IonQ (Trapped-Ion) vs Rigetti Computing (Superconducting) — live market, SEC financial and quantum-hardware data side by side.
IONQ leads this data snapshot on 3 of the five headline market, financial, runway, return and dilution measures with comparable data. The better investment still depends on valuation, technology execution and risk tolerance.
IONQ is the larger company at $15.65B market cap, about 2.9× the size of RGTI ($5.46B).
IONQ reports more revenue ($130.02M vs $7.09M for RGTI, latest fiscal year).
On cash runway — the metric that decides who needs to raise money first — RGTI is stronger (78mo vs 56mo).
They take different technical paths: IONQ reports 36 qubits (Physical Qubits (Trapped-Ion, All-to-All Connectivity)), while RGTI reports 107 qubits (Physical Qubits (Superconducting, Modular Chiplet)) — raw counts are not directly comparable across modalities.
Momentum = 1Y return · Scale = market cap · Runway capped at 36mo · Gov $ = federal awards · Research = citations + patents. Dollar axes use log scale.
Is IONQ or RGTI the bigger company?
IONQ is larger, with a market cap of $15.65B versus $5.46B for RGTI.
Which has the longer cash runway, IONQ or RGTI?
IONQ's cash runway is 56mo and RGTI's is 78mo (current cash ÷ trailing-twelve-month operating burn; "CF+" means cash-flow positive).
What technology do IONQ and RGTI use?
IonQ (IONQ): Physical Qubits (Trapped-Ion, All-to-All Connectivity). Rigetti Computing (RGTI): Physical Qubits (Superconducting, Modular Chiplet). Qubit counts are not directly comparable across different modalities.