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Aquila vs Nighthawk

RANKED BY PHYSICAL QUBITS ON AN OPERATIONAL SYSTEM #3 VS #6 CHECKED 06 SEPT 2026

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Verdict

Aquila ranks #3 of 16 on Physical qubits on an operational system (256); Nighthawk ranks #6 (120).

Rank 03 of 16 · leads

Aquila

Physical qubits on an operational system

256

MakerQuEra

Date2022

Verified04 Sept 2026

Evidence

QuEra Aquila product page: 256-qubit analog neutral-atom system, parameter table Number of Qubits 256. Available via Amazon Braket. Secondary quality figure on QuEra's roadmap for this NISQ system: 99.5% physical gate fidelity.

Rank 06 of 16

Nighthawk

Physical qubits on an operational system

120

MakerIBM

Date2025

Verified04 Sept 2026

Evidence

IBM Quantum hardware page: 120 programmable qubits, EPLG 3.7E-3, 100+ kHz MCPS. QDC 2025 blog: square lattice with 218 tunable couplers.

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Source Vendor product pages and official announcements (Atom Computing AC1000, QuEra Gemini and Aquila, IBM Quantum hardware, Pasqal Orion Gamma… Last checked 06 Sept 2026

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