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Research: COVID-19 Folding Project #17211

Project #17211 overview

Project Summary AI Beta

Scientists are using computer simulations to study proteins from the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2). This project could help researchers 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
63,411
Core
GRO_A7
Status
Public
Performance data

Hardware Performance for Project 17211

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

Data as of Sunday, 02 August 2026 21:59:53

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 9 3950X 16-CORE 32 18,000 576,000 AMD
2 RYZEN 9 5950X 16-CORE 32 16,595 531,040 AMD
3 RYZEN 9 5900X 12-CORE 24 20,767 498,408 AMD
4 CORE I9-9980XE CPU @ 3.00GHZ 36 11,061 398,196 Intel
5 RYZEN 9 3900X 12-CORE 24 15,730 377,520 AMD
6 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 2950X 16-CORE 32 7,687 245,984 AMD
7 XEON CPU E5-2686 V4 @ 2.30GHZ 36 5,891 212,076 Intel
8 CORE I9-10900X CPU @ 3.70GHZ 20 9,734 194,680 Intel
9 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 1920X 12-CORE 24 7,261 174,264 AMD
10 RYZEN 7 3700X 8-CORE 16 10,708 171,328 AMD
11 RYZEN 5 3600X 6-CORE 12 13,926 167,112 AMD
12 XEON W-2245 CPU @ 3.90GHZ 16 9,792 156,672 Intel
13 CORE I9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHZ 16 9,181 146,896 Intel
14 RYZEN 5 3600 6-CORE 12 11,503 138,036 AMD
15 CORE I7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHZ 12 7,901 94,812 Intel
16 XEON CPU E5-2630 0 @ 2.30GHZ 24 3,425 82,200 Intel
17 CORE I5-7600 CPU @ 3.50GHZ 4 11,707 46,828 Intel
18 CORE I5-10400 CPU @ 2.90GHZ 12 3,810 45,720 Intel
19 RYZEN 5 3500U 8 966 7,728 AMD