Honeywell touts quantum computer speed, but how fast is fast?

The Honeywell system has a quantum volume of 64, twice that of any available quantum system, including those from IBM, Rigetti and IonQ.

Honeywell has "dozens" of users evaluating the system, according to Tony Uttley, president of Honeywell Quantum Solutions.

The reality of quantum computing today Despite Honeywell's Quantum Volume milestone, some analysts caution it is still too early in the quantum computing competition to place much emphasis on a system's overall performance.

The current Quantum Volume metric has been defined by IBM, which a number of IBM's quantum competitors have adopted.

"The utility of a quantum computer will increase as quantum volume increases," Sanders said.