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Explore PennyLane's quantum device ecosystem with 40+ integrated options, from high-performance simulators to cutting-edge hardware from partners like IBM Quantum, Amazon Braket and Google Quantum AI.

Start your quantum journey

Begin with user-friendly quantum devices designed to help you experiment and achieve impactful results.

default.qubit

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

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

lightning.qubit

A performant state vector simulator of quantum circuits.

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

Start your quantum journey

Begin with user-friendly quantum devices designed to help you experiment and achieve impactful results.

default.qubit

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

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

lightning.qubit

A performant state vector simulator of quantum circuits.

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

Browse all quantum devices or use advanced filtering to find the ideal tool to power your research.

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default.qubit

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

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

lightning.qubit

A performant state vector simulator of quantum circuits.

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

qiskit.remote

An entry point in PennyLane to access any Qiskit backend.

This device lets you access any device available through qiskit_ibm_runtime.

default.mixed

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.

lightning.gpu

A fast GPU state vector qubit simulator utilizing NVIDIA’s cuQuantum SDK.

Ideal for 20+ qubit workflows with multi-GPU parallelization and fast gradients.

qrack.simulator

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

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

default.tensor

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

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

braket.aws.qubit

Run gate-based quantum computations on Amazon Braket’s remote service.

This device is the entry point to Braket’s performant simulators and real hardware offerings.

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PennyLane's quantum device partners

  • Xanadu
  • AWS
  • AQT
  • Google
  • IBM Quantum
  • IONQ
  • Microsoft
  • Quantum Inspire
  • Rigetti
  • Unitary Fund
PennyLane

PennyLane is an open-source software framework for quantum machine learning, quantum chemistry, and quantum computing, with the ability to run on all hardware. Built with ❤️ by Xanadu.

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