B Grade B
Google Willow: QUOPS
216 QUOPS score
As stated in the source: “Q = 216 at 2.0x10^7 QUOPS/s (width 6)”
Caveats
Preprint (v1, 10 Sep 2026), not peer reviewed. New benchmark defined and run by a team that includes the maker of two of the four machines (Quantinuum). Scores depend on compilation/routing effort chosen by each team. Rate methods differ by platform (reserved-window wall clock for Quantinuum; dedicated rate run with 500k shots for Willow; QPU usage time with batch approximation for ibm_boston), so rates are not strictly like-for-like. Run dates not given.
- Set-up
- Physical qubits, width w=6, shape (6,216); capability-region run: 100 QUOPS circuits per shape, 1000 shots each; rate run: 25 QUOPS circuits at (6,216) with 500k shots each. Compiled with cirq (CNOT->CZ, PhasedXZ). Rate 2.0x10^7 QUOPS/s.
- Method
- QUOPS v1 (arXiv:2609.12146v1), physical-qubit architecture
- Compared only with
- results in the group “v1 physical”
- Measured
- Not stated
- Published
- 10 September 2026
- Measured by
- Ryan Byrne and Eliott Rosenberg (thanked in acknowledgments for running the Willow experiments; affiliation not stated in the paper)
- Independent of the maker
- No
- Peer-reviewed
- No
- Repeated by others
- Not yet
Source
Benchmarking the computational power of quantum computers, arXiv. Preprint. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2609.12146
Comparable results
| Machine | Value | Set-up | Published | Measured by | Grade | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantinuum Helios | 1,504 | v1 physical | 10 Sep 2026 | Maker | B | r-000048 |
| Quantinuum H2 | 1,320 | v1 physical | 10 Sep 2026 | Maker | B | r-000050 |
| IBM Heron r3 | 204 | v1 physical | 10 Sep 2026 | Independent | B | r-000052 |
History
- 27 October 2026: added
Spotted a mistake? Report an error, quoting r-000051.