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New NumBench benchmark reveals text-to-image models struggle with object counts above 50

Researchers have introduced NumBench, a comprehensive benchmark designed to evaluate the counting capabilities of text-to-image models. This benchmark comprises 640,000 prompts across 1,600 categories, testing counts from 1 to 100 with a factorial design that manipulates object composition, spatial guidance, and appearance conditions. A new metric, the Confidence-Weighted Numeric Precision Score (CWNPS), was developed for scalable evaluation. Results indicate that current models struggle significantly with counts above 50, with the requested count range having the largest impact on performance. AI

IMPACT Highlights a key limitation in current text-to-image models, potentially guiding future research towards improved object counting and scene generation.

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New NumBench benchmark reveals text-to-image models struggle with object counts above 50

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Sandeep Wadhwa, Mayank Vatsa, Richa Singh, Parrva Chirag Shah, Prakhar Galriya ·

    NumBench: Diagnosing Counting Failures in Text-to-Image Models

    arXiv:2608.28206v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Text-to-image (T2I) models often generate the wrong number of objects, yet existing benchmarks are too small or weakly controlled to explain why. We introduce \textbf{NumBench}, a benchmark of 640{,}000 prompts spanning 1{,}600 cate…