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Utility-scale superconducting processors with Qiskit Runtime primitives and error mitigation.

Current version

Heron r2 / Nighthawk

Entry cost

from $96/mo

Changes / 30d

1

Capabilities

  • 156-qubit Heron r2
  • Qiskit Runtime primitives
  • dynamic circuits
  • error mitigation

Pricing

  • Open

    free tier minutes

    Free

  • Pay-as-you-go

    per QPU-minute

    $96

Entry price over time

Not enough pricing history yet — we start charting from the second observation.

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • Heron r2 QPU

    IBM

    disclosed

  • Qiskit Runtime

    IBM

    disclosed

Context window

5000 two-qubit gates

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

no

Stack signals

  • superconducting transmon
  • tunable couplers
  • Qiskit

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unknown

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

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Change history

  • version

    Nighthawk processor announced alongside Heron r2 fleet expansion

    Heron r2Heron r2 / Nighthawk

    source
  • capability

    Qiskit Runtime adds larger dynamic-circuit budgets

    —5000 two-qubit gates

    source