1-bit Bonsai 1.7B vs DeepSeek LLM 2.0

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

1-bit Bonsai 1.7B· DeepSeek LLM 2.0

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek LLM 2.0 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 61 to 39. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

DeepSeek LLM 2.0's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 80.8 against 34.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 20.7% to 78%.

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B.

Operational tradeoffs

PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context32K128K

Decision framing

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Benchmark1-bit Bonsai 1.7BDeepSeek LLM 2.0
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.057%
BrowseComp62%
OSWorld-Verified56%
Coding
HumanEval73%
SWE-bench Verified46%
LiveCodeBench39%
SWE-bench Pro46%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro60%
OfficeQA Pro70%
ReasoningDeepSeek LLM 2.0 wins
MuSR45.1%75%
BBH81%
LongBench v270%
MRCRv269%
KnowledgeDeepSeek LLM 2.0 wins
GPQA20.7%78%
MMLU79%
SuperGPQA76%
MMLU-Pro72%
HLE12%
FrontierScience67%
SimpleQA77%
Instruction FollowingDeepSeek LLM 2.0 wins
IFEval63%85%
Multilingual
MGSM82%
MMLU-ProX77%
MathematicsDeepSeek LLM 2.0 wins
MATH-50034.4%83%
AIME 202380%
AIME 202482%
AIME 202581%
HMMT Feb 202376%
HMMT Feb 202478%
HMMT Feb 202577%
BRUMO 202579%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B or DeepSeek LLM 2.0?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 is ahead overall, 61 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 20.7% and 78%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B or DeepSeek LLM 2.0?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 59.1 versus 20.7. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B or DeepSeek LLM 2.0?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 80.8 versus 34.4. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B or DeepSeek LLM 2.0?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71 versus 45.1. Inside this category, MuSR is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B or DeepSeek LLM 2.0?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 85 versus 63. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

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