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Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads the LLM Stats Score 32.2 to 22.1.

NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads the overall LLM Stats Score 32.2 to 22.1, ranking #125 overall.

In the 3 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B wins 3; 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)

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

Choose Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

  • overall performance matters — it scores 32.2 and ranks #125 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 3 of 3 exact shared results

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
NVIDIA
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
22.1
#202
32.2
#125
Reasoning
19.8
#213
32.8
#119
Coding
2.9
#242
19.2
#124
Agents
-0.7
#198
11.8
#129
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 3
3 of 3
Input price
— / M
$0.10 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.95 / M
Context window
—
262,144

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Math
12.2#245
30.7#79
Tool use
-2.1#205
11.2#129
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

10 reported for Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) · 49 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

3 shared

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, SWE-Bench Verified).

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Tue Oct 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

31.0B diff

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has 31.0B more parameters than Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B), making it 775.0% larger.

NVIDIA
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
4.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
35.0Bparameters
4.0B
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
35.0B
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3.6-35B-A3B specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Qwen3.6-35B-A3B specifies output context (262,144 tokens).

NVIDIA
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
Tue Oct 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) does not.

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 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

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is licensed under OpenMDW License v1.1, while Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 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

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

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 Qwen3.6-35B-A3B was released on 2026-04-16.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is 6 months newer than Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Oct 16, 2026

4 days ago

6mo newer
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Apr 16, 2026

6 months 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 Qwen3.6-35B-A3B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
✓ Preferred
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
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FAQ

Common questions about Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

Which is better, Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads the LLM Stats Score 32.2 to 22.1. Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is made by NVIDIA and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 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 Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 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%. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scores MMLU-Redux: 93.3%, MMBench-V1.1: 92.8%, AI2D: 92.7%, AIME 2026: 92.7%, RefCOCO-avg: 92.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B supports 262K 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 Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (22.1 vs 32.2), 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 Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is developed by NVIDIA and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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