Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Dec 17, 2025 · Artificial Intelligence

How Tencent’s TNC Neural Codec Won 2025 Image & Video Compression Challenges

At the end of 2025, Tencent’s Shannon Lab’s neural codec TNC achieved top rankings in both the VCIP low‑complexity end‑to‑end image compression contest and the PCS high‑compression intelligent image compression challenge, demonstrating superior PSNR gains, low decoding complexity, and innovative VAE‑INR architecture across image and video tracks.

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How Tencent’s TNC Neural Codec Won 2025 Image & Video Compression Challenges
Tencent Architect
Tencent Architect
Dec 15, 2025 · Artificial Intelligence

How Tencent’s Neural Codec Dominated 2025 AI Compression Challenges

In December 2025, Tencent Shannon Lab’s neural codec TNC won both the VCIP low‑complexity end‑to‑end image compression contest and the PCS high‑compression intelligent compression challenge, showcasing superior quality at equal bitrates across image and video tracks and highlighting the lab’s AI‑driven advances in video‑image coding.

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How Tencent’s Neural Codec Dominated 2025 AI Compression Challenges