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Research: COVID-19 Folding Project #17202

Project #17202 overview

Project Summary AI Beta

This project aims to simulate proteins of the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2). Researchers hope this will help understand how the virus works and develop 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
36,583
Core
GRO_A7
Status
Public
Performance data

Hardware Performance for Project 17202

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

Data as of Friday, 14 August 2026 15:34:24

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 24,776 1,189,248 AMD
2 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 3970X 32-CORE 64 15,075 964,800 AMD
3 RYZEN 9 3950X 16-CORE 32 18,569 594,208 AMD
4 RYZEN 9 3900X 12-CORE 24 14,397 345,528 AMD
5 RYZEN 9 3900XT 12-CORE 24 12,181 292,344 AMD
6 RYZEN 7 3700X 8-CORE 16 11,281 180,496 AMD
7 CORE I9-7940X CPU @ 3.10GHZ 28 5,938 166,264 Intel
8 CORE I9-10980XE CPU @ 3.00GHZ 36 4,300 154,800 Intel
9 RYZEN 5 3600 6-CORE 12 12,835 154,020 AMD
10 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 1920X 12-CORE 24 6,272 150,528 AMD
11 RYZEN 5 3600X 6-CORE 12 10,977 131,724 AMD
12 CORE I7-8705G CPU @ 3.10GHZ 8 5,047 40,376 Intel