Bonsai-27B-mlx-1bit vs phi-2
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 1 September 2026.
prism-ml · A · Open weights
Params
1.7 B
Context
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30d
961 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Bonsai-27B-mlx-1bit | phi-2 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.7 B | 2.8 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration | PhiForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 2,048 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | mit |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 960,762 | 434,012 |
| Downloads all time | 4.1 M | 23.8 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-07-04 | 2023-12-13 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 84 days (3 Aug – 25 Oct)
2.1 M204 K
Bonsai-27B-mlx-1bit
phi-2
A overtook B on 11 Sep
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Bonsai-27B-mlx-1bit · fp16
6.4 GB / 24 GB
phi-2 · fp16
7.0 GB / 24 GB