capability
IBM’s roadmap says Nighthawk will run circuits with 7,500 gates in up to three 120-qubit modules.
IBM’s roadmap says Nighthawk performance will improve to allow circuits with up to 15,000 gates on up to 1080 qubits.
Access paths
IBM Quantum Platform / IBM
IBM Quantum Nighthawk
IBM’s roadmap describes Nighthawk as a quantum processor intended to run circuits with 7,500 gates in up to three 120-qubit modules, with a later roadmap target of up to 15,000 gates on up to 1080 qubits.
Verified 2026-08-22Next review 2026-09-21current
Source-backed fields
- Platform
- IBM Quantum Platform
- Provider
- IBM
- Target type
- QPU
- Modality
- superconducting
- Paradigm
- Gate-based
- Region
- Not source-backed
- Target ID
- IBM Quantum Nighthawk
- Qubits
- 120
- Access model
- open
- Account requirement
- public access
- SDK path
- Not listed
- Last verified
- 2026-08-22
- Next review
- 2026-09-21
- Review freshness
- current
Approved claims
Public claims are grouped by type and linked to the sources used for review.
identity
Nighthawk is an IBM processor named in the quantum roadmap.
availability
IBM Quantum Platform offers public cloud access to run circuits today.