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prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-9B-gguf:PTQ1_0 local LLM performance

As of October 2026, prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-9B-gguf:PTQ1_0 runs at up to 147.0 tok/s for local inference (best of 3 community benchmark runs across 1 GPU).

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Model size

9B

Peak speed

147.0 tok/s

Average speed

145.1 tok/s

Avg PP

2878.5 tok/s

Min memory

5.3 GB

Max context

131,072 tokens

Avg output / run

19,767 tokens

Avg runtime / run

2m 20s

Avg quality

56.0

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)
Overall52.256.061.4
Agent Workflow59.167.676.7
Code Generation23.931.838.1
Role Play & Narrative50.261.177.7
Research & Analysis55.763.671.6

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-9B-gguf:PTQ1_0 has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated October 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070llama.cppQ1_0147.0 tok/s145.1 tok/s5.3 GB131,072 tokens56.03

Benchmark runs

All 3 prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-9B-gguf:PTQ1_0 runs submitted so far — expand one for its hardware, quality breakdown and per-scenario detail.

Frequently asked questions

How fast is prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-9B-gguf:PTQ1_0 for local inference?
Across 3 community benchmark runs, prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-9B-gguf:PTQ1_0 reaches up to 147.0 tok/s and averages 145.1 tok/s, with the fastest results on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070.
How much memory does prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-9B-gguf:PTQ1_0 need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 5.3 GB of memory (quantizations tested: Q1_0).
Which tools have been used to run prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-9B-gguf:PTQ1_0?
Benchmarks were submitted using llama.cpp. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.