Google Quantum AI
Below-threshold error correction demonstrated on the 105-qubit Willow chip.
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Google Quantum AI vs IBM Quantum Platform
Google Quantum AI (Google) and IBM Quantum Platform (IBM) both sit in Quantum. Google Quantum AI is the cheaper entry point at Free and open-source software (Cirq). IBM Quantum Platform shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (13 vs 7). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Google Quantum AI | IBM Quantum Platform IBM |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Quantum | Quantum |
| Version | Cirq | Qiskit |
| Entry cost | Free and open-source software (Cirq) | Free tier · from $2,880/min |
| Pricing tiers | Cirq Open Source Library free | Open Plan free · Pay-As-You-Go Plan $5760 · Flex Plan $4320 · Premium Plan $2880 |
| Model stack | Cirq · Willow · Willow QPU | 100+ qubit processors · 100+ qubit quantum processing units (QPUs) · IBM Quantum fleet (100+ qubit processors) |
| Context window | — | 5000 two-qubit gates |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 7 | 13 |
| 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 | 156-qubit Heron r2, Qiskit Runtime primitives, dynamic circuits, error mitigation, Quantum computer access, Qiskit Runtime, Qiskit Functions catalog, Error mitigation |
IBM Quantum Platform
Utility-scale superconducting processors with Qiskit Runtime primitives and error mitigation.
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