Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.
1-bit Bonsai 4B
~44
0/8 categoriesDeepSeek V3
51
Winner · 4/8 categories1-bit Bonsai 4B· DeepSeek V3
Pick DeepSeek V3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. 1-bit Bonsai 4B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.
DeepSeek V3 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 51 to 44. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
DeepSeek V3's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 57.5 against 28.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 28.7% to 59.1%.
DeepSeek V3 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.27 input / $1.10 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for 1-bit Bonsai 4B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. DeepSeek V3 gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for 1-bit Bonsai 4B.
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| Benchmark | 1-bit Bonsai 4B | DeepSeek V3 |
|---|---|---|
| Agentic | ||
| Coming soon | ||
| Coding | ||
| LiveCodeBench | — | 37.6% |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 42% |
| Multimodal & Grounded | ||
| Coming soon | ||
| ReasoningDeepSeek V3 wins | ||
| MuSR | 41.4% | — |
| LongBench v2 | — | 48.7% |
| KnowledgeDeepSeek V3 wins | ||
| GPQA | 28.7% | 59.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 75.9% |
| SimpleQA | — | 24.9% |
| Instruction FollowingDeepSeek V3 wins | ||
| IFEval | 69.6% | 86.1% |
| Multilingual | ||
| Coming soon | ||
| MathematicsDeepSeek V3 wins | ||
| MATH-500 | 65.8% | 90.2% |
| AIME 2024 | — | 39.2% |
DeepSeek V3 is ahead overall, 51 to 44. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 28.7% and 59.1%.
DeepSeek V3 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 57.5 versus 28.7. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
DeepSeek V3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 90.2 versus 65.8. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
DeepSeek V3 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 48.7 versus 41.4. 1-bit Bonsai 4B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
DeepSeek V3 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 86.1 versus 69.6. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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