# Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B vs Ternary Bonsai 2 27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/ornith-1-5-35b-a3b-vs-ternary-bonsai-2-27b
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Ternary Bonsai 2 27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B leads overall 50.78 to 36.86.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 41.5 for Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B and 50.6 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Verified in Coding, with scores of 79% and 60.8%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Ornith AI | Prism ML |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 36.86 | 50.78 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 18 | 21 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 47.2 (Estimated · #73/154)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #59/154)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 67.8% | 52.8% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| HLE w/ tools | 33.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 70.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 67.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 72.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 74.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 47.1 (Estimated · #78/154)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #64/154)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 67.8% | 52.8% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| SWE-bench Verified | 79% | 60.8% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 59.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 71.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 22.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| frontierBench | 5.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 46.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 90.1% | Coming soon |
| BigCodeBench | Coming soon | 58.1% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 73.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 41.5 (Estimated · #129/184)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 50.6 (Estimated · #78/184)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.2% | 85.8% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| GPQA-D | 89.2% | 85.8% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| HLE | 25.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 25.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 71 (#64/124)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 91.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 74% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 76.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | 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, Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B or Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

Ternary Bonsai 2 27B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 41.5 for Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B and 50.6 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.

### How many benchmarks does Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B currently has 18 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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