| PSO variants | Linear channel | Nonlinear channel | ||
| MSE in dB | Convergence rate | MSE in dB | Convergence rate | |
| Shi et al. [10] [11] | −57 | 80 | −59 | 90 |
| Chatterjee et al. [12] | −56 | 110 | −59 | 120 |
| Feng et al. [13] [14] | −38 | 50 | −28 | 50 |
| Lei et al. [15] | −54 | 250 | −59 | 250 |
| Zheng et al. [16] | −25 | 25 | −25 | 25 |
| Jia et al. [17] | −20 | 10 | −18 | 10 |
| PSO-TVW1 | −60 | 120 | −59 | 120 |
| MP-PSO-TVW1 | −60 | 50 | −59 | 50 |
| PSO-TVW2 | −59 | 45 | −59 | 50 |
| PSO-TVW3 | −67 | 50 | −65 | 50 |
| MP-PSO-TVW2 | −60 | 27 | −60 | 30 |
| MP-PSO-TVW3 | −70 | 45 | −65 | 45 |