Qwen3.8 27B is 5.3× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Ember-1 has the larger context window (1,048,576 vs 1,000,000 tokens). Qwen3.8 27B is open-weights; the other is not.
Ember-1 vs Qwen3.8 27B
Live catalog fields. Best-in-row is highlighted.
Ember-1
Fireworks · fireworks__ember-1
Qwen3.8 27Bopen
Qwen · qwen__qwen3.8-27b
Identity
| Field | fireworks__ember-1 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Fireworks | Qwen |
| Slug | fireworks__ember-1 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B |
Quality
| Field | fireworks__ember-1 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | — | — |
Cost
| Field | fireworks__ember-1 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $3.00 | $0.42 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $0.30 | $0.09 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $15.00 | $3.00 |
Context
| Field | fireworks__ember-1 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,048,576 | 1,000,000 |
| Max output tokens | 943,718 | 131,072 |
Modalities
| Field | fireworks__ember-1 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image | text, image, video |
| Output | text | text |