# 1-bit Bonsai 8B vs Gemma 4 12B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for 1-bit Bonsai 8B and Gemma 4 12B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/bonsai-8b-vs-gemma-4-12b
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for 1-bit Bonsai 8B and Gemma 4 12B.

## Summary

- 1-bit Bonsai 8B and Gemma 4 12B do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | 1-bit Bonsai 8B | Gemma 4 12B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Prism ML | Google |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 64K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 46.64 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 0 | 12 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- 1-bit Bonsai 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 47.9 (Estimated · #81/151)

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- 1-bit Bonsai 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #97/183)

| Benchmark | 1-bit Bonsai 8B | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 72.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- 1-bit Bonsai 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 26.1 (#44/48)

| Benchmark | 1-bit Bonsai 8B | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 69.1% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 79.7% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- 1-bit Bonsai 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 34 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | 1-bit Bonsai 8B | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | Coming soon | 53% | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 43.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- 1-bit Bonsai 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #138/181)

| Benchmark | 1-bit Bonsai 8B | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 5.2% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 83.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- 1-bit Bonsai 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 89.8 (#21/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- 1-bit Bonsai 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | 1-bit Bonsai 8B | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare 1-bit Bonsai 8B and Gemma 4 12B on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [1-bit Bonsai 8B vs 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B](/compare/bonsai-1-7b-vs-bonsai-8b)
- [Gemma 4 12B vs 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B](/compare/bonsai-1-7b-vs-gemma-4-12b)
- [1-bit Bonsai 8B vs 1-bit Bonsai 4B](/compare/bonsai-4b-vs-bonsai-8b)
- [Gemma 4 12B vs 1-bit Bonsai 4B](/compare/bonsai-4b-vs-gemma-4-12b)

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