$ diff ternary-bonsai-2-27b granite-4-2
Ternary Bonsai 2 27B vs Granite 4.2
Values come from Ternary Bonsai 2 27B and Granite 4.2, where each is cited to its source. This page states no benchmark result and ranks neither model — it puts two published specifications next to each other. Where a lab has not published a figure, the row says so rather than guessing.
PrismmlTernary Bonsai 2 27B
- context
- 262K
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
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- context
- 512K
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
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What actually differs
- Context window
- Granite 4.2 takes 512K against 262K — modestly more room in a single request.
- Weights
- Both publish weights — Ternary Bonsai 2 27B under Apache 2.0, Granite 4.2 under Apache 2.0. Check the licences rather than assuming they permit the same commercial use.
- Recency
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B shipped 23 days after Granite 4.2 (2026-09-17 vs 2026-08-25).
Full spec
| Attribute | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Granite 4.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Prismml | IBM |
| Released | 2026-09-17 | 2026-08-25 |
| Context window | 262,144 | 512K (30B); unknown (3B, 8B) |
| Pricing | not recorded | not applicable — open weights, no hosted rate published |
| License | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
| Availability | Hugging Face (`prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf`, `prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-mlx-2bit`) | Hugging Face, Ollama, GitHub |