# Ripple-65B Preview vs ZAYA1-8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Ripple-65B Preview and ZAYA1-8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/ripple-65b-preview-vs-zaya1-8b
- Last updated: November 4, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

ZAYA1-8B leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- ZAYA1-8B has the higher overall point estimate 34.76 to 0. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is IFBench in Instruction Following, with scores of 79.2% and 52.6%.
- ZAYA1-8B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Ripple-65B Preview also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Ripple-65B Preview | ZAYA1-8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Ricursive Intelligence | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 131K |
| Overall Score | null | 34.76 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 17 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ripple-65B Preview | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 31.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 36.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 71.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 39.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ripple-65B Preview | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 61.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 44.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 39.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 65.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 37.7 (Estimated · #124/179)

| Benchmark | Ripple-65B Preview | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 89.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 84.2% | 74.2% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| GPQA-D | 85.2% | 71.0% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 71% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 23.6 (#149/157)

| Benchmark | Ripple-65B Preview | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.2% | 52.6% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ripple-65B Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 69.4 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Ripple-65B Preview | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 97.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | 98.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 95.0% | 89.1% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 90.5% | 71.6% | Ripple-65B Preview |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 32.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Ripple-65B Preview or ZAYA1-8B?

ZAYA1-8B has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### How many benchmarks does Ripple-65B Preview cover on BenchLM?

Ripple-65B Preview currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does ZAYA1-8B cover on BenchLM?

ZAYA1-8B currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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