Image Enhancement on LOL

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#	Model↕	Average PSNR▼	Extra Data	Paper	Date↕	Code
1	CFWD	29.185	No	Low-light Image Enhancement via CLIP-Fourier Gui...	2024-01-08	Code
2	BEM_	28.8	No	-	-	Code
3	CIDNet	28.141	No	You Only Need One Color Space: An Efficient Netw...	2024-02-08	Code
4	GlobalDiff	27.83	No	Global Structure-Aware Diffusion Process for Low...	2023-10-26	Code
5	GLARE	27.35	No	GLARE: Low Light Image Enhancement via Generativ...	2024-07-17	Code
6	LYT-Net	27.23	No	LYT-NET: Lightweight YUV Transformer-based Netwo...	2024-01-26	Code
7	WaveNet-B_	27.22	No	-	-	Code
8	KAN-T	27.18	No	-	-	Code
9	Retinexformer_	27.18	No	Retinexformer: One-stage Retinex-based Transform...	2023-03-12	Code
10	PyDiff	27.09	No	Pyramid Diffusion Models For Low-light Image Enh...	2023-05-17	Code
11	DPEC_	27.01	No	DPEC: Dual-Path Error Compensation Method for En...	2024-06-28	Code
12	BEM	26.83	No	-	-	Code
13	DiffLL	26.336	No	Low-Light Image Enhancement with Wavelet-based D...	2023-06-01	Code
14	ExpoMamba	25.77	No	ExpoMamba: Exploiting Frequency SSM Blocks for E...	2024-08-19	Code
15	WaveNet-B	25.44	No	-	-	Code
16	EMNet	25.37	No	-	-	Code
17	LLFlow	25.19	No	Low-Light Image Enhancement with Normalizing Flow	2021-09-13	Code
18	Retinexformer	25.16	No	Retinexformer: One-stage Retinex-based Transform...	2023-03-12	Code
19	FLIGHTNet	24.96	No	FLIGHT Mode On: A Feather-Light Network for Low-...	2023-05-18	Code
20	DPEC	24.8	No	DPEC: Dual-Path Error Compensation Method for En...	2024-06-28	Code
21	Resfusion	24.63	No	Resfusion: Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Mod...	2023-11-25	Code
22	WaveNet-S	24.54	Yes	-	-	Code
23	HG-MTFE	24.26	No	-	-	Code
24	OneRestore	24.25	No	OneRestore: A Universal Restoration Framework fo...	2024-07-05	Code
25	HWMNet	24.24	No	Half Wavelet Attention on M-Net+ for Low-Light I...	2022-03-02	Code
26	PPformer	23.91	No	-	-	Code
27	DA-CLIP	23.77	No	Controlling Vision-Language Models for Multi-Tas...	2023-10-02	Code
28	WaveNet-T (80k parameters)	23.59	No	-	-	Code
29	CIDNet-Normal	23.5	No	You Only Need One Color Space: An Efficient Netw...	2024-02-08	Code
30	MAXIM	23.43	No	MAXIM: Multi-Axis MLP for Image Processing	2022-01-09	Code
31	IAT (90k parameter)	23.38	No	You Only Need 90K Parameters to Adapt Light: A L...	2022-05-30	Code
32	Bread	22.96	No	Low-light Image Enhancement via Breaking Down th...	2021-11-30	Code
33	MTFE	22.86	No	-	-	Code
34	TreEnhance	21.96	No	TreEnhance: A Tree Search Method For Low-Light I...	2022-05-25	Code
35	FoD	21.61	No	Forward-only Diffusion Probabilistic Models	2025-05-22	Code
36	night-enhancement	21.52	No	Unsupervised Night Image Enhancement: When Layer...	2022-07-21	Code
37	KinD	20.8665	No	Kindling the Darkness: A Practical Low-light Ima...	2019-05-04	Code
38	HEP	20.23	No	Unsupervised Low-Light Image Enhancement via His...	2021-12-03	Code
39	CDAN	20.102	No	CDAN: Convolutional dense attention-guided netwo...	2023-08-24	Code

#1CFWDSOTA
29.185
Average PSNR· 2024-01-08
Low-light Image Enhancement via CLIP-Fourier Guided Wavelet Diffusion Code
#2BEM_
28.8
Average PSNR
No paperCode
#3CIDNet
28.141
Average PSNR· 2024-02-08
You Only Need One Color Space: An Efficient Network for Low-light Image Enhancement Code
#4GlobalDiffSOTA
27.83
Average PSNR· 2023-10-26
Global Structure-Aware Diffusion Process for Low-Light Image Enhancement Code
#5GLARE
27.35
Average PSNR· 2024-07-17
GLARE: Low Light Image Enhancement via Generative Latent Feature based Codebook Retrieval Code
