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Benchmarking UHF Quantum-Classical Optimization Engine – Real-World Optimization Tasks

Stieve, Jonathan

Published Nov 8, 2025• 0 citations
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The UHF Quantum-Classical Optimization Engine demonstrates robust performance across multiple optimization domains. In benchmarks including Traveling Salesperson Problem instances, lattice optimization, and extreme stress tests, UHF consistently outperforms classical, hybrid, and Google quantum-classical tools in computation speed, solution quality, and system stability. Leveraging meta-conscious heuristics and qutrit-inspired permutation strategies, the engine achieves high reproducibility and scalability across problem sizes. Detailed benchmark tables and CSV logs are provided to support reproducibility and comparison.

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10.5281/zenodo.17560818

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Benchmarking the performance of quantum optimization algorithms is crucial for identifying utility for industry-relevant use cases. However, Benchmarking processes most often vary between optimization applications and depend on user-specified goals. The heuristic nature of quantum algorithms additionally poses a challenge, especially in the comparison to classical algorithms. A key problem in existing benchmarking frameworks is the lack of equal effort in optimizing for the best quantum and, respectively, classical approaches. This paper presents a comprehensive set of guidelines comprising universal steps towards fair benchmarks. We discuss (1) application-specific algorithm choice, ensuring every solver is provided with the most fitting mathematical formulation of a problem; (2) the selection of benchmark data, including hard instances and real-world samples; (3) the choice of a suitable holistic figure of merit, like time-to-solution or solution quality within time constraints; and (4) equitable hyperparameter training to eliminate bias towards a particular method. Finally, the proposed guidelines are tested across three benchmarking scenarios, utilizing the Max-Cut (MC) and Travelling Salesperson Problem (TSP). The benchmarks employ classical mathematical algorithms, such as Branch-and-Cut (BNC) solvers, classical heuristics, Quantum Annealing (QA), and the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA).
This study explores quantum-inspired optimization algorithms (QIOAs) as practical tools for solving constrained combinatorial problems on classical machines. We analyze tasks that can be formulated in Ising or QUBO forms and benchmark three representative approaches: Simulated Bifurcation (SB), Quantum-Inspired Particle Swarm Optimization (QPSO), and a tensor-network (TN) method. A unified evaluation protocol is introduced that captures solution quality, feasibility, runtime, energy consumption, parameter sensitivity, and scalability. To ensure reliable performance, we develop automated penalty-adjustment and schedule-calibration strategies. Experimental results across diverse benchmarks show that SB and TN together yield the best trade-offs between accuracy and runtime: SB is efficient on dense instances with moderate penalties and low energy use, while TN is advantageous for sparse or modular networks, especially on GPUs. QPSO is competitive in smoother landscapes but more sensitive to hyperparameters. By linking performance to structural properties such as spectral gaps and constraint activity, we provide guidance for selecting suitable algorithms. Overall, QIOAs emerge as effective intermediaries between existing classical heuristics and emerging quantum devices, supported by a reproducible, energy-aware evaluation framework.
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Achieving high-quality solutions faster than classical solvers on computationally hard problems is a challenge for quantum optimization to deliver utility. Using a superconducting quantum computer, we experimentally investigate the performance of a hybrid quantum-classical algorithm inspired by semidefinite programming approaches for solving the maximum-cut problem on 3-regular graphs up to several thousand variables. We leverage the structure of the input problems to address sizes beyond what current quantum machines can naively handle. We attain an average approximation ratio of 99% over a random ensemble of thousands of problem instances. We benchmark the quantum solver against similarly high-performing classical heuristics, including the gurobi optimizer, simulated annealing, and the Burer-Monteiro algorithm. A run-time analysis shows that the quantum solver on large-scale problems is competitive against gurobi but short of others on a projected 100-qubit quantum computer. We explore multiple leads to close the gap and discuss prospects for a practical quantum speedup.