Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.
1-bit Bonsai 8B
~50
Winner · 0/8 categoriesGrok 3 Mini
~49
1/8 categories1-bit Bonsai 8B· Grok 3 Mini
Pick 1-bit Bonsai 8B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 3 Mini only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 128K context window.
1-bit Bonsai 8B finishes one point ahead overall, 50 to 49. 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.
Grok 3 Mini is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.30 input / $0.50 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for 1-bit Bonsai 8B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Grok 3 Mini is the reasoning model in the pair, while 1-bit Bonsai 8B is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Grok 3 Mini gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 64K for 1-bit Bonsai 8B.
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| Benchmark | 1-bit Bonsai 8B | Grok 3 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Agentic | ||
| Coming soon | ||
| Coding | ||
| LiveCodeBench | — | 41.5% |
| Multimodal & Grounded | ||
| Coming soon | ||
| Reasoning | ||
| MuSR | 50% | — |
| KnowledgeGrok 3 Mini wins | ||
| GPQA | 30% | 66.2% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.9% |
| SimpleQA | — | 21.7% |
| Instruction Following | ||
| IFEval | 79.8% | — |
| Multilingual | ||
| Coming soon | ||
| Mathematics | ||
| MATH-500 | 66% | — |
| AIME 2024 | — | 95.8% |
1-bit Bonsai 8B is ahead overall, 50 to 49. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 30% and 66.2%.
Grok 3 Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 59.8 versus 30. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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