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Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512) vs Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) leads the LLM Stats Score 22.1 to -6.7.

Mistral AI · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) leads the overall LLM Stats Score 22.1 to -6.7, ranking #202 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512)

  • you are already invested in the Mistral AI ecosystem

Choose Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

  • overall performance matters — it scores 22.1 and ranks #202 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512)
Mistral AI
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-6.7
#387
22.1
#202
Reasoning
-6.7
#376
19.8
#213
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512)
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
Math
-0.8#310
12.2#245
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

6 reported for Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512) · 10 for Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

No common benchmarks found

Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512) and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

1.0B diff

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) has 1.0B more parameters than Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512), making it 33.3% larger.

Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512)
3.0Bparameters
NVIDIA
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
4.0Bparameters
3.0B
Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512)
4.0B
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) does not.

Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512) can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512) is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) uses OpenMDW License v1.1.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512)

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

OpenMDW License v1.1

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512) was released on 2025-12-04, while Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) was released on 2026-10-16.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is 11 months newer than Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512).

Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512)

Dec 4, 2025

10 months ago

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Oct 16, 2026

3 days ago

10mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512) and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512)
✓ Preferred
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
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FAQ

Common questions about Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512) vs Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B).

Which is better, Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512) or Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) leads the LLM Stats Score 22.1 to -6.7. Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512) is made by Mistral AI and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512) compare to Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) in benchmarks?

Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512) scores MMLU-Redux: 73.5%, MMLU: 70.7%, Multilingual MMLU: 65.2%, MATH (CoT): 60.1%, TriviaQA: 59.2%. Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) scores IFBench: 77.9%, GPQA: 72.4%, AA-LCR: 71.0%, SWE-Bench Verified: 59.5%, SciCode: 34.9%.

What are the main differences between Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512) and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-6.7 vs 22.1), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs OpenMDW License v1.1). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512) and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)?

Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512) is developed by Mistral AI and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is developed by NVIDIA.

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