# Flint vs Ternary Bonsai 2 27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Flint and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/flint-40b-a2-5b-vs-ternary-bonsai-2-27b
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Flint leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Flint has the higher overall point estimate 67 to 54.01. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 94.7 for Flint and 74 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is IFBench in Instruction Following, with scores of 89.2% and 74%.
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Flint | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Recursive | Prism ML |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Overall Score | null | 54.01 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 21 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Flint | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 54.9% | 52.8% | Flint |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 74.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Flint | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 74.2% | 60.8% | Flint |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 80.3% | 90.1% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| BigCodeBench | Coming soon | 58.1% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 77.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Flint | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv (overall) | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |
| A-OKVQA | Coming soon | 86.8% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.6 | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 80.1% | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | Coming soon | 56.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Flint | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Flint
- Flint public-lane score: 94.7 (#3/152)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 74 (#72/152)

| Benchmark | Flint | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 89.2% | 74% | Flint |
| IFEval | 95.1% | 91.3% | Flint |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 86.2 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Flint | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GSM8K | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 98.8% | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 95% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Flint or Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

Flint has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Flint and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 94.7 for Flint and 74 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.

### How many benchmarks does Flint cover on BenchLM?

Flint currently has 5 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ternary Bonsai 2 27B cover on BenchLM?

Ternary Bonsai 2 27B currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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