Travelling Salesman Problem Quantum Benchmark

Benchmark of quantum approaches to the Travelling Salesman Problem, a canonical NP-hard combinatorial optimization task. Instances are encoded as QUBO/Ising Hamiltonians and solved using QAOA or VQE on gate-based hardware, or via quantum annealing. Current NISQ-era implementations handle instances of up to roughly six cities, making TSP a demanding test of quantum optimizer quality.[1]

  • Algorithm: QAOA / Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE)
  • Category: optimization
  • Qubits: 30
  • Framework: Qiskit, PennyLane, D-Wave Ocean
  • Hardware: Various (IBM Quantum, D-Wave, simulators)
  • Reproducible: Yes
  • Published:
  • TSP
  • combinatorial-optimization
  • QAOA
  • VQE
  • QUBO

What algorithm does Travelling Salesman Problem Quantum Benchmark use?

Travelling Salesman Problem Quantum Benchmark uses the QAOA / Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) algorithm, categorized under optimization.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Travelling Salesman Problem Quantum Benchmark benchmark?

Benchmark of quantum approaches to the Travelling Salesman Problem, a canonical NP-hard combinatorial optimization task. Instances are encoded as QUBO/Ising Hamiltonians and solved using QAOA or VQE on gate-based hardware, or via quantum annealing. Current NISQ-era implementations handle instances of up to roughly six cities, making TSP a demanding test of quantum optimizer quality.

Is Travelling Salesman Problem Quantum Benchmark reproducible?

Yes, this benchmark is reproducible.

Sources

  1. "Comparative study of variations in quantum approximate optimization algorithms for the Traveling Salesman Problem", accessed 2026-03-19 — arXiv
  2. "Solving the Traveling Salesman Problem via Different Quantum Computing Architectures", accessed 2026-03-19 — arXiv