Pan, Youwei, Cao, Leilei, Peng, Xiaoping, Deng, Wei, Chen, Yifei, Xiong, Wenbo, Hu, Xian, Zhang, Yuxin, Cheng, Xiaoyun, Ji, Yang, Chen, Zonghao, Xue, Zhihao, Hu, Junqin, Kumar, Nihal, Tomar, Snehal Singh, Mueller, Klaus, Vashisth, Surya, Shaily, Prateek, Kumar, Jayant, Sharma, Hardik, Negi, Ashish, Chaudhary, Sachin, Dudhane, Akshay, Hambarde, Praful, Shukla, Amit, Shi, Shijun, Zhang, Jiangning, Liu, Yong, Hu, Kai, Xu, Jing, Zeng, Xianfang, M, Amitesh, S, Hariharan, Lee, Chia-Ming, Lin, Yu-Fan, Hsu, Chih-Chung, K, Nishalini, A, Sreenath K, Benjdira, Bilel, Ali, Anas M., Boulila, Wadii, Zheng, Shuling, Fu, Zhiheng, Zhang, Feng, Chen, Zhanglu, Yao, Boyang, Pathak, Nikhil, Jain, Aagam, Kumar, Milan, Upla, Kishor, Chavda, Vivek, S, Sarang N, Ramachandra, Raghavendra, Zhang, Zhipeng, Wang, Qi, Wang, Shiyu, Tu, Jiachen, Xu, Guoyi, Jiang, Yaoxin, Liu, Jiajia, Shi, Yaokun, Li, Yuqi, Yang, Chuanguang, Feng, Weilun, Hong, Zhuzhi, Wu, Hao, Liu, Junming, Tian, Yingli, Kulkarni, Amish Bhushan, Shet, Tejas R R, Vernekar, Saakshi M, Akalwadi, Nikhil, Mallibhat, Kaushik, Tabib, Ramesh Ashok, Mudenagudi, Uma, Pan, Yuwen, Chen, Tianrun, Ji, Deyi, Zhu, Qi, Zhu, Lanyun, Zhangyi, Heyan
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author Chen, Zheng
Liu, Kai
Wang, Jingkai
Yan, Xianglong
Li, Jianze
Zhang, Ziqing
Gong, Jue
Li, Jiatong
Sun, Lei
Liu, Xiaoyang
Timofte, Radu
Zhang, Yulun
Park, Jihye
Im, Yoonjin
Chun, Hyungju
Park, Hyunhee
Park, MinKyu
Xie, Zheng
Kong, Xiangyu
Yuan, Weijun
Li, Zhan
Song, Qiurong
Zhu, Luen
Zhang, Fengkai
Zhu, Xinzhe
Chen, Junyang
Wang, Congyu
Yang, Yixin
Zhou, Zhaorun
Dong, Jiangxin
Pan, Jinshan
Wang, Shengwei
Ou, Jiajie
Li, Baiang
Ma, Sizhuo
Gao, Qiang
Zhang, Jusheng
Wang, Jian
Wang, Keze
Liu, Yijiao
Chen, Yingsi
Li, Hui
Wang, Yu
Zhu, Congchao
Ahmad, Saeed
Lee, Ik Hyun
Park, Jun Young
Yoon, Ji Hwan
Yan, Kainan
Wang, Zian
Wang, Weibo
Zou, Shihao
Dong, Chao
Zhou, Wei
Li, Linfeng
Lee, Jaeseong
Chae, Jaeho
Kim, Jinwoo
Kim, Seonjoo
Hong, Yucong
Yan, Zhenming
Chen, Junye
Han, Ruize
Wang, Song
Jiang, Yuxuan
Zeng, Chengxi
Peng, Tianhao
Zhang, Fan
Bull, David
Mu, Tongyao
Cao, Qiong
Wang, Yifan
Pan, Youwei
Cao, Leilei
Peng, Xiaoping
Deng, Wei
Chen, Yifei
Xiong, Wenbo
Hu, Xian
Zhang, Yuxin
Cheng, Xiaoyun
Ji, Yang
Chen, Zonghao
Xue, Zhihao
Hu, Junqin
Kumar, Nihal
Tomar, Snehal Singh
Mueller, Klaus
Vashisth, Surya
Shaily, Prateek
Kumar, Jayant
Sharma, Hardik
Negi, Ashish
Chaudhary, Sachin
Dudhane, Akshay
Hambarde, Praful
Shukla, Amit
Shi, Shijun
Zhang, Jiangning
Liu, Yong
Hu, Kai
Xu, Jing
Zeng, Xianfang
M, Amitesh
S, Hariharan
Lee, Chia-Ming
Lin, Yu-Fan
Hsu, Chih-Chung
K, Nishalini
A, Sreenath K
Benjdira, Bilel
Ali, Anas M.
