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Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) vs Pixtral-12B

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) leads the LLM Stats Score 22.1 to -1.9.

NVIDIA · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) leads the overall LLM Stats Score 22.1 to -1.9, ranking #202 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 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

Choose Pixtral-12B

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.15/M input and $0.15/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
NVIDIA
Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
22.1
#202
-1.9
#360
Reasoning
19.8
#213
-4.0
#362
Coding
2.9
#241
-2.7
#273
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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—
Input price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
Pixtral-12B
Math
12.2#245
1.0#307
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

10 reported for Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) · 12 for Pixtral-12B

No common benchmarks found

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) and Pixtral-12Bdon'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

8.4B diff

Pixtral-12B has 8.4B more parameters than Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B), making it 210.0% larger.

NVIDIA
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
4.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Pixtral-12B
12.4Bparameters
4.0B
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
12.4B
Pixtral-12B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Pixtral-12B specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Pixtral-12B specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

NVIDIA
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Pixtral-12B
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Tue Oct 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Pixtral-12B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) does not.

Pixtral-12B 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

Pixtral-12B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is licensed under OpenMDW License v1.1, while Pixtral-12B uses Apache 2.0.

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

Pixtral-12B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) was released on 2026-10-16, while Pixtral-12B was released on 2024-09-17.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is 25 months newer than Pixtral-12B.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Oct 16, 2026

3 days ago

2.1yr newer
Pixtral-12B

Sep 17, 2024

2.1 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 Pixtral-12B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
✓ Preferred
Pixtral-12B
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FAQ

Common questions about Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) vs Pixtral-12B.

Which is better, Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) or Pixtral-12B?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) leads the LLM Stats Score 22.1 to -1.9. Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is made by NVIDIA and Pixtral-12B is made by Mistral AI. 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 Pixtral-12B 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%. Pixtral-12B scores DocVQA: 90.7%, ChartQA: 81.8%, VQAv2: 78.6%, MT-Bench: 76.8%, HumanEval: 72.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) and Pixtral-12B?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) supports an unknown number of tokens and Pixtral-12B supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) and Pixtral-12B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (22.1 vs -1.9), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (OpenMDW License v1.1 vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) and Pixtral-12B?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is developed by NVIDIA and Pixtral-12B is developed by Mistral AI.

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