1-bit Bonsai 1.7B vs Llama 4 Maverick

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· Llama 4 Maverick

Quick Verdict

Treat this as a split decision. 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B makes more sense if its workflow fits your team better; Llama 4 Maverick is the better fit if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window.

1-bit Bonsai 1.7B and Llama 4 Maverick finish on the same overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.

Llama 4 Maverick gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 32K for 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderPrism MLMeta
PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/A121 t/s
TTFTN/A0.95s
Context32K1M

Decision framing

BenchLM keeps the benchmark table and the operator tradeoffs on the same page so a better score does not hide a materially slower, pricier, or smaller-context model.

Runtime metrics show N/A when BenchLM does not have a sourced snapshot for that exact model. The scoring rules and freshness policy are documented on the methodology page.

Benchmark1-bit Bonsai 1.7BLlama 4 Maverick
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.037%
BrowseComp51%
OSWorld-Verified38%
Coding
HumanEval38%
SWE-bench Verified13%
LiveCodeBench15%
SWE-bench Pro17%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro59%
OfficeQA Pro54%
ReasoningLlama 4 Maverick wins
MuSR45.1%42%
BBH63%
LongBench v263%
MRCRv263%
KnowledgeLlama 4 Maverick wins
GPQA20.7%45%
MMLU46%
SuperGPQA43%
MMLU-Pro53%
HLE4%
FrontierScience45%
SimpleQA44%
Instruction FollowingLlama 4 Maverick wins
IFEval63%68%
Multilingual
MGSM63%
MMLU-ProX58%
MathematicsLlama 4 Maverick wins
MATH-50034.4%59%
AIME 202346%
AIME 202448%
AIME 202547%
HMMT Feb 202342%
HMMT Feb 202444%
HMMT Feb 202543%
BRUMO 202545%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B or Llama 4 Maverick?

1-bit Bonsai 1.7B and Llama 4 Maverick are tied on overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B or Llama 4 Maverick?

Llama 4 Maverick has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 37 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 Llama 4 Maverick?

Llama 4 Maverick has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 49.3 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 Llama 4 Maverick?

Llama 4 Maverick has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 57.4 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 Llama 4 Maverick?

Llama 4 Maverick has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 68 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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