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Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) vs Qwen3.8 Flash

Qwen3.8 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 48.0 to 22.1.

NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Qwen3.8 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 48.0 to 22.1, ranking #32 overall.

In the 3 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Qwen3.8 Flash 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 Qwen3.8 Flash

  • overall performance matters — it scores 48.0 and ranks #32 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
Qwen3.8 Flash
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
22.1
#202
48.0
#32
Reasoning
19.8
#213
48.4
#21
Coding
2.9
#241
33.1
#41
Agents
-0.7
#198
32.8
#36
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 3
3 of 3
Input price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.47 / 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)
Qwen3.8 Flash
Math
12.2#245
32.8#61
Tool use
-2.1#205
29.7#12
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

10 reported for Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) · 22 for Qwen3.8 Flash

3 shared

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3.8 Flash is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, IFBench).

Qwen3.8 Flash 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

121.0B diff

Qwen3.8 Flash has 121.0B more parameters than Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B), making it 3025.0% larger.

NVIDIA
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
4.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8 Flash
125.0Bparameters
4.0B
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
125.0B
Qwen3.8 Flash

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3.8 Flash specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Qwen3.8 Flash specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

NVIDIA
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8 Flash
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Mon Oct 19 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Qwen3.8 Flash supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) does not.

Qwen3.8 Flash 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

Qwen3.8 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is licensed under OpenMDW License v1.1, while Qwen3.8 Flash 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

Qwen3.8 Flash

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) was released on 2026-10-16, while Qwen3.8 Flash was released on 2026-08-26.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is 2 months newer than Qwen3.8 Flash.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Oct 16, 2026

3 days ago

1mo newer
Qwen3.8 Flash

Aug 26, 2026

1 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 Qwen3.8 Flash side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
✓ Preferred
Qwen3.8 Flash
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) vs Qwen3.8 Flash.

Which is better, Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) or Qwen3.8 Flash?

Qwen3.8 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 48.0 to 22.1. Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is made by NVIDIA and Qwen3.8 Flash 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 Qwen3.8 Flash 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%. Qwen3.8 Flash scores MathVision: 95.7%, LiveCodeBench v6: 91.9%, GPQA: 91.7%, CharXiv-R: 90.6%, RealWorldQA: 88.5%.

What are the context window sizes for Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) and Qwen3.8 Flash?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3.8 Flash 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 Qwen3.8 Flash?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (22.1 vs 48.0), 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 Qwen3.8 Flash?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is developed by NVIDIA and Qwen3.8 Flash is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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