1-bit Bonsai 8B vs Llama 4 Behemoth

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 8B· Llama 4 Behemoth

Quick Verdict

Pick 1-bit Bonsai 8B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Llama 4 Behemoth only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.

1-bit Bonsai 8B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 50 to 35. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

1-bit Bonsai 8B's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 66 against 51.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 30% to 47%. Llama 4 Behemoth does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

1-bit Bonsai 8B gives you the larger context window at 64K, compared with 32K for Llama 4 Behemoth.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderPrism MLMeta
PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context64K32K

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 8BLlama 4 Behemoth
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.033%
BrowseComp38%
OSWorld-Verified34%
Coding
HumanEval40%
SWE-bench Verified15%
LiveCodeBench13%
SWE-bench Pro15%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro60%
OfficeQA Pro49%
Reasoning1-bit Bonsai 8B wins
MuSR50%44%
BBH62%
LongBench v246%
MRCRv246%
KnowledgeLlama 4 Behemoth wins
GPQA30%47%
MMLU48%
SuperGPQA45%
MMLU-Pro54%
HLE3%
FrontierScience43%
SimpleQA46%
Instruction Following1-bit Bonsai 8B wins
IFEval79.8%68%
Multilingual
MGSM66%
MMLU-ProX61%
Mathematics1-bit Bonsai 8B wins
MATH-50066%60%
AIME 202348%
AIME 202450%
AIME 202549%
HMMT Feb 202344%
HMMT Feb 202446%
HMMT Feb 202545%
BRUMO 202547%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, 1-bit Bonsai 8B or Llama 4 Behemoth?

1-bit Bonsai 8B is ahead overall, 50 to 35. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 30% and 47%.

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

Llama 4 Behemoth has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 37.3 versus 30. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, 1-bit Bonsai 8B or Llama 4 Behemoth?

1-bit Bonsai 8B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 66 versus 51.1. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, 1-bit Bonsai 8B or Llama 4 Behemoth?

1-bit Bonsai 8B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 50 versus 45.5. Inside this category, MuSR is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, 1-bit Bonsai 8B or Llama 4 Behemoth?

1-bit Bonsai 8B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 79.8 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

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