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Record number of quantum bits per processor

What you should know about this indicator

This list contains quantum processors, also known as quantum processing units (QPUs). Some devices listed have only been announced at press conferences so far, with no actual demonstrations or scientific publications characterizing the performance.

Quantum processors are difficult to compare due to the different architectures and approaches. Due to this, published qubit numbers do not reflect the performance levels of the processor. This is instead achieved through benchmarking metrics such as quantum volume, randomized benchmarking or circuit layer operations per second (CLOPS).

These QPUs are based on the quantum circuit and quantum logic gate-based model of computing.

Record number of quantum bits per processor
Highest number of quantum bits in a single circuit-based quantum processor over time.
Source
Wikipedia (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Last updated
April 17, 2024
Next expected update
April 2025
Date range
2016–2023
Unit
qubits

Sources and processing

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Retrieved on
April 17, 2024
Retrieved from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_quantum_processors
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