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Research: COVID-19 Folding Project #14259

Project #14259 overview

Project Summary AI Beta

Scientists are using computer simulations to study proteins from the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2). This project aims to understand how the virus works and find ways to fight it. For 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
69,729
Core
GRO_A7
Status
Public
Performance data

Hardware Performance for Project 14259

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

Data as of Sunday, 02 August 2026 22:06:53

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 15,601 998,464 AMD
2 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 3960X 24-CORE 48 14,785 709,680 AMD
3 RYZEN 9 5950X 16-CORE 32 15,871 507,872 AMD
4 RYZEN 9 5900X 12-CORE 24 18,926 454,224 AMD
5 RYZEN 9 3950X 16-CORE 32 13,669 437,408 AMD
6 RYZEN 9 3900X 12-CORE 24 12,633 303,192 AMD
7 RYZEN 9 3900XT 12-CORE 24 11,844 284,256 AMD
8 CORE I9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHZ 20 13,066 261,320 Intel
9 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 2950X 16-CORE 32 7,769 248,608 AMD
10 CORE I9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHZ 16 14,294 228,704 Intel
11 XEON CPU E5-2686 V4 @ 2.30GHZ 36 5,892 212,112 Intel
12 CORE I9-10980XE CPU @ 3.00GHZ 36 5,744 206,784 Intel
13 RYZEN 7 5800X 8-CORE 16 12,441 199,056 AMD
14 CORE I9-10900X CPU @ 3.70GHZ 20 9,464 189,280 Intel
15 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 1920X 12-CORE 24 7,403 177,672 AMD
16 RYZEN 7 3800X 8-CORE 16 10,681 170,896 AMD
17 CORE I9-7920X CPU @ 2.90GHZ 24 6,994 167,856 Intel
18 CORE I9-7940X CPU @ 3.10GHZ 28 5,894 165,032 Intel
19 RYZEN 7 3700X 8-CORE 16 9,745 155,920 AMD
20 XEON W-2245 CPU @ 3.90GHZ 16 9,492 151,872 Intel
21 RYZEN 5 3600X 6-CORE 12 11,281 135,372 AMD
22 RYZEN 5 3600 6-CORE 12 10,719 128,628 AMD
23 RYZEN 5 3600XT 6-CORE 12 9,634 115,608 AMD
24 XEON CPU E5-2660 0 @ 2.20GHZ 32 3,594 115,008 Intel
25 CORE I7-7820HQ CPU @ 2.90GHZ 8 13,025 104,200 Intel
26 CORE I7-9700 CPU @ 3.00GHZ 8 12,068 96,544 Intel
27 XEON CPU E5-2690 V2 @ 3.00GHZ 20 4,636 92,720 Intel
28 RYZEN 7 2700X EIGHT-CORE 16 5,618 89,888 AMD
29 CORE I7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHZ 12 6,911 82,932 Intel
30 RYZEN 5 3500 6-CORE 6 13,248 79,488 AMD
31 RYZEN 5 2600X SIX-CORE 12 6,536 78,432 AMD
32 CORE I5-10400F CPU @ 2.90GHZ 12 6,347 76,164 Intel
33 XEON CPU E5-2630 0 @ 2.30GHZ 24 2,947 70,728 Intel
34 XEON CPU X5570 @ 2.93GHZ 16 4,363 69,808 Intel
35 RYZEN 7 1700X EIGHT-CORE 16 4,217 67,472 AMD
36 CORE I7-10710U CPU @ 1.10GHZ 12 5,564 66,768 Intel
37 XEON CPU E5-2695 V2 @ 2.40GHZ 48 1,383 66,384 Intel
38 CORE I9-9880H CPU @ 2.30GHZ 16 4,103 65,648 Intel
39 CORE I5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHZ 6 10,615 63,690 Intel
40 XEON CPU E5-2620 V2 @ 2.10GHZ 24 2,485 59,640 Intel
41 CORE I7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHZ 8 7,411 59,288 Intel
42 RYZEN 5 4600HS 12 4,842 58,104 AMD
43 RYZEN 7 2700 EIGHT-CORE 16 3,543 56,688 AMD
44 RYZEN 5 1600X SIX-CORE 12 4,594 55,128 AMD
45 CORE I3-10100 CPU @ 3.60GHZ 8 6,769 54,152 Intel
46 RYZEN 5 2600 SIX-CORE 12 4,336 52,032 AMD
47 CORE I5-9400 CPU @ 2.90GHZ 6 8,582 51,492 Intel
48 CORE I7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHZ 8 6,194 49,552 Intel
49 CORE I3-8100 CPU @ 3.60GHZ 4 10,133 40,532 Intel
50 CORE I7-8705G CPU @ 3.10GHZ 8 4,565 36,520 Intel
51 CORE I7-1065G7 CPU @ 1.30GHZ 8 3,278 26,224 Intel
52 CORE I7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHZ 8 3,047 24,376 Intel
53 CORE I5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHZ 4 5,181 20,724 Intel
54 PHENOM II X6 1090T 6 3,418 20,508 AMD
55 FX-8350 EIGHT-CORE 8 1,956 15,648 AMD
56 CORE I5-7300HQ CPU @ 2.50GHZ 4 3,860 15,440 Intel
57 CORE I5-4300U CPU @ 1.90GHZ 4 3,030 12,120 Intel
58 XEON CPU L5420 @ 2.50GHZ 4 2,246 8,984 Intel
59 CORE I3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHZ 4 2,079 8,316 Intel
60 CORE I7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHZ 8 925 7,400 Intel
61 RYZEN 5 3500U 8 893 7,144 AMD
62 CORE I3-6006U CPU @ 2.00GHZ 4 1,698 6,792 Intel
63 CORE I5-3317U CPU @ 1.70GHZ 4 1,291 5,164 Intel