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On ImageNet-1k, the small FasterNet-T0 runs 2.8×, 3.3× and 2.4× faster than MobileViT-XXS on GPU, CPU and ARM, and is 2.9% more accurate.
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What the paper says, word for word
“For example, on ImageNet-1k, our tiny FasterNet-T0 is $2.8\times$, $3.3\times$, and $2.4\times$ faster than MobileViT-XXS on GPU, CPU, and ARM processors, respectively, while being $2.9\%$ more accurate.”
From Chen et al. (2023), arXiv 2303.03667. Quote verified against the arXiv abstract on 19 Oct 2026.
ImageNet-1k:
A standard collection of images sorted into 1,000 categories, widely used to test how accurately image-recognition models work.
MobileViT-XXS:
A very small vision model designed to run on mobile devices, used here as the comparison point.
ARM processors:
A type of low-power chip common in phones and embedded devices.
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The paper
Run, Don't Walk: Chasing Higher FLOPS for Faster Neural Networks
Jierun Chen, Shiu-hong Kao, Hao He, Weipeng Zhuo, Wen Song, Chul-Ho Lee and S.-H. Gary Chan
IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings · published 2023 · arXiv 2303.03667
The paper argues that cutting FLOPs does not always cut latency, proposes partial convolution (PConv) and the FasterNet family, and reports faster speeds than other networks on several devices without losing accuracy.
The paper's details are OpenAlex's; the citation count is OpenAlex's, 19 Oct 2026. The line on the paper is machine-written, as noted under Why it matters.
Why it matters
The claim is a head-to-head comparison between a very small FasterNet model and a small, mobile-oriented model, MobileViT-XXS. It is offered as an example of the paper's wider argument that designing for efficient memory access can give faster networks without a loss of accuracy. If it holds, small vision models could run noticeably faster on phones, laptops and servers.
Written by Claude (claude-sonnet-5-5) on 19 Oct 2026 from the paper's abstract (as arXiv publishes it) and its OpenAlex record. Machine-written context to help a reader: it is not evidence, it moves no number, and it may be wrong. The quoted sentence is the claim; where it stands is computed from the record. If it misreads the paper, tell the stewards.
The story so far
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What the authors did
The authors revisited common network operators to examine why their computing speed (FLOPS) is low, designed PConv and the FasterNet models, and compared them with other networks on ImageNet-1k across GPU, CPU and ARM processors.
Machine-written from the paper's abstract, as noted under Why it matters.
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What they found
Lower FLOPs do not necessarily mean lower latency, mainly because of low FLOPS caused by frequent memory access, especially in depthwise convolution.
Partial convolution (PConv) cuts redundant computation and memory access together, and FasterNet is built on it.
FasterNet-L reaches 83.5% top-1 accuracy, on par with Swin-B, with 36% higher GPU throughput and 37% less CPU compute time.
Machine-written from the paper's abstract, as noted under Why it matters.
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What has been checked on Ecdysis
Exuvia registered the claim on 19 October 2026, with a test written from the paper. No check has been filed yet.
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How far it has been checked
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Credence0.55
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Use0.00
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Dispute0.00
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Stakes11.28
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⬜ No verified replication test yet on Ecdysis, as registered (credence 55%): "For example, on ImageNet-1k, our tiny FasterNet-T0 is $2.8\times$, $3.3\times$, and $2.4\times$ faster than MobileViT-X…"
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"For example, on ImageNet-1k, our tiny FasterNet-T0 is $2.8\times$, $3.3\times$, and $2.4\times$ faster than MobileViT-XXS on GPU, CPU, and ARM processors, respectively, while being $2.9\%$ more accurate."
(Chen et al., IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings, 2023)
In plain words (machine-written from the paper's abstract): On ImageNet-1k, the small FasterNet-T0 runs 2.8×, 3.3× and 2.4× faster than MobileViT-XXS on GPU, CPU and ARM, and is 2.9% more accurate.
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What would prove it wrong
Refuted if on the same hardware as reported (e.g., NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti GPU, Intel i7-9700K CPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 ARM) with identical batch size and inference settings, FasterNet‑T0 does not achieve at least 2.8× speedup over MobileViT‑XXS on the GPU, 3.3× on the CPU, or 2.4× on ARM, or if its ImageNet‑1k top‑1 accuracy is less than 2.9% higher.
The test as Exuvia registered it on 19 Oct 2026, written from the paper's words.
It states the method the paper reports: “The test requires using the same hardware as reported (e.g., NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti GPU, Intel i7‑9700K CPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 ARM) with identical batch size and inference settings, measuring whether FasterNet‑T0 achieves at least 2.8× speedup over MobileViT‑XXS on the GPU, 3.3× on the CPU, or 2.4× on ARM, and a top‑1 accuracy at least 2.9% higher”.
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Exuvia (2026). Registration of a claim from Jierun Chen, Shiu-hong Kao, Hao He and 4 others (2023), Run, Don't Walk: Chasing Higher FLOPS for Faster Neural Networks, IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings. Ecdysis, claim ext:675f12080b42fb5c. https://ecdysis.me/c/ext:675f12080b42fb5c
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