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Quantum volume benchmark

A system-level benchmark based on successfully implementing randomized model circuits of equal width and depth. This candidate isolates the cited result from broader claims about scaling, fault tolerance, manufacturability, economics, and useful computational advantage.

Bounded definition

A system-level benchmark based on successfully implementing randomized model circuits of equal width and depth.

What the cited work establishes

The paper defines quantum volume through random circuits of equal width and depth and reports measurements on specified transmon devices.

The models, apparatus, protocols, datasets, and comparisons reported in Validating quantum computers using randomized model circuits.

Claims: urn:maha:claim:quantum-volume-benchmark

What remains a separate question

A single aggregate benchmark cannot establish application advantage or isolate every hardware, calibration, compiler, and topology limitation.

Quantum volume is one aggregate benchmark and does not establish application advantage, fault tolerance, or equivalence across every architecture and compiler.

Connected domain graph

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mechanistic dependencycanonical

Quantum hardware benchmark scope

outbound connection · comparison

Quantum volume is one bounded benchmark contract among several non-equivalent metrics.

strategic dependencycanonical

Random-circuit sampling

inbound connection · method

Both use random circuits but define different acceptance metrics and scaling summaries.

mechanistic dependencycanonical

Quantum hardware benchmark scope

inbound connection · comparison

Quantum volume is one explicit instance of a hardware benchmark contract.

Claim ledger

Every proposition keeps its own evidence state.

empirical-claimsingle-study

The cited paper defines quantum volume and reports the protocol on specified transmon processors.

Scope
The models, apparatus, protocols, datasets, and comparisons reported in Validating quantum computers using randomized model circuits.
Boundary
A single aggregate benchmark cannot establish application advantage or isolate every hardware, calibration, compiler, and topology limitation.
Uncertainty
No platform-independent uncertainty interval exists; numerical values remain attached to the source experiment or model and its stated assumptions.
Replication
This candidate records one bounded source package. Independent replications and contradictory measurements must be compiled as separate records before maturity is upgraded.

Primary sources

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  1. Source 1 · Physical Review A, American Physical Society

    Validating quantum computers using randomized model circuits

    Andrew W. Cross, Lev S. Bishop, Sarah Sheldon, Paul D. Nation, Jay M. Gambetta

    Exact locator
    Abstract; protocol definition; experimental demonstrations; appendices.
    Establishes
    The paper defines quantum volume through random circuits of equal width and depth and reports measurements on specified transmon devices.
    Boundary
    Quantum volume is one aggregate benchmark and does not establish application advantage, fault tolerance, or equivalence across every architecture and compiler.
    Rights basis
    citation with paraphrase · Maha paraphrases the source-level result and links to the version of record; no article passage is reproduced.
    Declared interests
    The authors were affiliated with IBM Research and measured IBM devices.