Boulila, Wadii
Zheng, Shuling
Fu, Zhiheng
Zhang, Feng
Chen, Zhanglu
Yao, Boyang
Pathak, Nikhil
Jain, Aagam
Kumar, Milan
Upla, Kishor
Chavda, Vivek
S, Sarang N
Ramachandra, Raghavendra
Zhang, Zhipeng
Wang, Qi
Wang, Shiyu
Tu, Jiachen
Xu, Guoyi
Jiang, Yaoxin
Liu, Jiajia
Shi, Yaokun
Li, Yuqi
Yang, Chuanguang
Feng, Weilun
Hong, Zhuzhi
Wu, Hao
Liu, Junming
Tian, Yingli
Kulkarni, Amish Bhushan
Shet, Tejas R R
Vernekar, Saakshi M
Akalwadi, Nikhil
Mallibhat, Kaushik
Tabib, Ramesh Ashok
Mudenagudi, Uma
Pan, Yuwen
Chen, Tianrun
Ji, Deyi
Zhu, Qi
Zhu, Lanyun
Zhangyi, Heyan
author_facet Chen, Zheng
Liu, Kai
Wang, Jingkai
Yan, Xianglong
Li, Jianze
Zhang, Ziqing
Gong, Jue
Li, Jiatong
Sun, Lei
Liu, Xiaoyang
Timofte, Radu
Zhang, Yulun
Park, Jihye
Im, Yoonjin
Chun, Hyungju
Park, Hyunhee
Park, MinKyu
Xie, Zheng
Kong, Xiangyu
Yuan, Weijun
Li, Zhan
Song, Qiurong
Zhu, Luen
Zhang, Fengkai
Zhu, Xinzhe
Chen, Junyang
Wang, Congyu
Yang, Yixin
Zhou, Zhaorun
Dong, Jiangxin
Pan, Jinshan
Wang, Shengwei
Ou, Jiajie
Li, Baiang
Ma, Sizhuo
Gao, Qiang
Zhang, Jusheng
Wang, Jian
Wang, Keze
Liu, Yijiao
Chen, Yingsi
Li, Hui
Wang, Yu
Zhu, Congchao
Ahmad, Saeed
Lee, Ik Hyun
Park, Jun Young
Yoon, Ji Hwan
Yan, Kainan
Wang, Zian
Wang, Weibo
Zou, Shihao
Dong, Chao
Zhou, Wei
Li, Linfeng
Lee, Jaeseong
Chae, Jaeho
Kim, Jinwoo
Kim, Seonjoo
Hong, Yucong
Yan, Zhenming
Chen, Junye
Han, Ruize
Wang, Song
Jiang, Yuxuan
Zeng, Chengxi
Peng, Tianhao
Zhang, Fan
Bull, David
Mu, Tongyao
Cao, Qiong
Wang, Yifan
Pan, Youwei
Cao, Leilei
Peng, Xiaoping
Deng, Wei
Chen, Yifei
Xiong, Wenbo
Hu, Xian
Zhang, Yuxin
Cheng, Xiaoyun
Ji, Yang
Chen, Zonghao
Xue, Zhihao
Hu, Junqin
Kumar, Nihal
Tomar, Snehal Singh
Mueller, Klaus
Vashisth, Surya
Shaily, Prateek
Kumar, Jayant
Sharma, Hardik
Negi, Ashish
Chaudhary, Sachin
Dudhane, Akshay
Hambarde, Praful
Shukla, Amit
Shi, Shijun
Zhang, Jiangning
Liu, Yong
Hu, Kai
Xu, Jing
Zeng, Xianfang
M, Amitesh
S, Hariharan
Lee, Chia-Ming
Lin, Yu-Fan
Hsu, Chih-Chung
K, Nishalini
A, Sreenath K
Benjdira, Bilel
Ali, Anas M.
