1-bit Bonsai 8B vs Sarvam 30B

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· Sarvam 30B

Quick Verdict

Pick 1-bit Bonsai 8B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Sarvam 30B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

1-bit Bonsai 8B has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 50 versus 48. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Sarvam 30B 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.

Operational tradeoffs

PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context64K64K

Decision framing

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Benchmark1-bit Bonsai 8BSarvam 30B
Agentic
BrowseComp35.5%
Coding
HumanEval92.1%
LiveCodeBench v670.0%
SWE-bench Verified34%
Multimodal & Grounded
Coming soon
Reasoning
MuSR50%
gpqaDiamond66.5%
KnowledgeSarvam 30B wins
GPQA30%
MMLU85.1%
MMLU-Pro80%
Instruction Following
IFEval79.8%
Multilingual
Coming soon
MathematicsSarvam 30B wins
MATH-50066%97%
AIME 202580%
HMMT Feb 202573.3%
HMMT Nov 202574.2%
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Which is better, 1-bit Bonsai 8B or Sarvam 30B?

1-bit Bonsai 8B is ahead overall, 50 to 48. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MATH-500, where the scores are 66% and 97%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, 1-bit Bonsai 8B or Sarvam 30B?

Sarvam 30B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 30. 1-bit Bonsai 8B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, 1-bit Bonsai 8B or Sarvam 30B?

Sarvam 30B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 86.5 versus 66. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 3, 2026

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