Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.
1-bit Bonsai 8B
~50
0/8 categoriesMistral Small 4
~64
Winner · 2/8 categories1-bit Bonsai 8B· Mistral Small 4
Pick Mistral Small 4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. 1-bit Bonsai 8B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Mistral Small 4 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 64 to 50. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Mistral Small 4's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 58.9 against 30. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 30% to 45.3%.
Mistral Small 4 gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 64K for 1-bit Bonsai 8B.
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| Benchmark | 1-bit Bonsai 8B | Mistral Small 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Agentic | ||
| Coming soon | ||
| Coding | ||
| HumanEval | — | 84.8% |
| Multimodal & Grounded | ||
| Coming soon | ||
| Reasoning | ||
| MuSR | 50% | — |
| KnowledgeMistral Small 4 wins | ||
| GPQA | 30% | 45.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 66.3% |
| Instruction FollowingMistral Small 4 wins | ||
| IFEval | 79.8% | 82.9% |
| Multilingual | ||
| Coming soon | ||
| Mathematics | ||
| MATH-500 | 66% | — |
Mistral Small 4 is ahead overall, 64 to 50. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 30% and 45.3%.
Mistral Small 4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 58.9 versus 30. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Mistral Small 4 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 82.9 versus 79.8. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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