Model benchmarks

Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-PQ2_0 local LLM performance

As of October 2026, Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-PQ2_0 runs at up to 44.5 tok/s for local inference (best of 4 community benchmark runs across 3 GPUs).

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Model size

27B

Peak speed

44.5 tok/s

Average speed

32.9 tok/s

Avg PP

480.3 tok/s

Min memory

10.2 GB

Max context

131,072 tokens

Avg output / run

31,923 tokens

Avg runtime / run

19m 20s

Avg quality

60.2

Benchmark runs

4

GPUs tested

3

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 4 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)
Overall44.860.277.0
Agent Workflow24.062.780.3
Code Generation2.227.361.6
Role Play & Narrative69.382.188.8
Research & Analysis37.768.587.2

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-PQ2_0 has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated October 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070prismQ2_044.5 tok/s44.5 tok/s10.4 GB65,536 tokens68.21
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060llama.cppQ2_041.8 tok/s41.6 tok/sn/a131,072 tokens61.22
AMD Radeon 680Mllama.cppQ2_04.0 tok/s4.0 tok/s10.2 GB8,192 tokens50.11

Benchmark runs

All 4 Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-PQ2_0 runs submitted so far — expand one for its hardware, quality breakdown and per-scenario detail.

Frequently asked questions

Is Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-PQ2_0 good for coding?
In our benchmarks, Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-PQ2_0 scores 27.3/100 for coding. It runs at about 32.9 tok/s, so if you want more speed, nvidia/Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4 is faster (~63.3 tok/s) and still scores well for coding (82.7/100).
Is Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-PQ2_0 good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-PQ2_0 scores 62.7/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 32.9 tok/s, so if you want more speed, swift-iq2_xs is faster (~91.5 tok/s) and still scores well for agentic workflows (91.4/100).
How fast is Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-PQ2_0 for local inference?
Across 4 community benchmark runs, Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-PQ2_0 reaches up to 44.5 tok/s and averages 32.9 tok/s, with the fastest results on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070.
How much memory does Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-PQ2_0 need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 10.2 GB of memory (quantizations tested: Q2_0).
Which tools have been used to run Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-PQ2_0?
Benchmarks were submitted using llama.cpp, prism. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.