1-bit Bonsai 1.7B vs Llama 4 Scout

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 Scout

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 Scout is the better fit if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 10M context window.

1-bit Bonsai 1.7B and Llama 4 Scout 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 Scout gives you the larger context window at 10M, compared with 32K for 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderPrism MLMeta
PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/A128 t/s
TTFTN/A0.70s
Context32K10M

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 Scout
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.039%
BrowseComp48%
OSWorld-Verified37%
Coding
HumanEval39%
SWE-bench Verified12%
LiveCodeBench11%
SWE-bench Pro15%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro60%
OfficeQA Pro55%
ReasoningLlama 4 Scout wins
MuSR45.1%43%
BBH60%
LongBench v264%
MRCRv266%
KnowledgeLlama 4 Scout wins
GPQA20.7%46%
MMLU47%
SuperGPQA44%
MMLU-Pro51%
HLE2%
FrontierScience44%
SimpleQA45%
Instruction FollowingLlama 4 Scout wins
IFEval63%68%
Multilingual
MGSM63%
MMLU-ProX58%
MathematicsLlama 4 Scout wins
MATH-50034.4%57%
AIME 202347%
AIME 202449%
AIME 202548%
HMMT Feb 202343%
HMMT Feb 202445%
HMMT Feb 202544%
BRUMO 202546%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

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

1-bit Bonsai 1.7B and Llama 4 Scout 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 Scout?

Llama 4 Scout has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 36.3 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 Scout?

Llama 4 Scout has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 49.6 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 Scout?

Llama 4 Scout has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 59.1 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 Scout?

Llama 4 Scout 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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