PrismML releases Bonsai 2 27B: 5.9 GB Qwen3.8 model, 98% performance
Very good progress for local models.
PrismML released Bonsai 2 27B based on Qwen3.8 27B. After three‑digit quantization the model occupies only 5,9 GB, about nine times smaller than the full version.
According to developer tests it retains 98,2 % of the original performance, while supporting image processing and tool calling. The model under Apache 2.0.