Ternary Bonsai 2 9B
Ternary Bonsai 2 9B is a 9-billion-parameter model based on Qwen3.5, using PrismML’s ternary weight representation. It supports reasoning, visual understanding, and tool-driven workflows in a compact model footprint.
What it does
Developers can use it to build on-device assistants that interpret text or visual context and call application tools.
- Availability
- Downloadable starting October 15, 2026
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Optimized for consumer-grade CPUs and edge GPUs
- Privacy
- Not established
- Licence
- Apache 2.0
Capability
Modality
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Evidence
5 claims- The model supports reasoning, visual understanding, and tool-driven workflows. [1]
- The model is downloadable starting October 15, 2026. [2]
Developers, researchers, and other users can download the new Bonsai 2 models under the Apache 2.0 license for free starting October 15, 2026.
PrismML. Quoted text is outside CC BY 4.0 and keeps its original rights. - The model is free under the Apache 2.0 license. [1] [2]
Developers, researchers, and other users can download the new Bonsai 2 models under the Apache 2.0 license for free starting October 15, 2026.
PrismML. Quoted text is outside CC BY 4.0 and keeps its original rights. - The model is optimized for low-latency inference on consumer-grade CPUs and edge GPUs. [2]
They have been designed for seamless integration with existing AI workflows and are optimized for low-latency inference on consumer-grade CPUs, and edge GPUs.
PrismML. Quoted text is outside CC BY 4.0 and keeps its original rights. - The model has a 2.00GB footprint. [1] [2]
The models use Prism ML ’s ternary weight representation, which encodes model weights using three values: {−1, 0, +1}.
PrismML. Quoted text is outside CC BY 4.0 and keeps its original rights.
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https://prismml.com/news/prismml-expands-bonsai-2-family-with-2b-4b-and-9b-models-for-on-device-ai
Retrieved 2026-10-27 01:40 UTC
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Versions
2| Version | Effective | Change | Changed fields | State |
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| 2 | 2026-10-15 22:34 UTC | evidence update | score | Current |
| 1 | 2026-10-15 22:34 UTC | publication | None | Current |
In briefs
2- DeepSeek opens a real-time web search API Weekly brief 2026-W42
- Bespoke-Nimble-9B-v2 leads 12 AI developments on 15 October 2026 Daily brief 2026-10-15
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