GeForce RTX 5090 Folding@Home PPD Averages, Power Consumption & Research Projects

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Performance snapshot

Current averages, ranks, sample depth, and data freshness.

Folding@Home identifier GB202 [GeForce RTX 5090]

High confidence

Most recent sample Oct 3, 2026 Most recent update seen for this GPU profile.

All-OS average: 40,002,128; Average PPD from submitted samples
Linux average: 43,091,875; Linux-only samples
Windows average: 38,555,617; Windows-only samples
Work unit samples: 78,065; All-time profile volume
Overall rank: #2; 441 GPUs tracked
Brand rank: #2; 294 Nvidia GPUs

Sampled performance breakdown

Folding Statistics GB202 [GeForce RTX 5090] - Nvidia

DATA SAMPLES INFO Filter applied, PPD samples all time		AVERAGE FOLDING PERFORMANCE Based on ALL available PPD samples by filter				WORK UNIT PPD RECORDS All Time
OS FILTER	SAMPLES	PPD	WU Per 24hrs	Time Per WU	Points Per WU	BEST PPD	WORST PPD
All OS AVG	78,008	40,002,128	179.79	0 hrs 8 mins	222,491	1,716,957,857	32,651
Linux	24,875	43,091,875	227.40	0 hrs 6 mins	189,494	66,217,124	32,651
Windows	53,133	38,555,617	162.04	0 hrs 9 mins	237,939	1,716,957,857	80,121

Track this hardware live

Profile your GeForce RTX 5090 in our V8 Web Client

Launch the LAR.SYSTEMS V8 Web Client to monitor live work-unit activity, compare your machine with community benchmarks, and contribute real samples that keep public rankings and hardware insights current for the Folding@Home community.

First and most recent work-unit sample contributors
Sample	Folder	Team	Platform	Seen
Most recent WU sample	Justaphf	LinusTechTips_Team	Windows GPU	Today
First seen	RustyMozzy	Team Pewds	Windows GPU	Not recorded

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Recent GPU performance

12-week performance at a glance

Use the range, net change, and latest average as a quick signal—not a final judgment on the GPU.

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How to read this

Values use the same weekly community averages as the detailed chart.

Weekly movement can reflect project mix, available work units, drivers, or operating systems rather than a lasting hardware change.
Use the detailed chart to compare operating systems and work-unit availability across the full period.

12-week range: 38,605,679 to 51,104,855 PPD
Net change over 12 weeks: -12,499,176 PPDTrend down
Latest weekly average: 38,605,679 PPD

12 WEEK AVG PPD CHANGE VS. WORK UNITS AVAILABLE - GeForce RTX 5090

GPU PPD average changes week to week for a number of reasons such as credit for type of projects/causes available, variance in work unit difficulty, OS/GPU drivers, folding cores, GPU models, clocks, power targets etc.

The chart below serves as a way to see historical week to week performance change as PPD for a GPU is never a constant, as the work units processed are always changing.

Recent Work Unit Performance - GeForce RTX 5090

Average PPD is impacted by the types of research work units being done as they return different amounts of points and take different amounts of time.

The following shows the work unit allocation of research causes to better understand changes in PPD over time for the GeForce RTX 5090.

24 HOUR WU ALLOCATION

Research	Percent
ALZHEIMERS	97.85%
MEMBRANE TRANSPORT	2.15%

7 DAY WU ALLOCATION

Research	Percent
ALZHEIMERS	99.16%
MEMBRANE TRANSPORT	.84%

12 WEEK WU ALLOCATION

Research	Percent
ALZHEIMERS	80.3%
ATGPA1 POST TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS	8.76%
CANCER	3.93%
RCA OLIGOMER STABILITY SIMULATIONS	2.23%
RCA STABILITY SIMULATIONS	2.14%
ATGPA1 POST TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION DYNAMICS	1.16%
MEMBRANE TRANSPORT	.67%
RCA OLIGOMERIC STABILITY MD SIMULATIONS	.48%
RCA OLIGOMERIC STABILITY HEAT STRESS SIMULATIONS	.25%
RCA OLIGOMER STABILITY MD SIMULATIONS HEAT STRESS	.07%

Recent Work Unit Performance Clusters - GeForce RTX 5090

The following visualization illustrates the PPD / Credit allocation of work units across different research causes, providing insight into how PPD varies by work unit PPD samples for the GeForce RTX 5090.

This analysis helps better understand the relationship between research causes and PPD/Credit, highlighting any performance trends as clusters or anomalies as outliers.

Power and cost planning

GeForce RTX 5090 kWh POWER CONSUMPTION & COST

Power consumption information for the GeForce RTX 5090 is based on an average wattage taken from vendor information for the lowest and highest power draws for the GPU under Folding@Home compute loads.

Wattage information is only for the GPU and does not include the host computer's power usage.

Current GPU power consumption snapshot

GPU Power Draw Watts - TDP	Daily Power Usage kWh	Points per kWh	Daily Cost at $0.10 per kWh	Power Cost per 1m Points
575 W	13.80 kWh	3,687,346	$1.38	$0.027

GeForce RTX 5090 COMPUTE VS kWH USAGE DAY, MONTH, WEEK & YEAR

Folding@Home compute projections for the GeForce RTX 5090 can be used to help inform long-term point goals and related costs based on 24/7 usage.

Duration	Nickname	Points Average	Work Units Average	Power Usage kWh	Power Cost at $0.10 per kWh
Day	PPD	50,885,368	128.81	13.80 kWh	$1.38
Week	PPW	356,197,576	901.68	96.60 kWh	$9.66
Month	PPM	1,547,763,276	3918.03	419.75 kWh	$41.98
Year	PPY	18,573,159,320	47016.37	5037.00 kWh	$503.70

Reading the averages

Why your PPD may differ

PPD is a guide, not a fixed result. Daily output changes with the work-unit mix, including project, points, atom count, and deadline, as well as system conditions such as OS, drivers, clocks, thermals, and power limits.

Compare the five highest and lowest sampled project averages for GeForce RTX 5090 using community samples collected through the LAR.SYSTEMS V8 Web Client.

Highest sampled PPD

PPD Rank	Project ID	Cause Research	PPD Average	Points WU Average	WUs Day Average	WU Time Average
1	18289	alzheimers	105,063,967	11,205,872	9.38	2 ^hrs 34 ^mins
2	12924	cancer	53,877,885	186,000	289.67	0 ^hrs 5 ^mins
3	12925	cancer	53,379,050	186,000	286.98	0 ^hrs 5 ^mins
4	16525	Mtb-RNAP-Dynamics	52,544,067	645,000	81.46	0 ^hrs 18 ^mins
5	12134	Reflectin-Peptide-Conformation	52,159,656	442,225	117.95	0 ^hrs 12 ^mins

Lowest sampled PPD

PPD Rank	Project ID	Cause Research	PPD Average	Points WU Average	WUs Day Average	WU Time Average
1	17656	GPU-Core-Test	7,815,357	3,850	2029.96	0 ^hrs 1 ^mins
2	17651	Protein-Dynamics-Dataset	8,732,214	3,850	2268.11	0 ^hrs 1 ^mins
3	17654	Protein-Dynamics-Modeling	11,419,160	6,947	1643.75	0 ^hrs 1 ^mins
4	17652	Protein-Dynamics-Dataset	11,541,447	6,947	1661.36	0 ^hrs 1 ^mins
5	17657	GPU-Core-Testing	13,342,227	6,947	1920.57	0 ^hrs 1 ^mins

GeForce RTX 5090FOLDING@HOME PPD PERFORMANCE