Model benchmarks

prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf local LLM performance

As of September 2026, prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf runs at up to 47.9 tok/s for local inference (best of 3 community benchmark runs across 1 GPU).

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Model size

27B

Peak speed

47.9 tok/s

Average speed

46.5 tok/s

Avg PP

848.7 tok/s

Min memory

11.4 GB

Max context

30.720 tokens

Avg output / run

44.432 tokens

Avg runtime / run

16m 29s

Avg quality

55.6

Benchmark runs

3

GPUs tested

1

Quality by task

Average LLM-judged quality (0–100) with the run-to-run spread shown as a P5–P95 band, overall and for each benchmark task, across all 3 runs. The low and high columns show how much the judge’s score varies between runs, and need at least two runs to display.

TaskP5 (low)AvgP95 (high)
Overall42.155.670.7
Agent Workflow76.782.989.6
Code Generation2.016.929.5
Role Play & Narrative86.887.789.1
Research & Analysis1.634.981.4

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated September 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070Unsloth Studio—47.9 tok/s47.9 tok/s11.4 GB16.384 tokens40.81
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070Unsloth StudioTQ1_046.4 tok/s45.8 tok/s11.4 GB30.720 tokens63.02

Benchmark runs

All 3 prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf runs submitted so far — expand one for its hardware, quality breakdown and per-scenario detail.

Frequently asked questions

Is prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf good for coding?
In our benchmarks, prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf scores 16.9/100 for coding. It runs at about 46.5 tok/s, so if you want more speed, local-qwen is faster (~60.2 tok/s) and still scores well for coding (84.8/100).
Is prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf scores 82.9/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 46.5 tok/s, so if you want more speed, granite-4.2-8b-Q4_K_L is faster (~71.6 tok/s) and still scores well for agentic workflows (92.9/100).
How fast is prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf for local inference?
Across 3 community benchmark runs, prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf reaches up to 47.9 tok/s and averages 46.5 tok/s, with the fastest results on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070.
How much memory does prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 11.4 GB of memory (quantizations tested: TQ1_0).
Which tools have been used to run prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf?
Benchmarks were submitted using Unsloth Studio. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.