MobileNetV2

Closed weights Google 3.4M parameters June 2018

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
Google
Organisation type
Industry
Country
United States of America
Published
18 June 2018
Authors
M Sandler, A Howard, M Zhu

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Vision
Task
Object detection, Image classification, Image segmentation

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Parameters
3.4M

Rados

Training data
1,280,000 tokens

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Why it is tracked
Highly cited
Citations
16,899

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
MobileNetV2: Inverted Residuals and Linear Bottlenecks
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

About this model

MobileNetV2 was published by Google, in United States of America, in June 2018. The organisation is categorised as industry.

It works in Vision, and is recorded as doing object detection, Image classification, Image segmentation.

Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.

What went into building it

The training set ran to roughly 1,280,000 tokens.

Its inclusion criterion is highly cited.

Answers

MobileNetV2 — common questions

01

How many parameters does MobileNetV2 have?

MobileNetV2 has 3.4M parameters. Rados. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

02

Who created MobileNetV2?

MobileNetV2 was published by Google, based in United States of America, categorised as industry.

03

When was MobileNetV2 released?

MobileNetV2 was published in June 2018. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

04

What is MobileNetV2 used for?

MobileNetV2 works in Vision, and is recorded as handling object detection, Image classification, Image segmentation. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

05

What GPU do I need to run MobileNetV2?

None. MobileNetV2 is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

06

Is MobileNetV2 open source?

The licensing for MobileNetV2 was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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