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Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) vs Qwen2 72B Instruct

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) leads the LLM Stats Score 22.1 to 5.5.

NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) leads the overall LLM Stats Score 22.1 to 5.5, ranking #202 overall.

In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) wins 1; 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 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 value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Qwen2 72B Instruct

  • you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
NVIDIA
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
22.1
#202
5.5
#318
Reasoning
19.8
#213
5.3
#314
Coding
2.9
#242
9.7
#189
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
1 of 1
0 of 1
Input price
— / M
— / M
Output price
— / M
— / M
Context window
—
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Math
12.2#245
11.0#258
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

10 reported for Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) · 17 for Qwen2 72B Instruct

1 shared

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Qwen2 72B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Mon Oct 19 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

68.0B diff

Qwen2 72B Instruct has 68.0B more parameters than Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B), making it 1700.0% larger.

NVIDIA
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
4.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct
72.0Bparameters
4.0B
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
72.0B
Qwen2 72B Instruct

License

Usage and distribution terms

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is licensed under OpenMDW License v1.1, while Qwen2 72B Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

Qwen2 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) was released on 2026-10-16, while Qwen2 72B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is 27 months newer than Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Oct 16, 2026

3 days ago

2.2yr newer
Qwen2 72B Instruct

Jul 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 Qwen2 72B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
✓ Preferred
Qwen2 72B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) vs Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Which is better, Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) or Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) leads the LLM Stats Score 22.1 to 5.5. Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is made by NVIDIA and Qwen2 72B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. 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 Qwen2 72B 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%. Qwen2 72B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.1%, CMMLU: 90.1%, HellaSwag: 87.6%, HumanEval: 86.0%, Winogrande: 85.1%.

What are the main differences between Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (22.1 vs 5.5), licensing (OpenMDW License v1.1 vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is developed by NVIDIA and Qwen2 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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