Boulila, Wadii
Zheng, Shuling
Fu, Zhiheng
Zhang, Feng
Chen, Zhanglu
Yao, Boyang
Pathak, Nikhil
Jain, Aagam
Kumar, Milan
Upla, Kishor
Chavda, Vivek
S, Sarang N
Ramachandra, Raghavendra
Zhang, Zhipeng
Wang, Qi
Wang, Shiyu
Tu, Jiachen
Xu, Guoyi
Jiang, Yaoxin
Liu, Jiajia
Shi, Yaokun
Li, Yuqi
Yang, Chuanguang
Feng, Weilun
Hong, Zhuzhi
Wu, Hao
Liu, Junming
Tian, Yingli
Kulkarni, Amish Bhushan
Shet, Tejas R R
Vernekar, Saakshi M
Akalwadi, Nikhil
Mallibhat, Kaushik
Tabib, Ramesh Ashok
Mudenagudi, Uma
Pan, Yuwen
Chen, Tianrun
Ji, Deyi
Zhu, Qi
Zhu, Lanyun
Zhangyi, Heyan
contents This paper presents the NTIRE 2026 image super-resolution ($\times$4) challenge, one of the associated competitions of the NTIRE 2026 Workshop at CVPR 2026. The challenge aims to reconstruct high-resolution (HR) images from low-resolution (LR) inputs generated through bicubic downsampling with a $\times$4 scaling factor. The objective is to develop effective super-resolution solutions and analyze recent advances in the field. To reflect the evolving objectives of image super-resolution, the challenge includes two tracks: (1) a restoration track, which emphasizes pixel-wise fidelity and ranks submissions based on PSNR; and (2) a perceptual track, which focuses on visual realism and evaluates results using a perceptual score. A total of 194 participants registered for the challenge, with 31 teams submitting valid entries. This report summarizes the challenge design, datasets, evaluation protocol, main results, and methods of participating teams. The challenge provides a unified benchmark and offers insights into current progress and future directions in image super-resolution.
