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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Mistral Medium 3.5 and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) are closely matched at 26.6 and 22.1 on the LLM Stats Score.

Mistral AI · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Mistral Medium 3.5 and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 26.6 and 22.1.

In the 3 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Mistral Medium 3.5 wins 2; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

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

Choose Mistral Medium 3.5

  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 3 exact shared results

Choose Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Mistral Medium 3.5
Mistral AI
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
26.6
#169
22.1
#202
Reasoning
27.1
#160
19.8
#213
Coding
23.8
#91
2.9
#241
Agents
8.6
#151
-0.7
#198
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
2 of 3
1 of 3
Input price
$1.50 / M
— / M
Output price
$7.50 / M
— / M
Context window
256,000
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Mistral Medium 3.5
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
Math
18.9#184
12.2#245
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Mistral Medium 3.5 · 10 for Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

3 shared

Mistral Medium 3.5 outperforms in 2 benchmarks (SWE-Bench Verified, Tau3 Banking), while Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is better at 1 benchmark (IFBench).

Mistral Medium 3.5 shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Tue Oct 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

124.0B diff

Mistral Medium 3.5 has 124.0B more parameters than Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B), making it 3100.0% larger.

Mistral AI
Mistral Medium 3.5
128.0Bparameters
NVIDIA
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
4.0Bparameters
128.0B
Mistral Medium 3.5
4.0B
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral Medium 3.5 specifies input context (256,000 tokens). Only Mistral Medium 3.5 specifies output context (256,000 tokens).

Mistral AI
Mistral Medium 3.5
Input256,000 tokens
Output256,000 tokens
NVIDIA
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Oct 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Mistral Medium 3.5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) does not.

Mistral Medium 3.5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Mistral Medium 3.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Mistral Medium 3.5 is licensed under Modified MIT 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.

Mistral Medium 3.5

Modified MIT License

Open weights

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

OpenMDW License v1.1

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Mistral Medium 3.5 was released on 2026-04-29, while Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) was released on 2026-10-16.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is 6 months newer than Mistral Medium 3.5.

Mistral Medium 3.5

Apr 29, 2026

5 months ago

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Oct 16, 2026

4 days ago

5mo 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 Mistral Medium 3.5 and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Mistral Medium 3.5
✓ Preferred
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
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FAQ

Common questions about Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B).

Which is better, Mistral Medium 3.5 or Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)?

Mistral Medium 3.5 and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 26.6 and 22.1. Mistral Medium 3.5 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 Mistral Medium 3.5 compare to Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) in benchmarks?

Mistral Medium 3.5 scores COLLIE: 95.8%, Tau3 Telecom: 91.4%, AIME 2025: 86.3%, SWE-Bench Verified: 77.6%, Tau3 Retail: 76.1%. 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 Mistral Medium 3.5 and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)?

Mistral Medium 3.5 supports 256K 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 Mistral Medium 3.5 and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (26.6 vs 22.1), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Modified MIT License vs OpenMDW License v1.1). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Mistral Medium 3.5 and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)?

Mistral Medium 3.5 is developed by Mistral AI and Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is developed by NVIDIA.

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