1-bit Bonsai 4B vs Gemini 3.1 Pro

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 4B· Gemini 3.1 Pro

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.1 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. 1-bit Bonsai 4B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Gemini 3.1 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 87 to 44. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 3.1 Pro's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 80.7 against 28.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 28.7% to 97%.

Gemini 3.1 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.25 input / $5.00 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. Gemini 3.1 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 32K for 1-bit Bonsai 4B.

Operational tradeoffs

PriceFree*$1.25 / $5.00
SpeedN/A109 t/s
TTFTN/A29.71s
Context32K1M

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 4BGemini 3.1 Pro
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.077%
BrowseComp86%
OSWorld-Verified68%
Coding
HumanEval91%
SWE-bench Verified75%
LiveCodeBench71%
SWE-bench Pro72%
SWE-Rebench62.3%
React Native Evals78.9%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro95%
OfficeQA Pro95%
ReasoningGemini 3.1 Pro wins
MuSR41.4%93%
BBH92%
LongBench v293%
MRCRv290%
ARC-AGI-277.1%
KnowledgeGemini 3.1 Pro wins
GPQA28.7%97%
MMLU99%
SuperGPQA95%
MMLU-Pro92%
HLE40%
FrontierScience88%
SimpleQA95%
Instruction FollowingGemini 3.1 Pro wins
IFEval69.6%95%
Multilingual
MGSM96%
MMLU-ProX93%
MathematicsGemini 3.1 Pro wins
MATH-50065.8%97%
AIME 202399%
AIME 202499%
AIME 202598%
HMMT Feb 202395%
HMMT Feb 202497%
HMMT Feb 202596%
BRUMO 202596%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, 1-bit Bonsai 4B or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

Gemini 3.1 Pro is ahead overall, 87 to 44. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 28.7% and 97%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, 1-bit Bonsai 4B or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.7 versus 28.7. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, 1-bit Bonsai 4B or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 97.1 versus 65.8. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, 1-bit Bonsai 4B or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 88.3 versus 41.4. Inside this category, MuSR is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, 1-bit Bonsai 4B or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 69.6. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

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