# Ornith-1.5-9B vs Quasar 438B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Ornith-1.5-9B and Quasar 438B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/ornith-1-5-9b-vs-quasar-438b
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Ornith-1.5-9B and Quasar 438B share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Ornith-1.5-9B has the lower published output-token price.
- Quasar 438B has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Ornith-1.5-9B | Quasar 438B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Ornith AI | Multiverse Computing |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 31.33 | 48.46 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 16 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.60 / $1.80 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 22.4 (Estimated · #106/128)
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: 40 (Estimated · #67/128)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 46.2% | 69.3% | Quasar 438B |
| HLE w/ tools | 30.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 54.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 41.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 59.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 56.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 66.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: 41.2 (Estimated · #63/150)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 46.2% | 69.3% | Quasar 438B |
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 47.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 54.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 32.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: 78.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 35.1 (Estimated · #134/184)
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: 46.7 (Estimated · #92/184)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 86.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 86.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 20.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 20.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Ornith-1.5-9B and Quasar 438B?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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