Differences between different D-Wave QPU instances

Hi everyone,

when choosing a direct QPU instance one can choose between

  • Advantage_system4.1
  • Advantage_system5.4
  • Advantage_system6.3

They are all labeled as "Advantage performance update" but have different (version?) numbers assigned, so I wonder if there is a significant difference (especially in terms of performance) between them.

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  • Hello,

    QPUs of the same generation have similar performance and yield.

    This page outlines QPU-specific characteristics for the systems available at present:
    https://docs.dwavesys.com/docs/latest/doc_physical_properties.html#doc-qpu-characteristics

    Hopefully this helps with your question.

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  • How can I specify in the DWaveSampler() which QPU I want to access e.g. Advantage_system6.3 ? And how can I make sure that I always access the exact same machine?

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  • for other users:

    FixedEmbeddingComposite(DWaveSampler(solver=dict(topology__type='pegasus', name='Advantage_system6.4'),
                                                            token=token),
                                                            embedding,
                                                            )
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  • Hi Georg,

    Yes, a specific solver can be specified either within the code (as you have shown above), the config file or the environmental variables.

     

    Alternative sample of selecting a specific solver in code:

    sampler = DWaveSampler(solver='Advantage_system6.4')

     

    Sample of selecting a specific solver within the dwave.conf config file:

    [defaults]
    token = *******************
    solver=Advantage_system6.4

     

    or a mix of both

    dwave.conf config file

    [my_profile_name]
    token = *******************
    solver=Advantage_system6.4

    code:

    sampler = EmbeddingComposite(DWaveSampler({profile='my_profile_name'}))

     

     

    If using the same solver is not required, solvers can also be automatically selected based on features, i.e. The solver with the highest number of qubits etc..., more information available in these articles: 

    https://support.dwavesys.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500007171721-What-is-Feature-Based-Solver-Selection 

    https://support.dwavesys.com/hc/en-us/articles/360056388233-How-Does-the-DWaveSampler-DWaveCliqueSampler-Select-a-Solver

     

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