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spellingShingle The Fourth Challenge on Image Super-Resolution ($\times$4) at NTIRE 2026: Benchmark Results and Method Overview
Chen, Zheng
Liu, Kai
Wang, Jingkai
Yan, Xianglong
Li, Jianze
Zhang, Ziqing
Gong, Jue
Li, Jiatong
Sun, Lei
Liu, Xiaoyang
Timofte, Radu
Zhang, Yulun
Park, Jihye
Im, Yoonjin
Chun, Hyungju
Park, Hyunhee
Park, MinKyu
Xie, Zheng
Kong, Xiangyu
Yuan, Weijun
Li, Zhan
Song, Qiurong
Zhu, Luen
Zhang, Fengkai
Zhu, Xinzhe
Chen, Junyang
Wang, Congyu
Yang, Yixin
Zhou, Zhaorun
Dong, Jiangxin
Pan, Jinshan
Wang, Shengwei
Ou, Jiajie
Li, Baiang
Ma, Sizhuo
Gao, Qiang
Zhang, Jusheng
Wang, Jian
Wang, Keze
Liu, Yijiao
Chen, Yingsi
Li, Hui
Wang, Yu
Zhu, Congchao
Ahmad, Saeed
Lee, Ik Hyun
Park, Jun Young
Yoon, Ji Hwan
Yan, Kainan
Wang, Zian
Wang, Weibo
Zou, Shihao
Dong, Chao
Zhou, Wei
Li, Linfeng
Lee, Jaeseong
Chae, Jaeho
Kim, Jinwoo
Kim, Seonjoo
Hong, Yucong
Yan, Zhenming
Chen, Junye
Han, Ruize
Wang, Song
Jiang, Yuxuan
Zeng, Chengxi
Peng, Tianhao
Zhang, Fan
Bull, David
Mu, Tongyao
Cao, Qiong
Wang, Yifan
Pan, Youwei
Cao, Leilei
Peng, Xiaoping
Deng, Wei
Chen, Yifei
Xiong, Wenbo
Hu, Xian
Zhang, Yuxin
Cheng, Xiaoyun
Ji, Yang
Chen, Zonghao
Xue, Zhihao
Hu, Junqin
Kumar, Nihal
Tomar, Snehal Singh
Mueller, Klaus
Vashisth, Surya
Shaily, Prateek
Kumar, Jayant
Sharma, Hardik
Negi, Ashish
Chaudhary, Sachin
Dudhane, Akshay
Hambarde, Praful
Shukla, Amit
Shi, Shijun
Zhang, Jiangning
Liu, Yong
Hu, Kai
Xu, Jing
Zeng, Xianfang
M, Amitesh
S, Hariharan
Lee, Chia-Ming
Lin, Yu-Fan
Hsu, Chih-Chung
K, Nishalini
A, Sreenath K
Benjdira, Bilel
Ali, Anas M.
Boulila, Wadii
Zheng, Shuling
Fu, Zhiheng
Zhang, Feng
Chen, Zhanglu
Yao, Boyang
Pathak, Nikhil
Jain, Aagam
Kumar, Milan
Upla, Kishor
Chavda, Vivek
S, Sarang N
Ramachandra, Raghavendra
Zhang, Zhipeng
Wang, Qi
Wang, Shiyu
Tu, Jiachen
Xu, Guoyi
Jiang, Yaoxin
Liu, Jiajia
Shi, Yaokun
Li, Yuqi
Yang, Chuanguang
Feng, Weilun
Hong, Zhuzhi
Wu, Hao
Liu, Junming
Tian, Yingli
Kulkarni, Amish Bhushan
Shet, Tejas R R
Vernekar, Saakshi M
Akalwadi, Nikhil
Mallibhat, Kaushik
Tabib, Ramesh Ashok
Mudenagudi, Uma
Pan, Yuwen
Chen, Tianrun
Ji, Deyi
Zhu, Qi
Zhu, Lanyun
Zhangyi, Heyan
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
This paper presents the NTIRE 2026 image super-resolution ($\times$4) challenge, one of the associated competitions of the NTIRE 2026 Workshop at CVPR 2026. The challenge aims to reconstruct high-resolution (HR) images from low-resolution (LR) inputs generated through bicubic downsampling with a $\times$4 scaling factor. The objective is to develop effective super-resolution solutions and analyze recent advances in the field. To reflect the evolving objectives of image super-resolution, the challenge includes two tracks: (1) a restoration track, which emphasizes pixel-wise fidelity and ranks submissions based on PSNR; and (2) a perceptual track, which focuses on visual realism and evaluates results using a perceptual score. A total of 194 participants registered for the challenge, with 31 teams submitting valid entries. This report summarizes the challenge design, datasets, evaluation protocol, main results, and methods of participating teams. The challenge provides a unified benchmark and offers insights into current progress and future directions in image super-resolution.
title The Fourth Challenge on Image Super-Resolution ($\times$4) at NTIRE 2026: Benchmark Results and Method Overview
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14558