1-bit Bonsai 4B vs Granite-4.0-350M

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· Granite-4.0-350M

Quick Verdict

Pick 1-bit Bonsai 4B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Granite-4.0-350M only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

1-bit Bonsai 4B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 44 to 27. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

1-bit Bonsai 4B's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 28.7 against 18.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is IFEval, 69.6% to 61.6%.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderPrism MLIBM
PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context32K32K

Decision framing

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Benchmark1-bit Bonsai 4BGranite-4.0-350M
Agentic
Coming soon
Coding
HumanEval38%
Multimodal & Grounded
Coming soon
Reasoning
MuSR41.4%
BBH33.3%
Knowledge1-bit Bonsai 4B wins
GPQA28.7%26.1%
MMLU36.2%
MMLU-Pro14.4%
Instruction Following1-bit Bonsai 4B wins
IFEval69.6%61.6%
Multilingual
MGSM16.2%
Mathematics
MATH-50065.8%
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Which is better, 1-bit Bonsai 4B or Granite-4.0-350M?

1-bit Bonsai 4B is ahead overall, 44 to 27. The biggest single separator in this matchup is IFEval, where the scores are 69.6% and 61.6%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, 1-bit Bonsai 4B or Granite-4.0-350M?

1-bit Bonsai 4B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 28.7 versus 18.5. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, 1-bit Bonsai 4B or Granite-4.0-350M?

1-bit Bonsai 4B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 69.6 versus 61.6. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

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