p int64 | job_id string | quantum_seconds int64 | pubs int64 | shots_per_pub int64 | shots int64 | two_qubit_gates int64 | compiled_depth int64 | mean_approximation_ratio float64 | best_sample_approximation_ratio float64 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | d9gke4bsbqfc73eoovq0 | 24 | 10 | 8,192 | 81,920 | 334 | 381 | 0.673329 | 0.847399 |
2 | d9gk9kjsbqfc73eoops0 | 57 | 50 | 4,096 | 204,800 | 668 | 406 | 0.690332 | 0.820809 |
3 | d9gkajl0k0jc738gsv80 | 57 | 50 | 4,096 | 204,800 | 1,002 | 431 | 0.704814 | 0.843931 |
4 | d9gkj98gk0ls73f1mspg | 57 | 50 | 4,096 | 204,800 | 1,336 | 456 | 0.726252 | 0.857803 |
5 | d9gkle3sbqfc73eop9tg | 58 | 50 | 4,096 | 204,800 | 1,670 | 481 | 0.73567 | 0.892486 |
6 | d9gknv4honhs73abouig | 58 | 50 | 4,096 | 204,800 | 2,004 | 506 | 0.73905 | 0.877457 |
7 | d9gkq3ogk0ls73f1n5tg | 58 | 50 | 4,096 | 204,800 | 2,338 | 531 | 0.736153 | 0.86474 |
8 | d9gkrnjsbqfc73eopi3g | 58 | 50 | 4,096 | 204,800 | 2,672 | 556 | 0.735402 | 0.879769 |
IBM 150-Qubit Ising Hardware Results
Auditable results from a hardware-native, 150-active-qubit Ising/QAOA study on IBM ibm_fez, accompanied by an exact classical baseline and explicit scientific claim boundaries.
Headline evidence
| Item | Verified value |
|---|---|
| Active physical qubits | 150 |
| Processor qubits | 156 |
| Successful hardware jobs | 15 |
| QPU usage | 599 seconds |
| PUBs | 547 |
| Shots | 2,087,936 |
| QAOA depths | p=1 through p=8 |
| Exact classical optimum | 865 / 873, MIP gap 0 |
| Replicated best mean | p=6, 0.742274 |
| Replicated best sample | p=6, 0.915607 |
The 15 successful jobs consist of the 14 entries in the primary job ledger plus the final p5/p6 confirmation job. Together they reconcile exactly to 599 QPU seconds, 547 PUBs, and 2,087,936 shots.
Configurations
depth_curve: compiled circuit size and approximation ratios across QAOA depth p=1…8.mitigation_ablation: raw, dynamical-decoupling, randomized-twirling, and combined settings.replicated_confirmation: 22 independent replicates each for p=5 and p=6.jobs: the complete 15-job successful hardware ledger, including the final confirmation.
The evidence/ directory retains the canonical release summary, experiment ledger, and source manifest. SHA256SUMS covers the packaged evidence and tables.
Findings
The initial sweep reached its best mean approximation ratio at p=6 (0.739050). The independent confirmation again favored p=6 (0.742274 ± 0.000152 standard error). Dynamical decoupling alone slightly improved the p=1 mean, while twirling and the combined setting did not improve this workload.
Truth boundary
- Hardware execution: verified.
- Exact classical baseline: verified.
- Quantum acceleration: not measured.
- Quantum advantage: not claimed.
- Production winner for this instance: classical HiGHS.
This is experimental evidence, not a claim that quantum optimization outperformed the exact classical solver.
Provenance and reproducibility
- Canonical source: sankalpsthakur/ibm-quantum-150q-ising
- Source commit:
7dd762389b7b45c8ab15f19f1508b4e0f96922cb - Experiment date: 2026-07-23
- Interactive visualization: QAOA Depth & Noise Lab
Citation
@dataset{thakur_2026_ibm_150q_ising,
author = {Sankalp Thakur},
title = {IBM 150-Qubit Ising Hardware Results},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Hugging Face},
url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/sankalpsthakur/ibm-150q-ising-hardware-results}
}
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