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Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus leads the LLM Stats Score 39.0 to 21.8.

NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Qwen3.6 Plus leads the overall LLM Stats Score 39.0 to 21.8, ranking #76 overall.

In the 5 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Qwen3.6 Plus 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
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Qwen3.6 Plus

  • overall performance matters — it scores 39.0 and ranks #76 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 3 of 5 exact shared results

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
NVIDIA
Qwen3.6 Plus
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
21.8
#203
39.0
#76
Reasoning
19.6
#216
40.1
#68
Coding
2.8
#244
27.2
#76
Agents
-1.8
#203
20.3
#81
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
2 of 5
3 of 5
Input price
— / M
$0.50 / M
Output price
— / M
$3.00 / M
Context window
—
1,000,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
Qwen3.6 Plus
Math
12.1#246
39.0#22
Tool use
-2.2#206
20.0#69
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

10 reported for Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) · 65 for Qwen3.6 Plus

5 shared

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) outperforms in 2 benchmarks (AA-LCR, IFBench), while Qwen3.6 Plus is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, SWE-Bench Verified).

Qwen3.6 Plus has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

Thu Oct 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3.6 Plus specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Qwen3.6 Plus specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

NVIDIA
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.6 Plus
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Thu Oct 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

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

Qwen3.6 Plus 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 Plus

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 Plus uses a proprietary license.

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 Plus

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) was released on 2026-10-16, while Qwen3.6 Plus was released on 2026-03-31.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is 7 months newer than Qwen3.6 Plus.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Oct 16, 2026

3 days ago

6mo newer
Qwen3.6 Plus

Mar 31, 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 Plus side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
✓ Preferred
Qwen3.6 Plus
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) vs Qwen3.6 Plus.

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

Qwen3.6 Plus leads the LLM Stats Score 39.0 to 21.8. Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is made by NVIDIA and Qwen3.6 Plus 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 Plus 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 Plus scores CountBench: 97.6%, V*: 96.9%, HMMT 2025: 96.7%, AIME 2026: 95.3%, HMMT25: 94.6%.

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

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3.6 Plus supports 1.0M 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 Plus?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (21.8 vs 39.0), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (OpenMDW License v1.1 vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) and Qwen3.6 Plus?

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

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