1-bit Bonsai 1.7B vs Moonshot v1

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· Moonshot v1

Quick Verdict

Pick Moonshot v1 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.

Moonshot v1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 43 to 39. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Moonshot v1's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 42.9 against 20.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 20.7% to 52%.

Moonshot v1 gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B.

Operational tradeoffs

PriceFree*Pricing unavailable
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context32K128K

Decision framing

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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 1.7BMoonshot v1
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.039%
BrowseComp49%
Coding
HumanEval45%
SWE-bench Verified34%
LiveCodeBench21%
SWE-bench Pro30%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro49%
OfficeQA Pro57%
ReasoningMoonshot v1 wins
MuSR45.1%49%
BBH73%
LongBench v258%
MRCRv256%
KnowledgeMoonshot v1 wins
GPQA20.7%52%
MMLU53%
SuperGPQA50%
MMLU-Pro64%
HLE5%
FrontierScience49%
SimpleQA51%
Instruction FollowingMoonshot v1 wins
IFEval63%77%
Multilingual
MGSM73%
MMLU-ProX68%
MathematicsMoonshot v1 wins
MATH-50034.4%
AIME 202353%
AIME 202455%
AIME 202554%
HMMT Feb 202349%
HMMT Feb 202451%
HMMT Feb 202550%
BRUMO 202552%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B or Moonshot v1?

Moonshot v1 is ahead overall, 43 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 20.7% and 52%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B or Moonshot v1?

Moonshot v1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 42.9 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 Moonshot v1?

Moonshot v1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 53.1 versus 34.4. 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for reasoning, 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B or Moonshot v1?

Moonshot v1 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 54.9 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 Moonshot v1?

Moonshot v1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 77 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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