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Ember-1 vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Ember-1 leads the LLM Stats Score 43.1 to 3.8.

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

Which is better?

Ember-1 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 43.1 to 3.8, 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 and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Core performance indexes
43.1
#51
3.8
#321
38.6
#72
3.3
#317
37.0
#22
3.9
#228
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$3.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$15.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,040,000
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Individual benchmarks

4 reported for Ember-1 · 16 for Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Ember-1 and Qwen2.5 14B Instructdon'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

2765.3B diff

Ember-1 has 2765.3B more parameters than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct, making it 18811.6% larger.

Fireworks AI
Ember-1
2.8Tparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
14.7Bparameters
2780.0B
Ember-1
14.7B
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

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
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Sat Oct 10 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Ember-1 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Ember-1

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ember-1 was released on 2026-09-23, while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

Ember-1 is 24 months newer than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct.

Ember-1

Sep 23, 2026

2 weeks ago

2.0yr newer
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

2.1 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 Qwen2.5 14B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Ember-1
✓ Preferred
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Ember-1 vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct.

Which is better, Ember-1 or Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?

Ember-1 leads the LLM Stats Score 43.1 to 3.8. Ember-1 is made by Fireworks AI and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct 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 Qwen2.5 14B Instruct 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%. Qwen2.5 14B Instruct scores GSM8k: 94.8%, HumanEval: 83.5%, MBPP: 82.0%, MATH: 80.0%, MMLU-Redux: 80.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Ember-1 and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?

Ember-1 supports 1.0M tokens and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct 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 Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (43.1 vs 3.8), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Ember-1 and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?

Ember-1 is developed by Fireworks AI and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.