--- license: other license_name: sla0044 license_link: >- https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/blob/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/LICENSE.md pipeline_tag: object-detection --- # **STYOLOMilli** ## **Use case** : `Object detection` ## **Model description** STYOLOMilli is a **compact and efficient object detection model** designed for deployment on **resource‑constrained hardware** such as microcontroller units (MCUs) and neural processing units (NPUs). It is part of the STYOLO family introduced alongside STResNet in the paper [STResNet & STYOLO: A New Family of Compact Classification and Object Detection Models for MCUs](https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05364). The model builds on a highly compressed backbone derived from the STResNet design and integrates it within a YOLOX‑style architecture optimized for low memory usage, high efficiency, and competitive accuracy. STYOLOMilli delivers strong object detection performance (33.6 mAP on MS COCO) while maintaining a **very small model footprint**, outperforming or matching other micro sized detectors such as YOLOv5n and YOLOX‑Nano on the same tasks. The `st_yolo_milli_pt` variant is implemented in **PyTorch** and is tuned for **ultra‑efficient inference** on edge and MCU environments. ## **Network information** | Network information | Value | |--------------------|-------| | Framework | Torch | | Quantization | Int8 | | Provenance | [STMicroelectronics Model Zoo Services](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo-services/tree/main/object_detection/object_detection) | | Paper | [STResNet & STYOLO (arXiv:2601.05364)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05364) | The model is quantized to **int8** using **ONNX Runtime** and exported for efficient deployment. ## Network inputs / outputs For an image resolution of NxM and NC classes | Input Shape | Description | | ----- | ----------- | | (1, W, H, 3) | Single NxM RGB image with UINT8 values between 0 and 255 | | Output Shape | Description | | ----- | ----------- | | (1, (W/8xH/8 + W/16xH/16 + W/32xH/32), (NC+1+4)) | Model returns bounding boxes with 6 values for each box, four coordinates (x1,y1,x2,y2), class confidence and objectness confidence | ## Recommended Platforms | Platform | Supported | Recommended | |----------|-----------|-------------| | STM32L0 | [] | [] | | STM32L4 | [] | [] | | STM32U5 | [] | [] | | STM32H7 | [] | [] | | STM32MP1 | [] | [] | | STM32MP2 | [] | [] | | STM32N6 | [x] | [x] | # Performances ## Metrics Measures are done with default STEdgeAI Core configuration with enabled input / output allocated option. ### Reference **NPU** memory footprint based on COCO dataset (see Accuracy for details on dataset) | Model | Dataset | Format | Resolution | Series | Internal RAM (KiB) | External RAM (KiB) | Weights Flash (KiB) | STEdgeAI Core version | |-------|---------|--------|------------|--------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------| | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_192/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_192_qdq_int8.onnx) | COCO | Int8 | 192x192x3 | STM32N6 | 1008.00 | 0 | 3170.29 | 3.0.0 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_320/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_320_qdq_int8.onnx) | COCO | Int8 | 320x320x3 | STM32N6 | 2744.48 | 800.00 | 3182.67 | 3.0.0 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_640/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_640_qdq_int8.onnx) | COCO | Int8 | 640x640x3 | STM32N6 | 2768.00 | 9600.00 | 3189.38 | 3.0.0 | * 640x640 coco checkpoints are provided primarily for finetuning purposes as these checkpoints are trained on large dataset at higher resolution. Models with 640 resolution is not suitable for deployment. ### Reference **NPU** inference time based on COCO dataset (see Accuracy for details on dataset) | Model | Dataset | Format | Resolution | Board | Execution Engine | Inference time (ms) | Inf / sec | STEdgeAI Core version | |-------|---------|--------|------------|-------|------------------|--------------------|-----------|-----------------------| | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_192/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_192_qdq_int8.onnx) | COCO | Int8 | 192x192x3 | STM32N6570-DK | NPU/MCU | 18.78 | 53.25 | 3.0.0 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_320/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_320_qdq_int8.onnx) | COCO | Int8 | 320x320x3 | STM32N6570-DK | NPU/MCU | 70.57 | 14.17 | 3.0.0 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_640/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_640_qdq_int8.onnx) | COCO | Int8 | 640x640x3 | STM32N6570-DK | NPU/MCU | 3417.54 | 0.29 | 3.0.0 | ### Reference **NPU** memory footprint based on COCO Person dataset (see Accuracy for details on dataset) | Model | Dataset | Format | Resolution | Series | Internal RAM (KiB) | External RAM (KiB) | Weights Flash (KiB) | STEdgeAI Core version | |-------|---------|--------|------------|--------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------| | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco_person/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_192/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_192_qdq_int8.onnx) | COCO-Person | Int8 | 192x192x3 | STM32N6 | 