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Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) vs Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) leads the LLM Stats Score 21.8 to -3.8.

NVIDIA · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) leads the overall LLM Stats Score 21.8 to -3.8, ranking #203 overall.

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

Choose Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

  • overall performance matters — it scores 21.8 and ranks #203 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

  • you are already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
NVIDIA
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
21.8
#203
-3.8
#371
Reasoning
19.6
#216
-5.2
#371
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Individual benchmarks

10 reported for Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) · 9 for Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

No common benchmarks found

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) and Phi-3.5-vision-instructdon'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

200.0M diff

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct has 0.2B more parameters than Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B), making it 5.0% larger.

NVIDIA
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
4.0Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
4.2Bparameters
4.0B
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
4.2B
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) does not.

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is licensed under OpenMDW License v1.1, while Phi-3.5-vision-instruct uses MIT.

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

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

OpenMDW License v1.1

Open weights

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) was released on 2026-10-16, while Phi-3.5-vision-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is 26 months newer than Phi-3.5-vision-instruct.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Oct 16, 2026

6 days ago

2.1yr newer
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

2.2 years ago

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 Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
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Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) vs Phi-3.5-vision-instruct.

Which is better, Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) or Phi-3.5-vision-instruct?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) leads the LLM Stats Score 21.8 to -3.8. Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is made by NVIDIA and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct is made by Microsoft. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) compare to Phi-3.5-vision-instruct in benchmarks?

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%. Phi-3.5-vision-instruct scores ScienceQA: 91.3%, POPE: 86.1%, MMBench: 81.9%, ChartQA: 81.8%, AI2D: 78.1%.

What are the main differences between Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (21.8 vs -3.8), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (OpenMDW License v1.1 vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is developed by NVIDIA and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct is developed by Microsoft.

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