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Research: COVID-19 Folding Project #17247

Project #17247 overview

Project Summary AI Beta

This project simulates proteins of the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2). Researchers hope this will help understand how the virus works and develop new treatments. 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
707,654
Core
GRO_A8
Status
Public
Performance data

Hardware Performance for Project 17247

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

Data as of Sunday, 02 August 2026 21:59:27

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 5950X 16-CORE 32 25,492 815,744 AMD
2 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 3960X 24-CORE 48 15,331 735,888 AMD
3 RYZEN 9 3950X 16-CORE 32 21,642 692,544 AMD
4 XEON CPU E5-2680 V3 @ 2.50GHZ 24 12,741 305,784 Intel
5 RYZEN 9 3900XT 12-CORE 24 12,416 297,984 AMD
6 RYZEN 5 3600 6-CORE 12 20,180 242,160 AMD
7 XEON W-10855M CPU @ 2.80GHZ 12 7,800 93,600 Intel
8 CORE I5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHZ 4 9,602 38,408 Intel
9 CORE I5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GHZ 4 6,639 26,556 Intel