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Heron r3 vs Nighthawk
RANKED BY PHYSICAL QUBITS ON AN OPERATIONAL SYSTEM
#4 VS #6
CHECKED 06 SEPT 2026
Side by side
Verdict
Heron r3 ranks #4 of 16 on Physical qubits on an operational system (156); Nighthawk ranks #6 (120).
Rank 04 of 16 · leads
Physical qubits on an operational system
156
MakerIBM
Date2025
Verified04 Sept 2026
Evidence
IBM Quantum hardware page: Heron r2/r3 156 programmable qubits, EPLG 3.7E-3. IBM Newsroom 4 May 2026: median two-qubit error rate 1.17E-3. Condor (1,121 qubits, 2023) is not on the current available-QPU list.Rank 06 of 16
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.Try another pair
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