#6LYT-Net
27.23
Average PSNR· 2024-01-26
LYT-NET: Lightweight YUV Transformer-based Network for Low-light Image Enhancement Code
#7WaveNet-B_
27.22
Average PSNR
No paperCode
#8KAN-T
27.18
Average PSNR
No paperCode
#9Retinexformer_SOTA
27.18
Average PSNR· 2023-03-12
Retinexformer: One-stage Retinex-based Transformer for Low-light Image Enhancement Code
#10PyDiff
27.09
Average PSNR· 2023-05-17
Pyramid Diffusion Models For Low-light Image Enhancement Code
#11DPEC_
27.01
Average PSNR· 2024-06-28
DPEC: Dual-Path Error Compensation Method for Enhanced Low-Light Image Clarity Code
#12BEM
26.83
Average PSNR
No paperCode
#13DiffLL
26.336
Average PSNR· 2023-06-01
Low-Light Image Enhancement with Wavelet-based Diffusion Models Code
#14ExpoMamba
25.77
Average PSNR· 2024-08-19
ExpoMamba: Exploiting Frequency SSM Blocks for Efficient and Effective Image Enhancement Code
#15WaveNet-B
25.44
Average PSNR
No paperCode
#16EMNet
25.37
Average PSNR
No paperCode
#17LLFlowSOTA
25.19
Average PSNR· 2021-09-13
Low-Light Image Enhancement with Normalizing Flow Code
#18Retinexformer
25.16
Average PSNR· 2023-03-12
Retinexformer: One-stage Retinex-based Transformer for Low-light Image Enhancement Code
#19FLIGHTNet
24.96
Average PSNR· 2023-05-18
FLIGHT Mode On: A Feather-Light Network for Low-Light Image Enhancement Code
#20DPEC
24.8
Average PSNR· 2024-06-28
DPEC: Dual-Path Error Compensation Method for Enhanced Low-Light Image Clarity Code
#21Resfusion
24.63
Average PSNR· 2023-11-25
Resfusion: Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models for Image Restoration Based on Prior Residual Noise Code
#22WaveNet-S
24.54
Average PSNR· Extra Data
No paperCode
#23HG-MTFE
24.26
Average PSNR
No paperCode
#24OneRestore
24.25
Average PSNR· 2024-07-05
OneRestore: A Universal Restoration Framework for Composite Degradation Code
#25HWMNet
24.24
Average PSNR· 2022-03-02
Half Wavelet Attention on M-Net+ for Low-Light Image Enhancement Code
#26PPformer
23.91
Average PSNR
No paperCode
#27DA-CLIP
23.77
Average PSNR· 2023-10-02
Controlling Vision-Language Models for Multi-Task Image Restoration Code
#28WaveNet-T (80k parameters)
23.59
Average PSNR
No paperCode
#29CIDNet-Normal
23.5
Average PSNR· 2024-02-08
You Only Need One Color Space: An Efficient Network for Low-light Image Enhancement Code
#30MAXIM
23.43
Average PSNR· 2022-01-09
MAXIM: Multi-Axis MLP for Image Processing Code
#31IAT (90k parameter)
23.38
Average PSNR· 2022-05-30
You Only Need 90K Parameters to Adapt Light: A Light Weight Transformer for Image Enhancement and Exposure Correction Code
#32Bread
22.96
Average PSNR· 2021-11-30
Low-light Image Enhancement via Breaking Down the Darkness Code
#33MTFE
22.86
Average PSNR
No paperCode
#34TreEnhance
21.96
Average PSNR· 2022-05-25
TreEnhance: A Tree Search Method For Low-Light Image Enhancement Code
#35FoD
21.61
Average PSNR· 2025-05-22
Forward-only Diffusion Probabilistic Models Code
#36night-enhancement
21.52
Average PSNR· 2022-07-21
Unsupervised Night Image Enhancement: When Layer Decomposition Meets Light-Effects Suppression Code
#37KinDSOTA
20.8665
Average PSNR· 2019-05-04
Kindling the Darkness: A Practical Low-light Image Enhancer Code
#38HEP
20.23
Average PSNR· 2021-12-03
Unsupervised Low-Light Image Enhancement via Histogram Equalization Prior Code
#39CDAN
20.102
Average PSNR· 2023-08-24
CDAN: Convolutional dense attention-guided network for low-light image enhancement Code