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Research: COVID-19 Folding Project #17215

Project #17215 overview

Project Summary AI Beta

Scientists are using computer simulations to study the proteins of the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2). This project helps researchers understand how the virus works and could lead to new treatments. 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
36,583
Core
GRO_A7
Status
Public
Performance data

Hardware Performance for Project 17215

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

Data as of Sunday, 02 August 2026 21:59:50

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 13,850 664,800 AMD
2 RYZEN 9 3950X 16-CORE 32 12,758 408,256 AMD
3 RYZEN 9 3900X 12-CORE 24 14,477 347,448 AMD
4 CORE I9-10980XE CPU @ 3.00GHZ 36 9,277 333,972 Intel
5 XEON CPU E5-2686 V4 @ 2.30GHZ 36 8,753 315,108 Intel
6 CORE I9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHZ 20 13,785 275,700 Intel
7 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 2970WX 24-CORE 48 5,114 245,472 AMD
8 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 2950X 16-CORE 32 7,602 243,264 AMD
9 CORE I9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHZ 16 14,462 231,392 Intel
10 RYZEN 7 3800X 8-CORE 16 13,555 216,880 AMD
11 RYZEN 7 5800X 8-CORE 16 12,668 202,688 AMD
12 CORE I9-7940X CPU @ 3.10GHZ 28 6,902 193,256 Intel
13 CORE I9-10900X CPU @ 3.70GHZ 20 9,190 183,800 Intel
14 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 1920X 12-CORE 24 7,255 174,120 AMD
15 XEON W-2245 CPU @ 3.90GHZ 16 9,701 155,216 Intel
16 RYZEN 7 3700X 8-CORE 16 9,405 150,480 AMD
17 RYZEN 5 3600X 6-CORE 12 12,112 145,344 AMD
18 RYZEN 7 2700X EIGHT-CORE 16 8,569 137,104 AMD
19 RYZEN 5 3600 6-CORE 12 10,859 130,308 AMD
20 CORE I7-5960X CPU @ 3.00GHZ 16 7,996 127,936 Intel
21 CORE I7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHZ 8 13,370 106,960 Intel
22 CORE I7-9700 CPU @ 3.00GHZ 8 12,960 103,680 Intel
23 RYZEN 5 3500 6-CORE 6 16,253 97,518 AMD
24 RYZEN 3 3100 4-CORE 8 11,113 88,904 AMD
25 RYZEN 5 4600HS 12 6,784 81,408 AMD
26 XEON CPU E5-2690 V2 @ 3.00GHZ 20 4,007 80,140 Intel
27 RYZEN 7 1800X EIGHT-CORE 16 4,966 79,456 AMD
28 XEON CPU E5-2630 0 @ 2.30GHZ 24 3,225 77,400 Intel
29 CORE I5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHZ 6 11,259 67,554 Intel
30 RYZEN 5 2600X SIX-CORE 12 5,616 67,392 AMD
31 CORE2 DUO CPU T7700 @ 2.40GHZ 12 5,314 63,768 Intel
32 CORE I7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHZ 8 7,275 58,200 Intel
33 RYZEN 5 2600 SIX-CORE 12 4,346 52,152 AMD
34 CORE I7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHZ 8 6,430 51,440 Intel
35 RYZEN 7 1700 EIGHT-CORE 16 3,178 50,848 AMD
36 CORE I7-8705G CPU @ 3.10GHZ 8 5,892 47,136 Intel
37 CORE I7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHZ 8 4,000 32,000 Intel
38 XEON E-2124G CPU @ 3.40GHZ 4 7,265 29,060 Intel
39 FX-8350 EIGHT-CORE 8 2,572 20,576 AMD
40 CORE I5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHZ 4 4,576 18,304 Intel
41 CORE I5-7300HQ CPU @ 2.50GHZ 4 4,323 17,292 Intel
42 CORE I5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHZ 4 2,473 9,892 Intel
43 XEON CPU L5420 @ 2.50GHZ 4 2,465 9,860 Intel
44 RYZEN 5 3500U 8 978 7,824 AMD
45 CORE I3-6006U CPU @ 2.00GHZ 4 1,821 7,284 Intel