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AWS Braket — IQM Garnet

IQM Garnet (20-qubit superconducting) · superconducting · 20 physical qubits

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Pricing model

$0.30 per task + $0.00145 per shot. Mid-range pricing for superconducting access.

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	$0.45	Comparable to Rigetti for short circuits.
10,000-shot characterisation	$14.80	More expensive than Rigetti Cepheus, far cheaper than IonQ Forte.
VQE 200k shots (200 tasks x 1k)	$350.00	200 task fees plus 200,000 shots at $0.00145. Mid-range cost for variational workloads.

2.Structural hardware advantage

20-qubit Finnish-built superconducting hardware. IQM differentiates on co-design approach — algorithms tuned to specific topology — but on Braket the customer doesn't fully access that co-design layer.

3.Position in the 2026 stack

Production, smaller-scale. IQM's Garnet is mid-cohort by qubit count; Emerald (54Q) is the larger production system.

4.Best-fit workloads

Algorithm prototyping that fits in 20 qubits
European-research-network workloads (IQM has on-prem installations across EU)
Cost-sensitive superconducting access between Rigetti and trapped-ion

5.Pricing trap

Watch for: 20 qubits is a real constraint. Algorithms scaled beyond 20 logical / physical qubits cannot run on Garnet — verify circuit fits before committing project budget.

Verification note. Reserved $3,000/hr. Re-verified 2026-09-07 against the AWS Price List API Braket offer file (publication 2026-08-31): $0.30 per task, $0.00145 per shot, $3,000 per reserved hour, unchanged.

6.Source

https://aws.amazon.com/braket/pricing/ · verified 2026-09-07