FABind

Closed weights Renmin University of China,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Microsoft Research AI for Science,University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) January 2024

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

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
Renmin University of China,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Microsoft Research AI for Science,University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Organisation type
Academia,Academia,Industry,Academia
Country
China, United States of America
Published
9 January 2024
Authors
Qizhi Pei, Kaiyuan Gao, Lijun Wu, Jinhua Zhu, Yingce Xia, Shufang Xie, Tao Qin, Kun He, Tie-Yan Liu, Rui Yan

What it does

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

Domain
Biology
Task
Protein-ligand contact prediction

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
6,746,610 tokens
Epochs
500

The training run

What it physically took to train: which chips, how many, for how long, and what that drew from the wall.

Training hardware
NVIDIA V100
Chips used
8
Power draw
4.8 kW

How it is classified

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

Record confidence
Likely

Sources

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

Reference
FABind: Fast and Accurate Protein-Ligand Binding
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Where it came from

FABind was published by Renmin University of China,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Microsoft Research AI for Science,University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), in China, in January 2024. The organisation is categorised as academia,Academia,Industry,Academia.

It works in Biology, and is recorded as doing protein-ligand contact prediction.

Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.

Training and provenance

Around 6,746,610 tokens went into training it.

Answers

FABind — common questions

01

Is FABind open source?

The licensing for FABind was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

02

How many parameters does FABind have?

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

03

Who created FABind?

FABind was published by Renmin University of China,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Microsoft Research AI for Science,University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), based in China, categorised as academia,Academia,Industry,Academia.

04

When was FABind released?

FABind was published in January 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.

05

What is FABind used for?

FABind works in Biology, and is recorded as handling protein-ligand contact prediction. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.

06

What GPU do I need to run FABind?

None. FABind is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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