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Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B vs Qwen3.5 4B
Updated November 2026
Verdict
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B scores higher on the Small LM Index: 60.0 vs 57.8, although their likely ranges overlap, so the lead is not certain. On the 2 benchmarks both labs report, Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B wins 1 and Qwen3.5 4B wins 1. Both need about 3.4 GB of memory at 4-bit quantization. Neither model has a hosted API on OpenRouter, so you would run both yourself.
Pick Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B if…
- you want the strongest model overall
- you need precise instruction following
Pick Qwen3.5 4B if…
- you need a permissive license (Apache-2.0)
- you need image input
- you want the more widely used model (more quantized builds and community support)
Specifications
| Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B | Qwen3.5 4B | |
|---|---|---|
| Small LM Index | 60.0 (likely 58–62) | 57.8 (likely 52–63) |
| Lab | NVIDIA · United States | Alibaba (Qwen) · China |
| Released | 2026-10-16 | 2026-03-02 |
| Parameters | 4B (dense) | 4B (dense) |
| Memory at 4-bit | ~3.4 GB | ~3.3 GB |
| Context window | 262K tokens | 262K tokens |
| Input | text | text, image, video |
| Reasoning | Always thinks | Hybrid (thinking on/off) |
| License | OpenMDW-1.1 | Apache-2.0 |
| API price / 1M tokens | Self-host only | Self-host only |
| Hugging Face downloads (30 days) | 10.5K | 6.1M |
Benchmarks
Higher is better. Bold marks the winner where both labs report a score. ≈ marks the index model's estimate for a score that wasn't reported, ✓ an independent measurement and * a score measured by another lab.
| Benchmark | Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B | Qwen3.5 4B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro Knowledge | ≈ 79 | 79.1 |
| GPQA Diamond Knowledge | 69.2 | 76.2 |
| Humanity's Last Exam Reasoning | 8.3 | ≈ 9 |
| LiveCodeBench Coding | ≈ 69 | 55.8 |
| SWE-bench Verified Coding | 50.3 | ≈ 42 |
| Terminal-Bench Agentic | 12.5 | — |
| τ²-Bench Agentic | — | 79.9 |
| IFBench Instruction following | 74.3 | 59.2 |
| MMMU-Pro Vision | — | 65.4✓ |
| AA-LCR Long context | 63.0 | — |
Scores are mostly reported by each lab with its own settings, so small gaps are noise. See the methodology. Open in the interactive comparison to add more models.
Questions
Which is better, Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B or Qwen3.5 4B?
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B scores higher on the Small LM Index: 60.0 vs 57.8, although their likely ranges overlap, so the lead is not certain. On the 2 benchmarks both labs report, Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B wins 1 and Qwen3.5 4B wins 1.
Which is cheaper to run?
Neither model has a hosted API on OpenRouter, so you would run both yourself. Both need about 3.4 GB of memory at 4-bit quantization.
Which has the longer context window?
Both have a 262K-token context window.
Can I use Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B and Qwen3.5 4B commercially?
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B is released under OpenMDW-1.1 and Qwen3.5 4B under Apache-2.0. Apache 2.0 and MIT allow commercial use; other licenses can add conditions, so read the license before shipping a product.