# Show HN: Boole-1.7B, a 1-bit LLM that outperforms Bonsai-1.7B

> Source: <https://precisionnumerics.ai/blog/boole-1p7b>
> Published: 2026-10-12 15:49:48+00:00

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](https://precisionnumerics.ai/blog/boole-1p7b)

- Weights: [https://huggingface.co/precision-numerics/Boole-1.7B](https://huggingface.co/precision-numerics/Boole-1.7B)

- Chat in browser: [https://precisionnumerics.ai/chat/](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!

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50058167](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50058167)

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