Variational Quantum Classifier Benchmark

Benchmark of variational quantum classifiers that use parameterized quantum circuits for supervised learning. Circuit-centric quantum classifiers encode classical data into quantum states via feature maps, then apply trainable unitaries and measure a readout qubit for binary classification. Benchmarks evaluate different ansatz architectures, encoding strategies, and circuit depths on standard datasets including Iris, MNIST subsets, and domain-specific applications.[1]

  • Algorithm: Variational Quantum Classifier (VQC)
  • Category: machine-learning
  • Qubits: 8
  • Framework: Qiskit Machine Learning, PennyLane
  • Reproducible: Yes
  • Published:
  • VQC
  • classification
  • variational
  • machine-learning
  • hybrid
  • data-encoding

What algorithm does Variational Quantum Classifier Benchmark use?

Variational Quantum Classifier Benchmark uses the Variational Quantum Classifier (VQC) algorithm, categorized under machine-learning.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Variational Quantum Classifier Benchmark benchmark?

Benchmark of variational quantum classifiers that use parameterized quantum circuits for supervised learning. Circuit-centric quantum classifiers encode classical data into quantum states via feature maps, then apply trainable unitaries and measure a readout qubit for binary classification. Benchmarks evaluate different ansatz architectures, encoding strategies, and circuit depths on standard datasets including Iris, MNIST subsets, and domain-specific applications.

Is Variational Quantum Classifier Benchmark reproducible?

Yes, this benchmark is reproducible.

Sources

  1. "Circuit-centric quantum classifiers", accessed 2026-03-19 — arXiv
  2. "Classification with Quantum Neural Networks on Near Term Processors", accessed 2026-03-19 — arXiv