MBP

Closed weights University of Science and Technology of China (USTC),Tencent,Zhejiang University (ZJU) December 2023

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
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC),Tencent,Zhejiang University (ZJU)
Organisation type
Academia,Industry,Academia
Country
China
Published
11 December 2023
Authors
Jiaxian Yan, Zhaofeng Ye, Ziyi Yang, Chengqiang Lu, Shengyu Zhang, Qi Liu, Jiezhong Qiu

What it does

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

Domain
Biology
Task
Protein-ligand binding affinity 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
tokens

Training compute

The arithmetic performed to train the model, measured in floating-point operations. It is a measure of what the training run cost, not of how fast the finished model answers you.

Training compute
1.8 × 10¹⁸ FLOP

"We pre-trained our model on one NVIDIA A100-PCIE-40GB for about 16 h and fine-tuned for about 1 h." Assume 40% utilization and FP16 precision.

How it was established
Hardware

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
Multi-task bioassay pre-training for protein-ligand binding affinity prediction
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

What this model is

MBP was published by University of Science and Technology of China (USTC),Tencent,Zhejiang University (ZJU), in China, in December 2023. academia,Industry,Academia is the category the publisher falls under.

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

This is a closed model: the trained values stayed with whoever produced them, and there is no local version to run.

What went into building it

Producing it required around 1.8 × 10¹⁸ FLOP of arithmetic, which is a statement about the training budget rather than about inference.

Answers

MBP — common questions

01

What is MBP used for?

MBP works in Biology, and is recorded as handling protein-ligand binding affinity prediction. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

02

How much compute was used to train MBP?

Around 1.8 × 10¹⁸ FLOP. That measures what producing the model cost and says nothing about how quickly it answers once trained — inference speed comes from memory bandwidth, not from the training budget.

03

What GPU do I need to run MBP?

None. MBP 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.

04

Is MBP open source?

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

05

How many parameters does MBP have?

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

06

Who created MBP?

MBP was published by University of Science and Technology of China (USTC),Tencent,Zhejiang University (ZJU), based in China, categorised as academia,Industry,Academia.

07

When was MBP released?

MBP was published in December 2023. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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