Abstract
This study compares Quantum Reservoir Computing (QRC) with classical models such as Echo State Networks (ESNs) and Long Short-Term Memory networks (LSTMs), as well as hybrid quantum-classical architectures (QLSTM), for the nonlinear autoregressive moving average task (NARMA-10). We evaluate forecasting accuracy (NRMSE), computational cost, and evaluation time. Results show that QRC achieves competitive accuracy while offering potential sustainability advantages, particularly in resource-constrained settings, highlighting its promise for sustainable time-series AI applications.