Ternary Bonsai 2 9B
Summary
Ternary Bonsai 2 9B is an open-weight language model from Prism ML, released on 16 Oct 2026. It accepts text and images and generates text, with a 262K-token context window and up to 66K output tokens per response. As of 2 Nov 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.13 per million output tokens (OpenRouter), across 1 provider we track.
Ternary Bonsai 2 9B is PrismML’s compact, open-weight language model for conversational AI, reasoning, and tool use. Built on Qwen3.5, it uses ternary weights packed into 2 bits for efficient...
Last verified 2 Nov 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | Prism ML |
|---|---|
| Release date | 16 Oct 2026 [OpenRouter] |
| Status | Generally available |
| Weights | Open weights [Hugging Face] |
| License | apache-2.0 [Hugging Face] |
| Context window | 262K (262,144 tokens) [OpenRouter] |
| Max output | 66K tokens [OpenRouter] |
| Input | Text and images [OpenRouter] |
| Output | Text [OpenRouter] |
| Reasoning mode | Yes [OpenRouter] |
| Tool calling | Yes [OpenRouter] |
| Structured output | Yes [OpenRouter] |
| Hugging Face | prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-9B-gguf [Hugging Face] |
Ternary Bonsai 2 9B API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter prism-ml/ternary-bonsai-2-9b | $0.08 | $0.13 | $0.04 | 262K | OpenRouter, 2 Nov 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Ternary Bonsai 2 9B?
Ternary Bonsai 2 9B has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K) and can generate up to 65,536 tokens in a single response, according to OpenRouter.
How much does the Ternary Bonsai 2 9B API cost?
Ternary Bonsai 2 9B is listed from $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.13 per million output tokens (OpenRouter). Prices last verified 2 Nov 2026.
Is Ternary Bonsai 2 9B open source?
Ternary Bonsai 2 9B is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-9B-gguf under the apache-2.0 license. Check the license terms before commercial use.
When was Ternary Bonsai 2 9B released?
Prism ML released Ternary Bonsai 2 9B on 16 Oct 2026, according to OpenRouter.
Change history
- License changed from none to apache-2.0
- Added to the directory
- Now listed on OpenRouter