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Is there something special about yolov8 over later models (9-12)? It seems most of the research and working examples default to v8 despite it being 3 years old.
by robinduckett 3mo ago
Is there something special about yolov8 over later models (9-12)? It seems most of the research and working examples default to v8 despite it being 3 years old. Or just because it is what fits on this hardware?
- snovv_crash 3mo agoNewer versions aren't open source, or at least have murky licencing.
- robinduckett 3mo agoAhh that’ll do it. A shame really, the later models seem to be fairly good just from my idle testing as an enthusiast.
- steinvakt2 3mo agoRF-DETR is the only one that’s noticeably better in my opinion
- alebal123bal 3mo agoMainly because YOLOv8 is well-supported by the Rockchip/RKNN toolchain. The goal here was an end-to-end RK3588S pipeline rather than comparing detector families: training/export, ONNX graph fixing, INT8 RKNN conversion, C++ postprocessing, and runtime inference across the 3 NPU cores. YOLOv8 has known-good export paths and Rockchip examples, so it was the most practical baseline. Newer YOLO versions may be possible, but usually require more work around RKNN export compatibility.