Disclosed are an image retrieval method, an image retrieval apparatus, an image retrieval device and a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the image retrieval method including: extracting global features of an input image and obtaining a global feature code based on the global features; extracting content features of the input image and obtaining a content feature code based on the content features; splicing the global feature code with the content feature code to obtain a composite feature code of the input image; comparing the composite feature code with alternative feature codes in a feature code library to obtain an image retrieval result. By comprehensively considering the global features and the content features of the input image in the image retrieval process, the accuracy and retrieval efficiency of the retrieval results can be improved.