PrismML releases Bonsai 2 27B, which compresses Alibaba's Qwen3.8 27B to 5.9 GB, small enough for smartphones, while retaining 98.2% of Qwen's benchmark scores (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
PrismML says Bonsai 2 27B keeps almost all of Qwen3.8 27B’s measured performance in a 5.9 GB model.
Techmeme’s note cites TechCrunch’s Julie Bort and PrismML’s release of Ternary Bonsai 2 27B. The model is based on Alibaba’s Qwen3.8 27B and is described as 9x smaller than the full-precision version. PrismML says it retains 98.2% aggregate performance across 20 benchmarks, with the footprint still small enough for local use on phones or ordinary laptops. Techmeme’s note
Techmeme’s note cites TechCrunch’s Julie Bort and PrismML’s release of Ternary Bonsai 2 27B. The model is based on Alibaba’s Qwen3.8 27B and is described as 9x smaller than the full-precision version. PrismML says it retains 98.2% aggregate performance across 20 benchmarks, with the footprint still small enough for local use on phones or ordinary laptops. Techmeme’s note
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