Benchmark

Quantum Volume

Random quantum circuits · Other · IBM Qiskit

Quantum Volume is a hardware-agnostic metric developed by IBM to measure the capability of quantum computers. It uses random quantum circuits to test the combination of qubit count, gate fidelity, connectivity, and error rates. Quantum Volume provides a single-number metric that captures overall quantum processor performance and has become an industry-standard benchmark.

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Quantum Volume is a hardware-agnostic metric developed by IBM to measure the capability of quantum computers. It uses random quantum circuits to test the combination of qubit count, gate fidelity, connectivity, and error rates. Quantum Volume provides a single-number metric that captures overall quantum processor performance and has become an industry-standard benchmark.

Key Metrics
Metric type
Single-number processor capability
Developer
IBM
Why It Matters

The de facto industry standard for comparing quantum processors, capturing the interplay of qubit count, gate fidelity, connectivity, and error rates.

Hardware

Multi-platform

Framework

IBM Qiskit

Sources
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Quantum Volume — Wikipedia
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