# Ternary Bonsai 2 27B vs ZAYA1-8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B and ZAYA1-8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/ternary-bonsai-2-27b-vs-zaya1-8b
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick ZAYA1-8B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ternary Bonsai 2 27B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- ZAYA1-8B leads overall 56 to 50.78.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 71 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B and 23.5 for ZAYA1-8B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is LiveCodeBench v6 in Coding, with scores of 90.1% and 65.8%.
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | ZAYA1-8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Prism ML | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 131K |
| Overall Score | 50.78 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 11 |
| 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)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 46.1 (Estimated · #82/154)

| Benchmark | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | ZAYA1-8B | 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 |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 39.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #64/154)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 90.1% | 65.8% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| BigCodeBench | 58.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | ZAYA1-8B | 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)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 50.6 (Estimated · #78/184)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 43.6 (Estimated · #120/184)

| Benchmark | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 85.8% | 71% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| GPQA-D | 85.8% | 71.0% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Ternary Bonsai 2 27B
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 71 (#64/124)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 23.5 (#121/124)

| Benchmark | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 91.3% | 85.6% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| IFBench | 74% | 52.6% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 76.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | ZAYA1-8B | 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% | 89.1% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 32.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Ternary Bonsai 2 27B or ZAYA1-8B?

ZAYA1-8B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Ternary Bonsai 2 27B and ZAYA1-8B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 71 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B and 23.5 for ZAYA1-8B.

### 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 ZAYA1-8B cover on BenchLM?

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

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