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Main Authors: Leonteva, Anna, Masella, Guido, Outteryck, Maxime, Orioli, Asier Piñeiro, Whitlock, Shannon
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14027
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author Leonteva, Anna
Masella, Guido
Outteryck, Maxime
Orioli, Asier Piñeiro
Whitlock, Shannon
author_facet Leonteva, Anna
Masella, Guido
Outteryck, Maxime
Orioli, Asier Piñeiro
Whitlock, Shannon
contents Evaluating quantum algorithms at utility-scale - involving more than 100 qubits - is a key step toward advancing real-world applications of quantum computing. In this study, we benchmark seven state-of-the-art quantum emulators employing techniques such as tensor networks, matrix product states (MPS), decision diagrams, and factorized ket based methods, running on CPU based hardware and focusing on effectively exact simulations. Performance is assessed on 13 benchmark circuits from the MQTBench library, spanning circuit sizes from 4 to 1,024 qubits. Our results reveal that MPS-based emulators outperform other approaches overall, successfully solving 8 benchmarks up to the maximum size of 1,024 qubits and 12 benchmarks up to at least 100 qubits in less than 5 minutes. We find evidence that all circuits except a random one can be simulated in polynomial time. This work demonstrates that quantum emulators can faithfully simulate a broad range of large and complex universal quantum circuits with high fidelity, far beyond the limits of statevector simulators and today's quantum hardware.
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spellingShingle Comparative Benchmarking of Utility-Scale Quantum Emulators
Leonteva, Anna
Masella, Guido
Outteryck, Maxime
Orioli, Asier Piñeiro
Whitlock, Shannon
Quantum Physics
Evaluating quantum algorithms at utility-scale - involving more than 100 qubits - is a key step toward advancing real-world applications of quantum computing. In this study, we benchmark seven state-of-the-art quantum emulators employing techniques such as tensor networks, matrix product states (MPS), decision diagrams, and factorized ket based methods, running on CPU based hardware and focusing on effectively exact simulations. Performance is assessed on 13 benchmark circuits from the MQTBench library, spanning circuit sizes from 4 to 1,024 qubits. Our results reveal that MPS-based emulators outperform other approaches overall, successfully solving 8 benchmarks up to the maximum size of 1,024 qubits and 12 benchmarks up to at least 100 qubits in less than 5 minutes. We find evidence that all circuits except a random one can be simulated in polynomial time. This work demonstrates that quantum emulators can faithfully simulate a broad range of large and complex universal quantum circuits with high fidelity, far beyond the limits of statevector simulators and today's quantum hardware.
title Comparative Benchmarking of Utility-Scale Quantum Emulators
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14027