1008.00 | 0 | 3155.48 | 3.0.0 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco_person/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_256/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_256_qdq_int8.onnx) | COCO-Person | Int8 | 256x256x3 | STM32N6 | 2320.00 | 0 | 3164.48 | 3.0.0 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco_person/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_320/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_320_qdq_int8.onnx) | COCO-Person | Int8 | 320x320x3 | STM32N6 | 2743.88 | 800.00 | 3167.85 | 3.0.0 | ### Reference **NPU** inference time based on COCO Person dataset (see Accuracy for details on dataset) | Model | Dataset | Format | Resolution | Board | Execution Engine | Inference time (ms) | Inf / sec | STEdgeAI Core version | |-------|---------|--------|------------|-------|------------------|--------------------|-----------|-----------------------| | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco_person/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_192/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_192_qdq_int8.onnx) | COCO-Person | Int8 | 192x192x3 | STM32N6570-DK | NPU/MCU | 17.90 | 55.87 | 3.0.0 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco_person/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_256/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_256_qdq_int8.onnx) | COCO-Person | Int8 | 256x256x3 | STM32N6570-DK | NPU/MCU | 28.36 | 35.26 | 3.0.0 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco_person/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_320/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_320_qdq_int8.onnx) | COCO-Person | Int8 | 320x320x3 | STM32N6570-DK | NPU/MCU | 68.54 | 14.59 | 3.0.0 | ### AP on COCO dataset Dataset details: [link](https://cocodataset.org/#download) , License [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode), Number of classes: 80 | Model | Format | Resolution | AP50 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_192/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_192.onnx) | Float | 3x192x192 | 35.42 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_192/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_192_qdq_int8.onnx) | Int8 | 3x192x192 | 32.29 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_320/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_320.onnx) | Float | 3x320x320 | 45.64 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_320/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_320_qdq_int8.onnx) | Int8 | 3x320x320 | 43.79 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_640/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_640.onnx) | Float | 3x640x640 | 52.64 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_640/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_640_qdq_int8.onnx) | Int8 | 3x640x640 | 51.17 | \* EVAL_IOU = 0.5, NMS_THRESH = 0.5, SCORE_THRESH = 0.001, MAX_DETECTIONS = 100 ### AP on COCO-Person dataset Dataset details: [link](https://cocodataset.org/#download) , License [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode) , Number of classes: 1 | Model | Format | Resolution | AP50 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco_person/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_192/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_192.onnx) | Float | 3x192x192 | 61.71 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco_person/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_192/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_192_qdq_int8.onnx) | Int8 | 3x192x192 | 59.91 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco_person/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_256/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_256.onnx) | Float | 3x256x256 | 68.07 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco_person/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_256/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_256_qdq_int8.onnx) | Int8 | 3x256x256 | 66.16 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco_person/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_320/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_320.onnx) | Float | 3x320x320 | 72.12 | | [st_yolodv2milli_pt](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo/tree/main/object_detection/st_yolodv2milli_pt/ST_pretrainedmodel_public_dataset/coco_person/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_320/st_yolodv2milli_actrelu_pt_coco_person_320_qdq_int8.onnx) | Int8 | 3x320x320 | 70.91 | \* EVAL_IOU = 0.5, NMS_THRESH = 0.5, SCORE_THRESH = 0.001, MAX_DETECTIONS = 100 ## Retraining and Integration in a simple example: Please refer to the stm32ai-modelzoo-services GitHub [here](https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stm32ai-modelzoo-services) ## References - **STYOLO / STResNet paper** [S. Sah & R. Kumar, *STResNet & STYOLO: A New Family of Compact Classification and Object Detection Models for MCUs*](https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05364) - **YOLOX (inspires STYOLO architecture)** [Ge et al., *YOLOX: Exceeding YOLO Series in 2021*](https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.08430) - **MS COCO dataset** [Lin et al., *Microsoft COCO: Common Objects in Context*](https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.0312)