# ZAYA1-74B-Preview vs ZAYA1-8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for ZAYA1-74B-Preview and ZAYA1-8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/zaya1-74b-preview-vs-zaya1-8b
- Last updated: September 23, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.6

## Quick Verdict

Pick ZAYA1-8B 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

- ZAYA1-8B leads overall 56 to 45.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 51.6 for ZAYA1-74B-Preview and 61.3 for ZAYA1-8B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 57.3% and 71%.
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | ZAYA1-8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Zyphra | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 131K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| τ²-bench Airline | 56.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 39.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 65.7% | 65.8% | ZAYA1-8B |
| SWE-bench Verified | 53.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 68.1% | 74.2% | ZAYA1-8B |
| GPQA | 57.3% | 71% | ZAYA1-8B |
| GPQA-D | 57.3% | 71.0% | ZAYA1-8B |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 23.5 (#121/124)

| Benchmark | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 52.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: 51.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 76.4% | 89.1% | ZAYA1-8B |
| 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, ZAYA1-74B-Preview or ZAYA1-8B?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between ZAYA1-74B-Preview and ZAYA1-8B?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 51.6 for ZAYA1-74B-Preview and 61.3 for ZAYA1-8B.

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

ZAYA1-74B-Preview currently has 7 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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