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Ember-1 vs QvQ-72B-Preview

Ember-1 leads the LLM Stats Score 43.1 to 7.8.

Fireworks AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ember-1 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 43.1 to 7.8, ranking #51 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Ember-1

  • overall performance matters — it scores 43.1 and ranks #51 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose QvQ-72B-Preview

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Ember-1
Fireworks AI
QvQ-72B-Preview
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
43.1
#51
7.8
#298
Reasoning
38.6
#71
8.2
#291
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
$3.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$15.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,040,000
—

Individual benchmarks

4 reported for Ember-1 · 4 for QvQ-72B-Preview

No common benchmarks found

Ember-1 and QvQ-72B-Previewdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

2706.6B diff

Ember-1 has 2706.6B more parameters than QvQ-72B-Preview, making it 3687.5% larger.

Fireworks AI
Ember-1
2.8Tparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QvQ-72B-Preview
73.4Bparameters
2780.0B
Ember-1
73.4B
QvQ-72B-Preview

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Ember-1 specifies input context (1,040,000 tokens).

Fireworks AI
Ember-1
Input1,040,000 tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QvQ-72B-Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Oct 08 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

QvQ-72B-Preview supports multimodal inputs, whereas Ember-1 does not.

QvQ-72B-Preview can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Ember-1

Text
Images
Audio
Video

QvQ-72B-Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Ember-1 is licensed under a proprietary license, while QvQ-72B-Preview uses Qwen.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Ember-1

Proprietary

Closed source

QvQ-72B-Preview

Qwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ember-1 was released on 2026-09-23, while QvQ-72B-Preview was released on 2024-12-25.

Ember-1 is 21 months newer than QvQ-72B-Preview.

Ember-1

Sep 23, 2026

2 weeks ago

1.7yr newer
QvQ-72B-Preview

Dec 25, 2024

1.8 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 Ember-1 and QvQ-72B-Preview side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Ember-1
✓ Preferred
QvQ-72B-Preview
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FAQ

Common questions about Ember-1 vs QvQ-72B-Preview.

Which is better, Ember-1 or QvQ-72B-Preview?

Ember-1 leads the LLM Stats Score 43.1 to 7.8. Ember-1 is made by Fireworks AI and QvQ-72B-Preview 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 Ember-1 compare to QvQ-72B-Preview in benchmarks?

Ember-1 scores SWE-Bench Verified: 92.2%, Terminal-Bench 2.1: 82.0%, DeepSWE 1.1: 75.2%, Tau2 Airline: 66.0%. QvQ-72B-Preview scores MathVista: 71.4%, MMMU: 70.3%, MathVision: 35.9%, OlympiadBench: 20.4%.

What are the context window sizes for Ember-1 and QvQ-72B-Preview?

Ember-1 supports 1.0M tokens and QvQ-72B-Preview supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Ember-1 and QvQ-72B-Preview?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (43.1 vs 7.8), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Proprietary vs Qwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Ember-1 and QvQ-72B-Preview?

Ember-1 is developed by Fireworks AI and QvQ-72B-Preview is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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