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Research: COVID-19 Folding Project #14236

Project #14236 overview

Project Summary AI Beta

Scientists are working on a project to simulate the proteins of the COVID-19 virus. This research could help us understand how the virus works and develop new treatments. For the latest updates, check https://foldingathome.org/news/
Automated summary; simplified and may not be fully accurate.

Project team

Manager(s)
Neha Vithani
Institution
Washington University in St. Louis

Work unit

Atoms
453,348
Core
GRO_A7
Status
Public
Performance data

Hardware Performance for Project 14236

Compare community-sampled Folding@Home output for the GPUs and CPUs processing this project.

Data as of Sunday, 02 August 2026 22:07:03

CPU PPD Averages Beta

Rank
Project
CPU Model Logical
Processors (LP)
PPD-PLP
AVG PPD per 1 LP
ALL LP-PPD
(Estimated)
Make
1 RYZEN 9 3950X 16-CORE 32 19,023 608,736 AMD
2 RYZEN 9 5900X 12-CORE 24 21,808 523,392 AMD
3 RYZEN 9 3900X 12-CORE 24 14,728 353,472 AMD
4 RYZEN 9 3900XT 12-CORE 24 14,183 340,392 AMD
5 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 2950X 16-CORE 32 10,271 328,672 AMD
6 CORE I9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHZ 16 19,863 317,808 Intel
7 CORE I9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHZ 20 12,058 241,160 Intel
8 XEON W-2245 CPU @ 3.90GHZ 16 12,949 207,184 Intel
9 RYZEN 7 3800X 8-CORE 16 9,855 157,680 AMD
10 XEON CPU E5-2660 0 @ 2.20GHZ 32 4,908 157,056 Intel
11 RYZEN 5 3600 6-CORE 12 12,555 150,660 AMD
12 CORE I7-9700 CPU @ 3.00GHZ 8 13,322 106,576 Intel
13 RYZEN 7 1700 EIGHT-CORE 16 5,662 90,592 AMD
14 XEON CPU E5-2630 0 @ 2.30GHZ 24 3,756 90,144 Intel
15 XEON CPU E5-2690 V2 @ 3.00GHZ 20 4,437 88,740 Intel
16 RYZEN 7 2700X EIGHT-CORE 16 5,264 84,224 AMD
17 CORE I7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHZ 8 7,664 61,312 Intel