# Inkling-Small vs Ternary Bonsai 2 27B

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-small-vs-ternary-bonsai-2-27b
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Inkling-Small if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ternary Bonsai 2 27B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Inkling-Small leads overall 58.78 to 50.78.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 42.7 for Inkling-Small and 73.9 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Verified in Coding, with scores of 80.2% and 60.8%.
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Inkling-Small also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling-Small | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Prism ML |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 58.78 | 50.78 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 21 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.58 / $1.44 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 36.6 (Supported · #134/154)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #59/154)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 64.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 54.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 74.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 43.7 (Supported · #101/154)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #64/154)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | 60.8% | Inkling-Small |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 64.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 90.1% | Coming soon |
| BigCodeBench | Coming soon | 58.1% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 48.8 (#39/48)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 81.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 42.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 73.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 40.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | 8.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 56.3 (Supported · #47/184)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 50.6 (Estimated · #78/184)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.5% | 85.8% | Inkling-Small |
| GPQA-D | 89.5% | 85.8% | Inkling-Small |
| HLE | 47.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 31.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Inkling-Small
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 89.2 (#20/124)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 71 (#64/124)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 82.2% | 74% | Inkling-Small |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 91.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 76.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 76.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.5% | 95.8% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GSM8K | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 98.8% | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 95% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Inkling-Small or Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

Inkling-Small is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Inkling-Small and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 42.7 for Inkling-Small and 73.9 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.

### How many benchmarks does Inkling-Small cover on BenchLM?

Inkling-Small currently has 25 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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- [Ternary Bonsai 2 27B vs Claude Fable 5.1](/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-ternary-bonsai-2-27b)

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