1-bit Bonsai 4B vs Granite-4.0-H-1B

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-H-1B

Quick Verdict

Pick 1-bit Bonsai 4B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Granite-4.0-H-1B only becomes the better choice if instruction following is the priority or you need the larger 128K context window.

1-bit Bonsai 4B finishes one point ahead overall, 44 to 43. That is enough to call, but not enough to treat as a blowout. This matchup comes down to a few meaningful edges rather than one model dominating the board.

Granite-4.0-H-1B gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for 1-bit Bonsai 4B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderPrism MLIBM
PriceFree*Free*
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 4BGranite-4.0-H-1B
Agentic
Coming soon
Coding
HumanEval74%
Multimodal & Grounded
Coming soon
Reasoning
MuSR41.4%
BBH60.4%
KnowledgeGranite-4.0-H-1B wins
GPQA28.7%29.9%
MMLU59.4%
MMLU-Pro34.0%
Instruction FollowingGranite-4.0-H-1B wins
IFEval69.6%77.4%
Multilingual
MGSM37.8%
Mathematics
MATH-50065.8%
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

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

1-bit Bonsai 4B is ahead overall, 44 to 43. The biggest single separator in this matchup is IFEval, where the scores are 69.6% and 77.4%.

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

Granite-4.0-H-1B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 32.6 versus 28.7. 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-H-1B?

Granite-4.0-H-1B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 77.4 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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