Upscaler Compare
Table of Contents
Original (512 x 512)
Calculation Method (2048 x 2048)
Nearest Neighbor
Bilinear
Area
Bicubic
Lanczos
AI upscaling (2048 x 2048)
RealESRGAN_x4plus
RealESRGAN_x4plus_anime_6B
4x-AnimeSharp
4x-UltraSharp_150000
4x_foolhardy_Remacri_210000
4x_fatal_Anime_500000_G
4x_IllustrationJaNai_V1_ESRGAN_135k
4x_NMKD-Superscale-SP_178000_G
4x-NMKD-YandereNeo_320k
4x_NMKD-YandereNeoXL_200k
4x_escale_100000_G
4x_RealisticRescaler_100000_G
4x PSNR_Pretrained
4x_UniversalUpscalerV2-Neutral_115000_swaG
4x_UniversalUpscalerV2-Sharper_103000_G
4x_UniversalUpscalerV2-Sharp_101000_G
4x-PBRify_RPLKSRd_V3_160000
OmniSR_X4_DIV2K
4x-SwinIR-L_GAN
4x-SwinIR-L_PNSR
4xNomos2_hq_drct-l_200000
4x_IllustrationJaNai_V1_DAT2_190k
4xNomos2_hq_dat2_140000
4xNomos8kDAT_110000
4xNomos8kHAT-L_otf_220000
Comparison Table
| Model | Type | License | Commercial Use | Features | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RealESRGAN_x4plus | ESRGAN | BSD 3-Clause | ✅ | Balanced | ✅ |
| RealESRGAN_x4plus_anime_6B | ESRGAN | BSD 3-Clause | ✅ | Anime Style | ✅ |
| 4x-AnimeSharp | ESRGAN | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 | ❌ | Sharp | |
| 4x-UltraSharp_150000 | ESRGAN | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 | ❌ | Sharp | |
| 4x_foolhardy_Remacri_210000 | ESRGAN | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 | ❌ | Sharp | |
| 4x_fatal_Anime_500000_G | ESRGAN | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 | ❌ | ||
| 4x_IllustrationJaNai_V1_ESRGAN_135k | ESRGAN | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 | ❌ | Anime Style | ✅ |
| 4x_NMKD-Superscale-SP_178000_G | ESRGAN | WTFPL | ✅ | Balanced | |
| 4x-NMKD-YandereNeo_320k | ESRGAN | WTFPL | ✅ | Balanced | |
| 4x_NMKD-YandereNeoXL_200k | ESRGAN | WTFPL | ✅ | Balanced | ✅ |
| 4x_escale_100000_G | ESRGAN | WTFPL | ✅ | ||
| 4x_RealisticRescaler_100000_G | ESRGAN | WTFPL | ✅ | Natural | ✅ |
| 4x PSNR_Pretrained | ESRGAN | Apache-2.0 | ✅ | ||
| 4x_UniversalUpscalerV2-Neutral_115000_G | ESRGAN | WTFPL | ✅ | ||
| 4x_UniversalUpscalerV2-Sharper_103000_G | ESRGAN | WTFPL | ✅ | ||
| 4x_UniversalUpscalerV2-Sharp_101000_G | ESRGAN | WTFPL | ✅ | ||
| 4x-PBRify_RPLKSRd_V3_160000 | PLKSR | CC0-1.0 | ✅ | ||
| OmniSR_X4_DIV2K | OmniSR | Apache-2.0 | ✅ | ||
| 4x-SwinIR-L_GAN | SwinIR | Apache-2.0 | ✅ | ||
| 4x-SwinIR-L_PNSR | SwinIR | Apache-2.0 | ✅ | ||
| 4xNomos2_hq_drct-l_200000 | DRCT | CC-BY-4.0 | ✅ | ||
| 4x_IllustrationJaNai_V1_DAT2_190k | DAT | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 | ❌ | Anime Style | |
| 4xNomos2_hq_dat2_140000 | DAT | CC-BY-4.0 | ✅ | Natural | |
| 4xNomos8kDAT_110000 | DAT | CC-BY-4.0 | ✅ | Natural | |
| 4xNomos8kHAT-L_otf_220000 | HAT | CC-BY-4.0 | ✅ | Natural |
Note: The definition of commercial use varies by license, so please verify independently.