Quantum Computing Use Widens as Price and Access Shape Demand, Quantum Rings Study Finds

Insider Brief

• Quantum Rings data show users are running larger quantum circuits while price, speed and hardware performance increasingly shape where workloads are executed.
• The 95th-percentile circuit grew from 20 to 96 qubits, although the median remained at six qubits and most recognized circuits focused on testing hardware.
• Rigetti’s Cepheus-1-108Q processed 57% of jobs as median waits remained at two minutes or less across all six systems.

Quantum computing users are pushing toward larger circuits while concentrating most jobs on cheaper hardware, offering an early view of how price, speed and technical needs are shaping demand for commercial quantum systems.

The typical circuit submitted through Quantum Rings’ Open Quantum platform still used six quantum bits, or qubits, during the summer. At the upper end, however, the 95th-percentile circuit expanded from 20 qubits in the spring to 96 qubits between June and August, according to the company’s first Open Quantum Insights report.

The study, which Quantum Rings published Sept. 1, found that 11% of jobs used at least 50 qubits, up from 2% during the March-to-May period. The share of jobs using more than eight qubits also rose to 39% from 14%.