Bonsai-27B-mlx-1bit vs SmolLM3-3B-Base
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 1 September 2026.
prism-ml · A · Open weights
Params
1.7 B
Context
—
30d
1.0 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
HuggingFaceTB · B · Open weights
Params
3.1 B
Context
65,536
30d
213 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Bonsai-27B-mlx-1bit | SmolLM3-3B-Base |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.7 B | 3.1 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration | SmolLM3ForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 65,536 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 8 |
| Downloads 30d | 1,003,518 | 213,155 |
| Downloads all time | 4.7 M | 2.0 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-07-04 | 2025-06-19 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
2.1 M161 K
Bonsai-27B-mlx-1bit
SmolLM3-3B-Base
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Bonsai-27B-mlx-1bit · fp16
6.4 GB / 24 GB
SmolLM3-3B-Base · fp16
7.7 GB / 24 GB