Show HN: Boole-1.7B, a 1-bit LLM that outperforms Bonsai-1.7B
Boole-1.7B is a 1-bit language model with 247 MB of stored weights, retaining 85.9% of Qwen3-1.7B’s ten-benchmark average.
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Introducing Boole-1.7B, a 1-bit version of Qwen3-1.7B.
Boole-1.7B retains 85.9% of BF16 performance using 247MB (13.9x smaller). It outperforms 1-bit Bonsai-1.7B and similar-sized LFM models, and nearly matches 1.58-bit Bonsai-1.7B.
It’s intended for low-latency tasks using English and non-thinking mode. To learn more,
- Blog: https://precisionnumerics.ai/blog/boole-1p7b
- Weights: https://huggingface.co/precision-numerics/Boole-1.7B
- Chat in browser: https://precisionnumerics.ai/chat/
We're going to ship more capable models soon for the open-source community. Let us know what models/capabilities you want to see next!
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