Residual Dense Network

Closed weights Northeastern University,University of Rochester February 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
Northeastern University,University of Rochester
Organisation type
Academia,Academia
Country
United States of America
Published
24 February 2018
Authors
Yulun Zhang, Yapeng Tian, Yu Kong, Bineng Zhong, Yun Fu

What it does

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

Domain
Vision, Image generation
Task
Image super-resolution
Numerical format
FP32

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.

Training data
262,144,000 tokens
Epochs
200

How it is classified

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

Record confidence
Unknown
Citations
3,857

Sources

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

Reference
Residual Dense Network for Image Super-Resolution
Last updated
25 May 2026

What the numbers mean

Background

Residual Dense Network was published by Northeastern University,University of Rochester, in United States of America, in February 2018. academia,Academia is the category the publisher falls under.

It works in Vision, Image generation, and is recorded as doing image super-resolution.

This is a closed model: the trained values stayed with whoever produced them, and there is no local version to run.

What went into building it

The training set ran to roughly 262,144,000 tokens.

Answers

Residual Dense Network — common questions

01

Who created Residual Dense Network?

Residual Dense Network was published by Northeastern University,University of Rochester, based in United States of America, categorised as academia,Academia.

02

When was Residual Dense Network released?

Residual Dense Network was published in February 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.

03

What is Residual Dense Network used for?

Residual Dense Network works in Vision, Image generation, and is recorded as handling image super-resolution. 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.

04

What GPU do I need to run Residual Dense Network?

None. Residual Dense Network 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.

05

Is Residual Dense Network open source?

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

06

How many parameters does Residual Dense Network have?

No parameter count has been published for Residual Dense Network, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 25 May 2026

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