Bonsai 2 27B ships with ternary weights: 5.95GB model hits 98.2% of FP16 benchmarks
airesearch12 · x · 2026-09-18
Bonsai 2 27B is out with ternary weights: the language model is just 5.95GB versus 54GB in FP16, while scoring 98.2% of the FP16 Qwen3.8 27B benchmarks.
Key details:
- Runs at 55 tok/s via WebGPU on an M5 Max, with a browser demo available
- 27B reasoning model with vision, tool use, and agentic support
- Open weights released
Related event: PrismML's Ternary Bonsai 2 27B Shrinks to 5.9GB, Retains 98.2% Performance(20 posts)→
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