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Research: COVID-19 Folding Project #17220

Project #17220 overview

Project Summary AI Beta

This project simulates proteins of the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2) to help understand how it works. Researchers hope this will lead to better treatments and vaccines. 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
707,654
Core
GRO_A7
Status
Public
Performance data

Hardware Performance for Project 17220

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

Data as of Sunday, 02 August 2026 21:59:45

CPU PPD Averages Beta

Rank
Project 		CPU Model Logical
Processors (LP) 		PPD-PLP
AVG PPD per 1 LP 		ALL LP-PPD
(Estimated) 		Make
1 EPYC 7302 16-CORE 64 17,894 1,145,216 AMD
2 RYZEN 9 3950X 16-CORE 32 28,988 927,616 AMD
3 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 3960X 24-CORE 48 18,677 896,496 AMD
4 RYZEN 9 5950X 16-CORE 32 19,120 611,840 AMD
5 RYZEN 9 5900X 12-CORE 24 21,082 505,968 AMD
6 RYZEN 9 3900X 12-CORE 24 19,438 466,512 AMD
7 RYZEN 9 3900XT 12-CORE 24 18,825 451,800 AMD
8 RYZEN 9 3900 12-CORE 24 18,376 441,024 AMD
9 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 2970WX 24-CORE 48 8,700 417,600 AMD
10 RYZEN 7 5800X 8-CORE 16 22,957 367,312 AMD
11 CORE I9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHZ 16 20,013 320,208 Intel
12 XEON W-2175 CPU @ 2.50GHZ 28 9,265 259,420 Intel
13 XEON CPU E5-2690 V4 @ 2.60GHZ 28 8,992 251,776 Intel
14 XEON CPU E5-2680 V4 @ 2.40GHZ 28 8,184 229,152 Intel
15 11TH GEN CORE I7-11700K @ 3.60GHZ 16 12,939 207,024 Intel
16 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 1920X 12-CORE 24 8,515 204,360 AMD
17 RYZEN 7 3700X 8-CORE 16 12,709 203,344 AMD
18 XEON CPU E5-2680 V3 @ 2.50GHZ 24 7,660 183,840 Intel
19 CORE I7-10700F CPU @ 2.90GHZ 16 10,495 167,920 Intel
20 RYZEN 5 5600X 6-CORE 12 13,661 163,932 AMD
21 XEON CPU E5-2690 V2 @ 3.00GHZ 20 8,127 162,540 Intel
22 RYZEN 7 4800H 16 9,723 155,568 AMD
23 RYZEN 7 3800X 8-CORE 16 9,478 151,648 AMD
24 XEON CPU E5-2660 0 @ 2.20GHZ 32 4,292 137,344 Intel
25 CORE I7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHZ 16 8,337 133,392 Intel
26 CORE I7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHZ 8 15,309 122,472 Intel
27 RYZEN 5 3600 6-CORE 12 9,709 116,508 AMD
28 RYZEN 5 2600X SIX-CORE 12 9,265 111,180 AMD
29 CORE I5-10400F CPU @ 2.90GHZ 12 9,082 108,984 Intel
30 RYZEN 7 2700X EIGHT-CORE 16 6,354 101,664 AMD
31 CORE I7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHZ 16 6,204 99,264 Intel
32 XEON CPU E5-2620 V2 @ 2.10GHZ 24 4,015 96,360 Intel
33 CORE I7-10870H CPU @ 2.20GHZ 16 5,907 94,512 Intel
34 RYZEN 3 3100 4-CORE 8 11,654 93,232 AMD
35 CORE I7-9700T CPU @ 2.00GHZ 8 9,999 79,992 Intel
36 RYZEN 5 3500 6-CORE 6 11,343 68,058 AMD
37 CORE I7-8705G CPU @ 3.10GHZ 8 8,283 66,264 Intel
38 CORE I7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHZ 8 7,743 61,944 Intel
39 CORE I3-9100F CPU @ 3.60GHZ 4 14,949 59,796 Intel
40 CORE I7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHZ 8 6,246 49,968 Intel
41 XEON W-10855M CPU @ 2.80GHZ 12 4,153 49,836 Intel
42 CORE I5-7600 CPU @ 3.50GHZ 4 11,748 46,992 Intel
43 11TH GEN CORE I5-11400 @ 2.60GHZ 12 3,666 43,992 Intel
44 CORE I7-3840QM CPU @ 2.80GHZ 8 4,976 39,808 Intel
45 CORE I5-8300H CPU @ 2.30GHZ 8 4,831 38,648 Intel
46 CORE I5-4570S CPU @ 2.90GHZ 4 9,448 37,792 Intel
47 CORE I7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHZ 8 4,590 36,720 Intel
48 CORE I5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHZ 4 9,079 36,316 Intel
49 XEON CPU W3550 @ 3.07GHZ 8 3,821 30,568 Intel
50 CORE I5-6600K CPU @ 3.50GHZ 4 7,571 30,284 Intel
51 PHENOM II X6 1090T 6 4,601 27,606 AMD
52 XEON CPU E5-2678 V3 @ 2.50GHZ 6 4,482 26,892 Intel
53 RYZEN 5 2600 SIX-CORE 12 2,173 26,076 AMD
54 CORE I5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHZ 4 6,503 26,012 Intel
55 CORE I3-8100 CPU @ 3.60GHZ 4 5,719 22,876 Intel
56 CORE I5-6260U CPU @ 1.80GHZ 4 4,315 17,260 Intel
57 CORE2 QUAD CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHZ 4 3,549 14,196 Intel
58 CORE M3-7Y30 CPU @ 1.00GHZ 4 3,303 13,212 Intel
59 PHENOM II X4 965 4 3,031 12,124 AMD
60 CORE I5-7360U CPU @ 2.30GHZ 4 2,910 11,640 Intel
61 PENTIUM(R) CPU G4600 @ 3.60GHZ 4 2,772 11,088 Intel
62 A10-6700 APU RADEON(TM) HD GRAPHICS 4 2,256 9,024 AMD
63 CORE I5-9300H CPU @ 2.40GHZ 8 761 6,088 Intel
64 CORE2 DUO CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHZ 2 2,864 5,728 Intel