Benchmark

CLOPS (Circuit Layer Operations Per Second)

Parameterized model circuits (Quantum Volume-type) · Other · IBM Qiskit

CLOPS is a hardware-agnostic speed metric developed by IBM that measures how fast a quantum processor can execute parameterized circuit layers. It captures the full hardware-software stack including gate execution speed, classical compilation time, control instruction generation, and data transfer rates. IBM updated the metric in 2023 to CLOPSh, replacing Quantum Volume with layer fidelity for a more comprehensive assessment.

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CLOPS is a hardware-agnostic speed metric developed by IBM that measures how fast a quantum processor can execute parameterized circuit layers. It captures the full hardware-software stack including gate execution speed, classical compilation time, control instruction generation, and data transfer rates. IBM updated the metric in 2023 to CLOPSh, replacing Quantum Volume with layer fidelity for a more comprehensive assessment.

Key Metrics
Metric type
Circuit layer ops/sec
Updated version
CLOPSh (2023)
Why It Matters

Industry-standard speed metric capturing full hardware-software stack performance, essential for comparing quantum processor throughput across platforms.

Hardware

IBM Quantum (applicable to any platform)

Framework

IBM Qiskit