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Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) vs Seed 2.0 Mini

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) and Seed 2.0 Mini are closely matched at 21.8 and 27.8 on the LLM Stats Score.

NVIDIA · ByteDance · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) and Seed 2.0 Mini are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 21.8 and 27.8.

In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Seed 2.0 Mini 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)

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Seed 2.0 Mini

  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
NVIDIA
Seed 2.0 Mini
ByteDance
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
21.8
#203
27.8
#159
Reasoning
19.6
#216
28.7
#148
Coding
2.8
#244
1.5
#254
Agents
-1.8
#203
1.1
#195
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 1
1 of 1
Input price
— / M
$0.10 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.40 / M
Context window
—
256,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
Seed 2.0 Mini
Math
12.1#246
26.4#111
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

10 reported for Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) · 83 for Seed 2.0 Mini

1 shared

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Seed 2.0 Mini is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

Seed 2.0 Mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Fri Oct 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Seed 2.0 Mini specifies input context (256,000 tokens). Only Seed 2.0 Mini specifies output context (256,000 tokens).

NVIDIA
Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
ByteDance
Seed 2.0 Mini
Input256,000 tokens
Output256,000 tokens
Fri Oct 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Seed 2.0 Mini supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) does not.

Seed 2.0 Mini 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

Seed 2.0 Mini

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is licensed under OpenMDW License v1.1, while Seed 2.0 Mini 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

Seed 2.0 Mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) was released on 2026-10-16, while Seed 2.0 Mini was released on 2026-02-17.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is 8 months newer than Seed 2.0 Mini.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)

Oct 16, 2026

3 days ago

8mo newer
Seed 2.0 Mini

Feb 17, 2026

8 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 Seed 2.0 Mini side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B)
✓ Preferred
Seed 2.0 Mini
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) vs Seed 2.0 Mini.

Which is better, Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) or Seed 2.0 Mini?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) and Seed 2.0 Mini are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 21.8 and 27.8. Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is made by NVIDIA and Seed 2.0 Mini is made by ByteDance. 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 Seed 2.0 Mini 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%. Seed 2.0 Mini scores CountBench: 95.5%, VLMsAreBlind: 93.1%, Graphwalks parents <128k: 93.0%, CharXiv-D: 91.9%, LongFact Concepts: 91.4%.

What are the context window sizes for Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) and Seed 2.0 Mini?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) supports an unknown number of tokens and Seed 2.0 Mini supports 256K 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 Seed 2.0 Mini?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (21.8 vs 27.8), 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 Seed 2.0 Mini?

Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 (4B) is developed by NVIDIA and Seed 2.0 Mini is developed by ByteDance.

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