Ember-1 vs Qwen3.8 Max: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Ember-1 is developed by Fireworks AI, while Qwen3.8 Max comes from Alibaba. Qwen3.8 Max was released in August 2026, and Ember-1 followed a month later in September 2026. The two are similar in size, at about 2.8 trillion and 2.4 trillion parameters respectively.
The two models share 2 published benchmarks. They split them evenly, 1 to 1. The widest gaps are on DeepSWE 1.1, where Ember-1 scores 75.2% against 56.6%; Terminal-Bench 2.1, where Qwen3.8 Max scores 86.6% against 82.0%. Averaged across everything we track, Ember-1 sits at 78.8% and Qwen3.8 Max at 71.0%.
Qwen3.8 Max is the cheaper API at $2.50 per million input tokens and $6.25 per million output tokens, about 20% below Ember-1 at $3 and $15. Both accept a context window of about 1M tokens. Ember-1 accepts text as input, while Qwen3.8 Max accepts text and images.
| Characteristic | Ember-1 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Fireworks AI | Alibaba |
| Release Date | September 23, 2026 | August 2, 2026 |
| Parameters | 2.8T | 2.4T |
| Multimodal | No | Yes |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | 1.0M |
| Context (output) | — | 131K |
| Input Price / 1M | $3.00 | $2.50 |
| Output Price / 1M | $15.00 | $6.25 |
| Average Score | 78.8% | 71.0% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| DeepSWE 1.1 | 75.2% | 56.6% |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 82.0% | 86.6% |
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Verdict
Qwen3.8 Max leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Ember-1 — 0.8, Qwen3.8 Max — 0.7.
Qwen3.8 Max is 2.1x cheaper: input $2.50/1M vs $3.00/1M tokens.
Qwen3.8 Max supports a larger context: 1M vs 1M tokens.
Ember-1 is newer: released 9/23/2026 vs 8/2/2026.
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