# QOBLIB: tracking progress in quantum optimization

DevFeed: [QOBLIB: tracking progress in quantum optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/qoblib-tracking-progress-in-quantum-optimization-17347.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://research.ibm.com/blog/qoblib>)

Published: 2026-08-12T13:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [IBM Research](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ibm-research.md>)

Topics: [Quantum Computing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/quantum-computing.md>), [benchmarking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/benchmarking.md>), [Optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/optimization.md>), [Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/framework.md>), [Website](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/website.md>)

Tags: [benchmarking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmarking.md>), [benchmarks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmarks.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/framework.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimization.md>), [quantum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantum.md>), [quantum-algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantum-algorithms.md>), [quantum-community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantum-community.md>), [quantum-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantum-computing.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/science.md>)

## AI overview

IBM describes updates to the Quantum Optimization Benchmarking Library (QOBLIB), including a Nature Computational Science publication, a new website, and more than 2,000 submitted results. The initiative provides an open, community-driven framework for comparing quantum optimization benchmarks and assessing progress toward practical quantum advantage.

## Source excerpt

Quantum advantage is here. The next question is where to apply it. New updates from the Quantum Optimization Working Group offer a glimpse at the path ahead.