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Research: COVID-19 Folding Project #17232

Project #17232 overview

Project Summary AI Beta

Scientists are using computer simulations to study proteins from the COVID-19 virus. This project helps researchers understand how the virus works and could lead to 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
83,471
Core
GRO_A7
Status
Public
Performance data

Hardware Performance for Project 17232

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

Data as of Sunday, 02 August 2026 21:59:36

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 24,019 768,608 AMD
2 RYZEN 7 5800X 8-CORE 16 24,942 399,072 AMD
3 RYZEN 9 5950X 16-CORE 32 11,034 353,088 AMD
4 RYZEN 7 3700X 8-CORE 16 9,527 152,432 AMD
5 XEON CPU E5-2690 V4 @ 2.60GHZ 28 5,093 142,604 Intel
6 RYZEN 5 3600 6-CORE 12 9,250 111,000 AMD
7 RYZEN 5 2600X SIX-CORE 12 8,785 105,420 AMD
8 CORE I7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHZ 12 7,567 90,804 Intel
9 11TH GEN CORE I5-11400 @ 2.60GHZ 12 5,330 63,960 Intel
10 CORE I7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHZ 12 4,820 57,840 Intel
11 RYZEN 5 2600 SIX-CORE 12 3,159 37,908 AMD
12 CORE I5-7600 CPU @ 3.50GHZ 4 6,476 25,904 Intel
13 CORE I3-6100 CPU @ 3.70GHZ 4 5,985 23,940 Intel
14 CORE I5-4278U CPU @ 2.60GHZ 4 5,542 22,168 Intel
15 CORE I5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHZ 4 3,729 14,916 Intel
16 CORE I5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHZ 4 3,679 14,716 Intel
17 CORE2 DUO CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHZ 2 724 1,448 Intel