# Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 vs Ternary Bonsai 2 27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/reflection-beam-nvfp4-vs-ternary-bonsai-2-27b
- Last updated: October 16, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 has the higher overall point estimate 70 to 53.87. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 86.2 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 and 74 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 78.4% and 52.8%.
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Reflection AI | Prism ML |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | null | 53.87 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 21 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| τ³-bench results | 35.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 51.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 78.4% | 52.8% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| MCP Atlas | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 75.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 81.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 74.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 42.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 65.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 78.4% | 52.8% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | 31.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 77.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.7% | 60.8% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| SciCode | 46.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 90.1% | Coming soon |
| BigCodeBench | Coming soon | 58.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 85.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 78.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 15.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | 67.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | 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
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 89.3% | 85.8% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| HLE w/o tools | 34.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 86.2 (#44/148)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 74 (#69/148)

| Benchmark | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.2% | 74% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 91.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 87.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 86.2 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.5% | 95.8% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| 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, Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 or Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 86.2 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 and 74 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.

### How many benchmarks does Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 cover on BenchLM?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 currently has 19 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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