# Ternary Bonsai 2 27B vs ZAYA1-74B-Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B and ZAYA1-74B-Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/ternary-bonsai-2-27b-vs-zaya1-74b-preview
- 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. ZAYA1-74B-Preview 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 45.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 76.8 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B and 51.6 for ZAYA1-74B-Preview.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 85.8% and 57.3%.
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Prism ML | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 50.78 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #59/154)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| τ²-bench results | 80.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v3 | 74.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench Airline | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #64/154)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: 47 (Estimated · #79/154)

| Benchmark | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 90.1% | 65.7% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| BigCodeBench | 58.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 60.8% | 53.2% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv (overall) | 80.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| A-OKVQA | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.6 | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | 80.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | 56.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 73.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 50.6 (Estimated · #78/184)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: 44.8 (Estimated · #114/184)

| Benchmark | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 85.8% | 57.3% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| GPQA-D | 85.8% | 57.3% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 68.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 71 (#64/124)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 91.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 76.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: 51.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GSM8K | 96.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | 98.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 95.8% | 76.4% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Ternary Bonsai 2 27B or ZAYA1-74B-Preview?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Ternary Bonsai 2 27B and ZAYA1-74B-Preview?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 76.8 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B and 51.6 for ZAYA1-74B-Preview.

### How many benchmarks does Ternary Bonsai 2 27B cover on BenchLM?

Ternary Bonsai 2 27B currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does ZAYA1-74B-Preview cover on BenchLM?

ZAYA1-74B-Preview currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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