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Research: COVID-19 Folding Project #14258

Project #14258 overview

Project Summary AI Beta

Scientists are using computer simulations to study proteins of the COVID-19 virus. This project helps researchers understand how the virus works and develop treatments. Stay updated on their progress at 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
69,729
Core
GRO_A7
Status
Public
Performance data

Hardware Performance for Project 14258

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

Data as of Sunday, 02 August 2026 22:06:54

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 3970X 32-CORE 64 15,461 989,504 AMD
2 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 3960X 24-CORE 48 13,475 646,800 AMD
3 RYZEN 9 5950X 16-CORE 32 14,485 463,520 AMD
4 RYZEN 9 3950X 16-CORE 32 13,803 441,696 AMD
5 RYZEN 9 5900X 12-CORE 24 18,354 440,496 AMD
6 RYZEN 9 3900X 12-CORE 24 12,829 307,896 AMD
7 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 2950X 16-CORE 32 8,301 265,632 AMD
8 CORE I9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHZ 20 12,597 251,940 Intel
9 CORE I9-10980XE CPU @ 3.00GHZ 36 6,955 250,380 Intel
10 RYZEN 9 3900XT 12-CORE 24 10,380 249,120 AMD
11 XEON CPU E5-2686 V4 @ 2.30GHZ 36 6,309 227,124 Intel
12 RYZEN 7 5800X 8-CORE 16 13,306 212,896 AMD
13 CORE I9-10900X CPU @ 3.70GHZ 20 10,324 206,480 Intel
14 CORE I9-7920X CPU @ 2.90GHZ 24 8,308 199,392 Intel
15 CORE I9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHZ 16 10,682 170,912 Intel
16 RYZEN 7 3700X 8-CORE 16 10,283 164,528 AMD
17 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 1920X 12-CORE 24 6,846 164,304 AMD
18 CORE I9-9900KF CPU @ 3.60GHZ 16 10,071 161,136 Intel
19 RYZEN 7 3800X 8-CORE 16 9,767 156,272 AMD
20 XEON W-2245 CPU @ 3.90GHZ 16 9,557 152,912 Intel
21 XEON CPU E5-2695 V2 @ 2.40GHZ 48 3,058 146,784 Intel
22 CORE I9-7940X CPU @ 3.10GHZ 28 4,827 135,156 Intel
23 RYZEN 5 3600 6-CORE 12 10,831 129,972 AMD
24 RYZEN 5 3600X 6-CORE 12 10,120 121,440 AMD
25 RYZEN 5 3600XT 6-CORE 12 9,601 115,212 AMD
26 XEON CPU E5-2660 0 @ 2.20GHZ 32 3,578 114,496 Intel
27 CORE I7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHZ 12 9,136 109,632 Intel
28 RYZEN 7 2700X EIGHT-CORE 16 6,754 108,064 AMD
29 CORE I7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHZ 8 13,414 107,312 Intel
30 CORE I7-9700 CPU @ 3.00GHZ 8 12,024 96,192 Intel
31 XEON CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHZ 32 2,962 94,784 Intel
32 RYZEN 7 1800X EIGHT-CORE 16 5,349 85,584 AMD
33 XEON CPU E5-2690 V2 @ 3.00GHZ 20 3,970 79,400 Intel
34 RYZEN 5 3500 6-CORE 6 13,085 78,510 AMD
35 CORE I5-10400F CPU @ 2.90GHZ 12 6,413 76,956 Intel
36 RYZEN 5 2600X SIX-CORE 12 6,097 73,164 AMD
37 RYZEN 7 1700 EIGHT-CORE 16 4,547 72,752 AMD
38 XEON CPU E5-2630 0 @ 2.30GHZ 24 2,955 70,920 Intel
39 CORE I5-9600KF CPU @ 3.70GHZ 6 11,770 70,620 Intel
40 CORE I9-9880H CPU @ 2.30GHZ 16 4,389 70,224 Intel
41 XEON CPU X5570 @ 2.93GHZ 16 4,288 68,608 Intel
42 CORE I5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHZ 6 9,981 59,886 Intel
43 XEON CPU E5-2620 V2 @ 2.10GHZ 24 2,398 57,552 Intel
44 CORE I3-10100 CPU @ 3.60GHZ 8 7,052 56,416 Intel
45 CORE I5-9400 CPU @ 2.90GHZ 6 8,205 49,230 Intel
46 XEON SILVER 4116 CPU @ 2.10GHZ 24 1,996 47,904 Intel
47 XEON CPU E3-1270 V5 @ 3.60GHZ 8 5,795 46,360 Intel
48 CORE I5-7600 CPU @ 3.50GHZ 4 10,800 43,200 Intel
49 CORE I3-8100 CPU @ 3.60GHZ 4 10,414 41,656 Intel
50 RYZEN 5 2600 SIX-CORE 12 3,383 40,596 AMD
51 CORE I5-6600K CPU @ 3.50GHZ 4 9,949 39,796 Intel
52 CORE I7-8705G CPU @ 3.10GHZ 8 4,004 32,032 Intel
53 CORE I7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHZ 8 3,995 31,960 Intel
54 CORE I5-4670K CPU @ 3.40GHZ 4 7,378 29,512 Intel
55 CORE I5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHZ 4 6,691 26,764 Intel
56 CORE I7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHZ 8 2,732 21,856 Intel
57 PHENOM II X6 1090T 6 3,580 21,480 AMD
58 CORE I5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHZ 4 4,547 18,188 Intel
59 RYZEN 5 3500U 8 1,644 13,152 AMD
60 XEON CPU L5420 @ 2.50GHZ 4 2,225 8,900 Intel
61 CORE I3-6006U CPU @ 2.00GHZ 4 1,832 7,328 Intel
62 CORE I5-3317U CPU @ 1.70GHZ 4 1,159 4,636 Intel