Willow
The chip behind below-threshold error correction and verifiable quantum advantage claims.
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Willow vs Amazon Braket
Willow (Google Quantum AI) and Amazon Braket (AWS) both sit in Quantum. Amazon Braket shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (9 vs 3). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Willow Google Quantum AI | Amazon Braket AWS |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Quantum | Quantum |
| Version | Willow | Amazon Braket |
| Entry cost | Early access / research chip. Pricing is not publicly listed. | Pay-as-you-go pricing based on quantum resources (tasks/shots), classical resources, or reservation rates; free local simulator available. |
| Pricing tiers | Early Access Program free | Pay-as-you-go / Local Simulator free |
| Model stack | undisclosed | AQT IBEX-Q1 · Aquila · Aquila (QuEra) · Braket SDK · Cepheus · Cepheus (Rigetti) · Emerald · Emerald (IQM) · Forte · Forte (IonQ) · Garnet · Garnet (IQM) · IBEX-Q1 · IBEX-Q1 (AQT) · IonQ / IQM / Rigetti / QuEra · IonQ Forte · IQM Emerald · IQM Garnet · QuEra Aquila · Rigetti Cepheus |
| Context window | — | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 3 | 9 |
| Origin | United States | Global |
| Capabilities | Below-threshold error correction, 105 qubits, Quantum Echoes benchmark, quantum computing, superconducting qubits, neutral atom quantum computers, Quantum Processor, Superconducting Quantum Computing | multi-vendor hardware, managed notebooks, hybrid jobs, Direct Reservations, Quantum circuit simulators, Jupyter notebook development environments, Hybrid quantum-classical algorithms, Braket SDK |
Amazon Braket
One API and simulator suite across IonQ, IQM, Rigetti and QuEra hardware.
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