Model benchmarks

prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-4B-gguf local LLM performance

As of October 2026, prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-4B-gguf runs at up to 155.5 tok/s for local inference (best of 2 community benchmark runs across 2 GPUs).

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Model size

4B

Peak speed

155.5 tok/s

Average speed

97.0 tok/s

Avg PP

782.1 tok/s

Min memory

5.0 GB

Max context

262,144 tokens

Avg output / run

18,144 tokens

Avg runtime / run

5m 1s

Avg quality

56.1

Benchmark runs

2

GPUs tested

2

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 the 1 of 2 runs with completed quality scores. 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)
Overall—56.1—
Agent Workflow—67.1—
Code Generation—31.0—
Role Play & Narrative—72.2—
Research & Analysis—54.0—

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-4B-gguf has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated October 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070Unsloth StudioQ2_0155.5 tok/s155.5 tok/s5.0 GB65,536 tokens56.11
Intel(R) Arc(TM) 140V GPU (16GB)Unsloth StudioQ2_038.5 tok/s38.5 tok/s15.1 GB262,144 tokensn/a1

Benchmark runs

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

Frequently asked questions

Is prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-4B-gguf good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-4B-gguf scores 67.1/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 97.0 tok/s, so if you want more speed, cyber-tiel-coder-35b-a3b-mtp is faster (~115.9 tok/s) and still scores well for agentic workflows (86.4/100).
How fast is prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-4B-gguf for local inference?
Across 2 community benchmark runs, prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-4B-gguf reaches up to 155.5 tok/s and averages 97.0 tok/s, with the fastest results on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070.
How much memory does prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-4B-gguf need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 5.0 GB of memory (quantizations tested: Q2_0).
Which tools have been used to run prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-4B-gguf?
Benchmarks were submitted using Unsloth Studio. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.