1-bit Bonsai 4B vs Mistral 8x7B

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· Mistral 8x7B

Quick Verdict

Treat this as a split decision. 1-bit Bonsai 4B makes more sense if its workflow fits your team better; Mistral 8x7B is the better fit if knowledge is the priority.

1-bit Bonsai 4B and Mistral 8x7B finish on the same overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.

Operational tradeoffs

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

Decision framing

BenchLM keeps the benchmark table and the operator tradeoffs on the same page so a better score does not hide a materially slower, pricier, or smaller-context model.

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 4BMistral 8x7B
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.040%
BrowseComp47%
OSWorld-Verified38%
Coding
HumanEval32.3%
SWE-bench Verified28%
LiveCodeBench23%
SWE-bench Pro28%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro42%
OfficeQA Pro56%
ReasoningMistral 8x7B wins
MuSR41.4%61%
BBH67.1%
LongBench v257%
MRCRv253%
KnowledgeMistral 8x7B wins
GPQA28.7%64%
MMLU71.3%
SuperGPQA62%
MMLU-Pro65%
HLE8%
FrontierScience56%
SimpleQA63%
Instruction FollowingMistral 8x7B wins
IFEval69.6%78%
Multilingual
MGSM74%
MMLU-ProX71%
MathematicsMistral 8x7B wins
MATH-50065.8%73%
AIME 202365%
AIME 202467%
AIME 202566%
HMMT Feb 202361%
HMMT Feb 202463%
HMMT Feb 202562%
BRUMO 202564%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, 1-bit Bonsai 4B or Mistral 8x7B?

1-bit Bonsai 4B and Mistral 8x7B are tied on overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, 1-bit Bonsai 4B or Mistral 8x7B?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 49.5 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 Mistral 8x7B?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 67.1 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 Mistral 8x7B?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 56.7 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 Mistral 8x7B?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 78 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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