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Research: COVID-19 Folding Project #14245

Project #14245 overview

Project Summary AI Beta

Researchers are using computer simulations to study proteins from the COVID-19 virus. This project could help scientists develop new treatments and vaccines for the disease. For the latest updates, visit 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
21,490
Core
GRO_A7
Status
Public
Performance data

Hardware Performance for Project 14245

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

Data as of Sunday, 02 August 2026 22:07:01

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 THREADRIPPER 3960X 24-CORE 48 15,569 747,312 AMD
2 RYZEN 9 3950X 16-CORE 32 10,866 347,712 AMD
3 RYZEN 9 3900XT 12-CORE 24 12,088 290,112 AMD
4 RYZEN 9 3900X 12-CORE 24 10,758 258,192 AMD
5 CORE I9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHZ 20 9,286 185,720 Intel
6 XEON CPU E5-2686 V4 @ 2.30GHZ 36 4,959 178,524 Intel
7 CORE I9-9900KF CPU @ 3.60GHZ 16 10,852 173,632 Intel
8 RYZEN 7 3800X 8-CORE 16 10,743 171,888 AMD
9 RYZEN 7 3700X 8-CORE 16 9,458 151,328 AMD
10 CORE I9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHZ 16 9,214 147,424 Intel
11 RYZEN 5 3600 6-CORE 12 11,402 136,824 AMD
12 CORE I7-9700 CPU @ 3.00GHZ 8 14,123 112,984 Intel
13 CORE I9-7940X CPU @ 3.10GHZ 28 3,839 107,492 Intel
14 RYZEN 7 2700X EIGHT-CORE 16 4,903 78,448 AMD
15 RYZEN 5 2600 SIX-CORE 12 4,952 59,424 AMD
16 XEON CPU X5570 @ 2.93GHZ 16 3,507 56,112 Intel
17 CORE I7-8705G CPU @ 3.10GHZ 8 5,925 47,400 Intel
18 XEON CPU E5-2690 V2 @ 3.00GHZ 20 2,342 46,840 Intel
19 CORE I3-8100 CPU @ 3.60GHZ 4 11,240 44,960 Intel
20 CORE I7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHZ 8 4,355 34,840 Intel
21 XEON CPU E5-2620 V2 @ 2.10GHZ 24 1,319 31,656 Intel