Quantum Devices

A simple Python state vector simulator of qubit-based quantum circuits.

This is PennyLane’s most featureful device, ideal for learning and prototyping.

A performant state vector simulator of quantum circuits.

This device is well-suited for 20+ qubit workflows, offering jit/qjit compatibility and more.

An entry point in PennyLane to access any Qiskit backend.

This device lets you access any device available through qiskit_ibm_runtime.

A simple mixed state simulator of qubit-based quantum circuits.

This device supports versatile noise models that are compatible with ML frameworks like JAX and Torch.

A fast state vector simulator specifically for AMD GPUs to perform accelerated circuit simulation.

This device is an alias of our lightning.kokkos simulator.

A fast state vector simulator utilizing the Kokkos library for CPU and GPU accelerated circuit simulation.

This device supports several HPC-targeted hardware platforms.

A GPU-accelerated device that integrates Qrack with PennyLane and Catalyst.

Ideal for noisy, just-in-time compilable workflows that run on GPUs.

A state vector simulator of qubit quantum circuits based on tensor networks.

This device can simulate differentiable circuits with its tensor network backend.