Macrumors Folding Team Update

[lssmit02]

Just to update the forum, there is a small but hardy group of us that continue to contribute to the folding@home project under the Macrumors.com team (team number 3446). We're currently in the 123rd spot for all teams, but will likely move up a few places in the coming months, assuming that our production levels hold. If you have any computer cycles to spare, would love to have you join us. BTW, I'm folding using the version 8 Beta, which runs natively on Apple Silicon.

 

[iAssimilated]

Not intended to hijack this thread, but I am curious if anyone is running folding@home on Apple Silicon and what is your experience? I'm interested in your Mac model, folding intensity, and CPU temperatures (and if you find you need to manually adjust the CPU fan speeds).

 

[iAssimilated]

We will pass Team Mac OS X in the next couple of days... can we do it faster 🤟

 

[ingenious]

Replying to this old thread to echo @lssmit02 —we are still here!

 

[MacCheetah3]

After a hiatus, I’m back.

https://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=1204393

Not intended to hijack this thread, but I am curious if anyone is running folding@home on Apple Silicon and what is your experience? I'm interested in your Mac model, folding intensity, and CPU temperatures (and if you find you need to manually adjust the CPU fan speeds).

Mac mini (2024) - M4 Pro
— By default, Folding@Home only assigns enough threads and opts for the performance cores. For the M4 Pro with 14-core CPU and 20-core GPU, that’s 10 cores/threads.



Temps:
~ 100 - 105 ºC on the performance cores
~ 74 - 79 ºC on the efficiency cores
~ 96 ºC average core temperature
~ 3150 RPM max fan speed (automatic
— I don’t see a need to increase/max fan speed. I’ve done fairly extensive performance testing, which also equates to numerous hours of ‘punishing’ workloads already. And all seems fine yet.