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Research: COVID-19 Folding Project #17216

Project #17216 overview

Project Summary AI Beta

This project simulates proteins of the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2) to help scientists understand and fight the disease. 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
46,961
Core
GRO_A7
Status
Public
Performance data

Hardware Performance for Project 17216

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

Data as of Sunday, 02 August 2026 21:59:49

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 15,964 766,272 AMD
2 RYZEN 9 5950X 16-CORE 32 15,373 491,936 AMD
3 RYZEN 9 5900X 12-CORE 24 18,588 446,112 AMD
4 RYZEN 9 3900XT 12-CORE 24 15,400 369,600 AMD
5 CORE I9-9980XE CPU @ 3.00GHZ 36 10,080 362,880 Intel
6 RYZEN 9 3900X 12-CORE 24 14,076 337,824 AMD
7 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 2970WX 24-CORE 48 6,854 328,992 AMD
8 RYZEN 9 3950X 16-CORE 32 10,025 320,800 AMD
9 CORE I9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHZ 16 17,270 276,320 Intel
10 XEON CPU E5-2667 V4 @ 3.20GHZ 32 7,808 249,856 Intel
11 CORE I9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHZ 20 11,605 232,100 Intel
12 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 2950X 16-CORE 32 7,008 224,256 AMD
13 RYZEN 7 3800X 8-CORE 16 12,426 198,816 AMD
14 RYZEN 7 4800H 16 11,126 178,016 AMD
15 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 1920X 12-CORE 24 6,865 164,760 AMD
16 XEON W-2245 CPU @ 3.90GHZ 16 10,039 160,624 Intel
17 CORE I7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHZ 8 18,543 148,344 Intel
18 RYZEN 7 3700X 8-CORE 16 9,046 144,736 AMD
19 RYZEN 5 3600X 6-CORE 12 11,792 141,504 AMD
20 RYZEN 5 5600X 6-CORE 12 11,528 138,336 AMD
21 RYZEN 5 3600XT 6-CORE 12 10,532 126,384 AMD
22 XEON CPU E5-2690 V2 @ 3.00GHZ 20 6,269 125,380 Intel
23 RYZEN 7 2700X EIGHT-CORE 16 7,550 120,800 AMD
24 RYZEN 5 3600 6-CORE 12 9,957 119,484 AMD
25 XEON CPU E5-2660 0 @ 2.20GHZ 32 3,468 110,976 Intel
26 CORE I7-9700 CPU @ 3.00GHZ 8 13,118 104,944 Intel
27 RYZEN 5 3500 6-CORE 6 16,537 99,222 AMD
28 CORE I5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHZ 6 13,141 78,846 Intel
29 CORE I7-10710U CPU @ 1.10GHZ 12 5,982 71,784 Intel
30 CORE2 DUO CPU T7700 @ 2.40GHZ 12 5,841 70,092 Intel
31 RYZEN 5 2600X SIX-CORE 12 4,934 59,208 AMD
32 CORE I3-9100F CPU @ 3.60GHZ 4 14,488 57,952 Intel
33 RYZEN 7 1700 EIGHT-CORE 16 3,503 56,048 AMD
34 CORE I7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHZ 12 4,636 55,632 Intel
35 CORE I7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHZ 8 6,764 54,112 Intel
36 RYZEN 5 4600HS 12 4,204 50,448 AMD
37 CORE I7-8705G CPU @ 3.10GHZ 8 6,104 48,832 Intel
38 RYZEN 5 2600 SIX-CORE 12 3,926 47,112 AMD
39 CORE I5-7600 CPU @ 3.50GHZ 4 11,013 44,052 Intel
40 CORE I7-9700F CPU @ 3.00GHZ 8 4,833 38,664 Intel
41 CORE I7-6700T CPU @ 2.80GHZ 8 4,791 38,328 Intel
42 CORE I7-6820HQ CPU @ 2.70GHZ 8 4,739 37,912 Intel
43 XEON CPU E5-2609 V2 @ 2.50GHZ 8 4,418 35,344 Intel
44 CORE I5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHZ 4 8,634 34,536 Intel
45 CORE I7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHZ 8 3,527 28,216 Intel
46 XEON CPU X5365 @ 3.00GHZ 8 3,405 27,240 Intel
47 CORE I5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHZ 4 4,516 18,064 Intel
48 CORE I5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHZ 8 2,243 17,944 Intel
49 CORE I5-6200U CPU @ 2.30GHZ 4 4,295 17,180 Intel
50 CORE I7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHZ 8 1,906 15,248 Intel
51 CORE I5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHZ 4 3,316 13,264 Intel
52 CORE I5-4300U CPU @ 1.90GHZ 4 2,935 11,740 Intel
53 FX-8320 EIGHT-CORE 8 1,284 10,272 AMD
54 XEON CPU L5420 @ 2.50GHZ 4 2,507 10,028 Intel
55 CORE2 QUAD CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHZ 4 2,002 8,008 Intel
56 CORE I3-6006U CPU @ 2.00GHZ 4 1,820 7,280 Intel
57 RYZEN 5 3500U 8 697 5,576 AMD
58 A8-6410 APU 4 274 1,096 AMD