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Research: COVID-19 Folding Project #14248

Project #14248 overview

Project Summary AI Beta

This project uses computer simulations to study proteins of the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2). Scientists hope this will help them 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
54,314
Core
GRO_A7
Status
Public
Performance data

Hardware Performance for Project 14248

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

Data as of Sunday, 02 August 2026 22:06:59

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 16,970 543,040 AMD
2 RYZEN 9 3900X 12-CORE 24 13,672 328,128 AMD
3 CORE I9-10980XE CPU @ 3.00GHZ 36 7,331 263,916 Intel
4 CORE I9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHZ 20 12,402 248,040 Intel
5 XEON CPU E5-2686 V4 @ 2.30GHZ 36 6,040 217,440 Intel
6 CORE I9-10900X CPU @ 3.70GHZ 20 10,854 217,080 Intel
7 CORE I9-7920X CPU @ 2.90GHZ 24 7,136 171,264 Intel
8 RYZEN 7 3700X 8-CORE 16 10,391 166,256 AMD
9 RYZEN 7 3800X 8-CORE 16 9,500 152,000 AMD
10 CORE I9-7940X CPU @ 3.10GHZ 28 5,000 140,000 Intel
11 RYZEN 5 3600 6-CORE 12 11,217 134,604 AMD
12 RYZEN 7 2700X EIGHT-CORE 16 5,312 84,992 AMD
13 XEON CPU E5-2690 V2 @ 3.00GHZ 20 4,238 84,760 Intel
14 RYZEN 7 1700X EIGHT-CORE 16 3,874 61,984 AMD