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Quantum · Timeline
Quantum progress, in order
Every hardware milestone, record, advantage claim, funding round and roadmap promise the site tracks, on one timeline, newest first. Read a lane down the page to see how it moves; don't read across lanes as a ranking.
Newest on the timeline
Records at a glanceLargest device in 1 lanes, logical-qubit record, funding, research volume
Largest device, per lane
- Superconducting1,121IBM
Logical qubits, record
48logical qubits
QuEra 48 logical qubits · Apr 2024 · on the timeline
Funding caught, last 8 quarters
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
63 rounds · $16.1B in USD figures
What the news corpus caught, not the market. Only rounds with a USD figure are counted.
Research volume
2,294arXiv quant-ph submissions in September 2026
Sources
Promised next · 3
Roadmap targets whose year has not arrived yet, at the vendor's own date. They move into the timeline when the year passes, as shipped or as past their date.
- RoadmapSuperconductingPromised for 2029
IBM · Starling — 200 logical qubits, 100M gates
- RoadmapSuperconductingPromised for 2033
IBM · Blue Jay — 2,000 logical qubits, 1B gates
20267 events
- FundingSuperconducting
IBM
$1B
Venture round · Investors: U.S. Government (Department of Commerce)
- Advantage claim · Classically verifiable
ibm_boston_dcs_nq70_depth70_checks27
0.3%score on this instance (higher is better)
Instance
doped_random_graph_sampling_nq70_depth70_checks27· IBM, UChicago - Advantage claim · Observable estimation
Simulating SU(2) Hadron dynamics on a 60 site lattice using 120 qubits
60.0054estimated observable, against this instance's reference
Instance
su2_hadron_dynamics_lsh_x_100_meson· Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Pilani, IBM - Advantage claim · Classically verifiable
ibm_boston_rgs_nq70_depth70_checks27_basis_fstate
0.4%score on this instance (higher is better)
Instance
random_graph_sampling_nq70_depth70_checks27_basis_fstate· IBM, University of Chicago - Advantage claim · Observable estimation
Simulating SU(2) Hadron dynamics on a 60 site lattice using 120 qubits
59.994estimated observable, against this instance's reference
Instance
su2_hadron_dynamics_lsh_x_100_meson· Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Pilani, IBM - Advantage claim · Classically verifiable
mpo_unswapping_56_1917
100%score on this instance (higher is better)
Instance
peaked_circuit_P9_Hqap_56x1917· IBM - Advantage claim · Classically verifiable
tno_cancellation_49x5072
100%score on this instance (higher is better)
Instance
peaked_circuit_heavy_hex_49x5072· IBM
202515 events
- Advantage claim · Classically verifiable
Quantum runtime for peaked circuit 49q x 5072 CZ's on heavy-hex
100%score on this instance (higher is better)
Instance
peaked_circuit_heavy_hex_49x5072· IBM - Advantage claim · Observable estimation
49x1296, ibm_pittsburgh
0.649estimated observable, against this instance's reference
Instance
operator_loschmidt_echo_49x1296· IBM, Algorithmiq, Flatiron Institute - Advantage claim · Observable estimation
49x1296, ibm_boston (layout 2)
0.657estimated observable, against this instance's reference
Instance
operator_loschmidt_echo_49x1296· IBM, Algorithmiq, Flatiron Institute - Advantage claim · Observable estimation
Single_path_MC_70x1872
0.614estimated observable, against this instance's reference
Instance
operator_loschmidt_echo_70x1872· University of Chicago, IBM, Algorithmiq, EPFL, Flatiron Institute - Advantage claim · Observable estimation
Single_path_MC_49x1296
0.619estimated observable, against this instance's reference
Instance
operator_loschmidt_echo_49x1296· University of Chicago, IBM, Algorithmiq, EPFL, Flatiron Institute - Advantage claim · Observable estimation
Single_path_MC_49x648
0.808estimated observable, against this instance's reference
Instance
operator_loschmidt_echo_49x648· University of Chicago, IBM, Algorithmiq, EPFL, Flatiron Institute - Advantage claim · Classically verifiable
TNO + Iterative Cancellation for peaked_circuit_heavy_hex_49x4020
100%score on this instance (higher is better)
Instance
peaked_circuit_heavy_hex_49x4020· IBM - Advantage claim · Classically verifiable
Quantum Runtime for peaked_circuit_heavy_hex_49x4020
100%score on this instance (higher is better)
Instance
peaked_circuit_heavy_hex_49x4020· IBM - Advantage claim · Observable estimation
49x648, ibm_boston
0.824estimated observable, against this instance's reference
Instance
operator_loschmidt_echo_49x648· IBM, Algorithmiq, Flatiron Institute - Advantage claim · Observable estimation
49x1296, ibm_boston
0.662estimated observable, against this instance's reference
Instance
operator_loschmidt_echo_49x1296· IBM, Algorithmiq, Flatiron Institute - Advantage claim · Observable estimation
70x1872, ibm_boston
0.673estimated observable, against this instance's reference
Instance
operator_loschmidt_echo_70x1872· IBM, Algorithmiq, Flatiron Institute - HardwareSuperconducting
IBM Nighthawk
120physical qubits
Commercial delivery: 218 tunable couplers, circuits up to ~5,000 two-qubit gates.
- Advantage claim · Variational
SKQD
-62.2567energy in Hartree (lower is better)
Instance
anderson_impurity_model_4i_28b_32e· IBM, ORNL, University of Maryland - Quantum volumeSuperconducting
IBM Heron r3 "Pittsburgh"
2,048quantum volume
- Quantum volumeSuperconducting
IBM Heron r3 "Pittsburgh"
1,024quantum volume
20241 event
- HardwareSuperconducting
IBM Heron R2
156physical qubits
Updated Heron with lower crosstalk and larger circuit depth.
20233 events
- HardwareSuperconductingLane record
IBM Condor
1,121physical qubits
IBM's first >1000-qubit processor.
- HardwareSuperconducting
IBM Heron R1
133physical qubits
3–5× lower error rate than Eagle; the utility-scale successor.
- HardwareSuperconducting
IBM Heron
133physical qubits
20223 events
- HardwareSuperconductingLane record
IBM Osprey
433physical qubits
- Quantum volumeSuperconducting
IBM Falcon r10 "Prague"
512quantum volume
- Quantum volumeSuperconducting
IBM Falcon r10 "Prague"
256quantum volume
20211 event
- HardwareSuperconductingLane record
IBM Eagle
127physical qubits
First >100-qubit superconducting processor.
20204 events
- Quantum volumeSuperconducting
IBM Falcon r4 "Montreal"
128quantum volume
- HardwareSuperconducting
IBM Hummingbird
65physical qubits
- Quantum volumeSuperconducting
IBM Falcon r4 "Montreal"
64quantum volume
- Quantum volumeSuperconductingNew record
IBM Raleigh
32quantum volume
20198 events
- HardwareSuperconducting
IBM Armonk
1physical qubit
- HardwareSuperconducting
IBM Q 53
53physical qubits
- HardwareSuperconducting
IBM Burlington
5physical qubits
- HardwareSuperconducting
IBM Essex
5physical qubits
- HardwareSuperconducting
IBM London
5physical qubits
- HardwareSuperconducting
IBM Ourense
5physical qubits