Table 1 CNOT gate count at various system sizes N for approximating the imaginary time evolution step of TPQ state preparation with the QITE, inexact QITE, dilated operator, and FABLE algorithms at \(\beta =1\).

From: Exploring finite temperature properties of materials with quantum computers

CNOT count

N

QITE

Inexact QITE

Dilated operator

FABLE

2

14

20

41

16

3

97

963

218

64

4

–

1957

1025

256

5

–

2945

4474

1024