Weighted Max-Cut Benchmark

Extended Max-Cut benchmark using weighted graph instances, which present a harder optimization landscape than the standard unweighted variant. Weighted instances introduce a proliferation of poor local optima and exacerbate barren-plateau issues. Recent work compares QAOA with non-variational quantum walk algorithms on weighted instances up to 31 nodes.[1]

  • Algorithm: QAOA / Quantum Walk Optimisation Algorithm (QWOA)
  • Category: optimization
  • Qubits: 31
  • Framework: Qiskit, Cirq
  • Reproducible: Yes
  • Published:
  • Max-Cut
  • weighted-graphs
  • QAOA
  • combinatorial-optimization
  • QWOA

What algorithm does Weighted Max-Cut Benchmark use?

Weighted Max-Cut Benchmark uses the QAOA / Quantum Walk Optimisation Algorithm (QWOA) algorithm, categorized under optimization.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Weighted Max-Cut Benchmark benchmark?

Extended Max-Cut benchmark using weighted graph instances, which present a harder optimization landscape than the standard unweighted variant. Weighted instances introduce a proliferation of poor local optima and exacerbate barren-plateau issues. Recent work compares QAOA with non-variational quantum walk algorithms on weighted instances up to 31 nodes.

Is Weighted Max-Cut Benchmark reproducible?

Yes, this benchmark is reproducible.

Sources

  1. "Benchmarking Quantum Heuristics: Non-Variational QWOA for Weighted Maxcut", accessed 2026-03-19 — arXiv
  2. "Parameter Transfer for Quantum Approximate Optimization of Weighted MaxCut", accessed 2026-03-19 — DOI