A large model compressed into a fraction of its original memory footprint

Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B: A 27B Model in 6GB

A 27B model squeezed into 5.95GB at 1.72 bits per weight, claiming 98.2% of full-precision performance on its own benchmark suite - and what that compression actually costs.

September 23, 2026 · 3 min · 565 words