Google Quantum AI
Below-threshold error correction demonstrated on the 105-qubit Willow chip.
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Google Quantum AI vs Azure Quantum
Google Quantum AI (Google) and Azure Quantum (Microsoft) both sit in Quantum. Google Quantum AI shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (7 vs 3). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Google Quantum AI | Azure Quantum Microsoft |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Quantum | Quantum |
| Version | Cirq | Azure Quantum |
| Entry cost | Free and open-source software (Cirq) | Free tier/credits available; paid usage determined by Microsoft partners who define and control hardware pricing. |
| Pricing tiers | Cirq Open Source Library free | Free account / Explore today free |
| Model stack | Cirq · Willow · Willow QPU | Majorana 1 · Q# · Quantinuum / IonQ / Pasqal |
| Context window | — | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 7 | 3 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | 105 physical qubits, below-threshold error correction, Cirq toolchain, Quantum programming framework, Quantum circuit simulation, Noise modeling and experiments, Quantum Virtual Machine, Open source Python library | Quantinuum + IonQ + Pasqal backends, resource estimator, Q# and Python, Q# programming language, Quantum Development Kit (QDK), Resource Estimator, Copilot for coding, Hybrid quantum computing |
Azure Quantum
Hardware from Quantinuum, IonQ and Pasqal with the Q# and resource estimator toolchain.
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