RiboDiffusion

Open weights Beihang University,Nanjing University,Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) June 2024

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

This model's weights are open, but no parameter count has been published for it. Every memory and speed figure starts from that number, so we would rather show nothing than a fabricated estimate.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
Beihang University,Nanjing University,Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Organisation type
Academia,Academia,Academia
Country
China, Hong Kong
Published
28 June 2024
Authors
Han Huang, Ziqian Lin, Dongchen He, Liang Hong, Yu Li

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Biology
Task
RNA design

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Training data
tokens

24,322 RNA chains × 150 nucleotides per chain = 3,648,300 data points ≈ 3.648 × 10⁶ (7,322 + 17,000 = 24,322 RNA chains)

Availability

Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.

Weights
Open — downloadable
Model access
Open weights (unrestricted)
Training code
Unreleased

MIT license (the repo seems to include checkpoints and inference code only) https://github.com/ml4bio/RiboDiffusion

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Record confidence
Confident
Citations
23

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
RiboDiffusion: tertiary structure-based RNA inverse folding with generative diffusion models
Last updated
1 January 2026

What the numbers mean

Background

RiboDiffusion was published by Beihang University,Nanjing University,Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), in China, in June 2024. academia,Academia,Academia is the category the publisher falls under.

It works in Biology, and is recorded as doing rNA design.

The weights are published, so it can be downloaded and run on your own hardware indefinitely, offline, with no account attached.

Answers

RiboDiffusion — common questions

01

When was RiboDiffusion released?

RiboDiffusion was published in June 2024. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

02

What is RiboDiffusion used for?

RiboDiffusion works in Biology, and is recorded as handling rNA design. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.

03

Where can I download RiboDiffusion?

The weights for RiboDiffusion are published, though we do not hold a repository link for it. This site calculates hardware requirements rather than hosting model files.

04

What GPU do I need to run RiboDiffusion?

We cannot say. RiboDiffusion has open weights, but no parameter count has been published for it, and every memory and speed calculation starts from that number. We would rather show nothing than a fabricated estimate.

05

Is RiboDiffusion open source?

Its weights are published, so RiboDiffusion can be downloaded and run on your own hardware. Note that open weights is not the same as open source in the full sense — it says nothing about the training data, the training code, or the commercial terms attached.

06

How many parameters does RiboDiffusion have?

No parameter count has been published for RiboDiffusion, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

07

Who created RiboDiffusion?

RiboDiffusion was published by Beihang University,Nanjing University,Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), based in China, categorised as academia,Academia,Academia.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 1 January 2026

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