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AWS Braket — AQT IBEX-Q1

AQT IBEX-Q1 (12-qubit trapped-ion, calcium-40) · trapped-ion · 12 physical qubits · 98.70% 2Q fidelity

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Pricing model

$0.30 per task + $0.02350 per shot. The second-priciest per-shot Braket device after IonQ Forte, reflecting trapped-ion economics.

1.Representative workload costs

Concrete circuit costs for common workload sizes. Where the pricing model is non-linear (per-program minimums, per-month subscriptions), the table surfaces the floor and break-even points.

Table 1 — Workload cost reference

Workload	Cost (USD)	Note
100-shot pilot circuit	$2.65	$0.30 task + 100 x $0.02350. Low-cost entry to EU trapped-ion.
10,000-shot characterisation	$235.30	$0.30 task + 10,000 x $0.02350. ~3.4x cheaper per shot than IonQ Forte, ~55x pricier than Rigetti.
VQE 200k shots	$4,700.30	$0.30 task + 200,000 x $0.02350. Trapped-ion all-to-all connectivity can cut the shot budget deep circuits need.

2.Structural hardware advantage

12-qubit trapped-ion register on calcium-40 ions with all-to-all connectivity (no SWAP overhead), Quantum Volume 128, 99.966% single-qubit and 98.7% two-qubit gate fidelity. Runs at room temperature in two 19-inch racks under 2 kW.

3.Position in the 2026 stack

Production, small-register EU trapped-ion. AQT (Alpine Quantum Technologies) is the first EU-hosted trapped-ion provider on Braket, physically in Innsbruck and served via the Stockholm eu-north-1 region. Launched November 2025.

4.Best-fit workloads

Small, deep, densely-connected circuits that exploit all-to-all coupling
EU-data-residency trapped-ion workloads
Benchmarking against superconducting devices at equal qubit count
Education and algorithm validation where 12 qubits suffice

5.Pricing trap

Watch for: Only 12 qubits: anything beyond a 12-qubit register cannot run here, and the per-shot rate is 55x Rigetti's, so IBEX-Q1 only pays off when all-to-all connectivity genuinely reduces the shots or depth a superconducting device would need. Do not default to it for wide or shallow circuits.

Verification note. 12-qubit all-to-all trapped-ion (Ca-40), Quantum Volume 128, room-temperature, <2 kW. First EU-hosted trapped-ion system on Braket (Innsbruck via Stockholm eu-north-1); launched Nov 2025. Avg 1Q fidelity 99.966%. Reserved $4,800/hr.

6.Source

https://aws.amazon.com/braket/pricing/ · verified 2026-08-04