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Research: COVID-19 Folding Project #17218

Project #17218 overview

Project Summary AI Beta

This project uses computer simulations to study proteins from the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2). Researchers hope this will help them understand how the virus works and develop new treatments. For the latest updates, visit 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
652,347
Core
GRO_A8
Status
Public
Performance data

Hardware Performance for Project 17218

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

Data as of Friday, 14 August 2026 15:34:12

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 5900X 12-CORE 24 29,742 713,808 AMD
2 RYZEN 9 3900X 12-CORE 24 18,988 455,712 AMD
3 RYZEN 9 5950X 16-CORE 32 11,171 357,472 AMD
4 RYZEN 7 3700X 8-CORE 16 18,757 300,112 AMD
5 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 2970WX 24-CORE 48 6,106 293,088 AMD
6 RYZEN 5 3600 6-CORE 12 14,947 179,364 AMD
7 RYZEN 7 1700 EIGHT-CORE 16 7,250 116,000 AMD
8 RYZEN 5 2600 SIX-CORE 12 7,813 93,756 AMD
9 CORE I7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHZ 8 11,155 89,240 Intel
10 CORE I7-8705G CPU @ 3.10GHZ 8 10,646 85,168 Intel
11 CORE I5-9600K CPU @ 3.70GHZ 6 13,568 81,408 Intel
12 CORE I5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHZ 4 14,656 58,624 Intel
13 CORE I5-7600 CPU @ 3.50GHZ 4 14,547 58,188 Intel