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Ember-1 vs Qwen2 72B Instruct

Ember-1 leads the LLM Stats Score 43.1 to 5.8.

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

Which is better?

Ember-1 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 43.1 to 5.8, 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 72B Instruct

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Ember-1
Fireworks AI
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
43.1
#51
5.8
#310
Reasoning
38.6
#71
5.7
#306
Coding
37.0
#22
9.7
#182
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 · 17 for Qwen2 72B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Ember-1 and Qwen2 72B 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

2708.0B diff

Ember-1 has 2708.0B more parameters than Qwen2 72B Instruct, making it 3761.1% larger.

Fireworks AI
Ember-1
2.8Tparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct
72.0Bparameters
2780.0B
Ember-1
72.0B
Qwen2 72B 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 72B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Oct 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Ember-1 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2 72B Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

Ember-1

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ember-1 was released on 2026-09-23, while Qwen2 72B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Ember-1 is 26 months newer than Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Ember-1

Sep 23, 2026

2 weeks ago

2.2yr newer
Qwen2 72B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

2.2 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

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Ember-1 and Qwen2 72B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Ember-1
✓ Preferred
Qwen2 72B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Ember-1 vs Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Which is better, Ember-1 or Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Ember-1 leads the LLM Stats Score 43.1 to 5.8. Ember-1 is made by Fireworks AI and Qwen2 72B 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 72B 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 72B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.1%, CMMLU: 90.1%, HellaSwag: 87.6%, HumanEval: 86.0%, Winogrande: 85.1%.

What are the context window sizes for Ember-1 and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Ember-1 supports 1.0M tokens and Qwen2 72B 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 72B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (43.1 vs 5.8), licensing (Proprietary vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Ember-1 and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Ember-1 is developed by Fireworks AI and Qwen2 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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