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Ministral 8B Instruct vs Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) leads the LLM Stats Score 22.1 to -5.0.

Mistral AI · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) leads the overall LLM Stats Score 22.1 to -5.0, ranking #202 overall.

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

Choose Ministral 8B Instruct

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.10/M input and $0.10/M output

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 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-5.0
#376
22.1
#202
Reasoning
-5.1
#367
19.8
#213
Coding
-14.5
#290
2.9
#241
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.10 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.10 / M
— / M
Context window
128,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Ministral 8B Instruct
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
Math
-4.1#328
12.2#245
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Ministral 8B Instruct · 10 for Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

No common benchmarks found

Ministral 8B Instruct 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

4.0B diff

Ministral 8B Instruct has 4.0B more parameters than Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B), making it 100.5% larger.

Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
8.0Bparameters
NVIDIA
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
4.0Bparameters
8.0B
Ministral 8B Instruct
4.0B
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Ministral 8B Instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Ministral 8B Instruct specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
NVIDIA
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Oct 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Ministral 8B Instruct is licensed under Mistral Research License, 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 8B Instruct

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

OpenMDW License v1.1

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ministral 8B Instruct was released on 2024-10-16, while Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) was released on 2026-10-16.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is 24 months newer than Ministral 8B Instruct.

Ministral 8B Instruct

Oct 16, 2024

2.0 years ago

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Oct 16, 2026

3 days ago

2.0yr 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

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Ministral 8B Instruct and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Ministral 8B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Ministral 8B Instruct vs Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B).

Which is better, Ministral 8B Instruct or Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) leads the LLM Stats Score 22.1 to -5.0. Ministral 8B Instruct 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 8B Instruct compare to Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) in benchmarks?

Ministral 8B Instruct scores MT-Bench: 83.0%, Winogrande: 75.3%, ARC-C: 71.9%, Arena Hard: 70.9%, MBPP pass@1: 70.0%. 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 context window sizes for Ministral 8B Instruct and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)?

Ministral 8B Instruct supports 128K tokens and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Ministral 8B Instruct and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-5.0 vs 22.1), licensing (Mistral Research License vs OpenMDW License v1.1). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Ministral 8B Instruct and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)?

Ministral 8B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is developed by NVIDIA.

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