| Convolution | 7×7 conv |
| Pooling | 3×3 max pool |
| Dense Block 1 | $\left[ \begin{matrix} 1\times 1\ \text{conv} \\ 3\times 3\ \text{conv} \\ \end{matrix} \right]\times 6$ |
| Transition Layer 1 | 1×1 conv, 2×2 average pool |
| Dense Block 2 | $\left[ \begin{matrix} 1\times 1\ \text{conv} \\ 3\times 3\ \text{conv} \\ \end{matrix} \right]\times 12$ |
| Transition Layer 2 | 1×1 conv, 2×2 average pool |
| Dense Block 3 | $\left[ \begin{matrix} 1\times 1\ \text{conv} \\ 3\times 3\ \text{conv} \\ \end{matrix} \right]\times 36$ |
| Transition Layer 3 | 1×1 conv, 2×2 average pool |
| Dense Block 4 | $\left[ \begin{matrix} 1\times 1\ \text{conv} \\ 3\times 3\ \text{conv} \\ \end{matrix} \right]\times 24$ |
| Classification Layer | 7×7 global average pool, fully-connected, softmax |