Calculation time examples

GFN2-xTB calculations

Molecule Opt. time Freq. time
Caffeine (24 atoms) < 2 CPU-seconds 6 CPU-seconds
Strychnine (47 atoms) 11 CPU-seconds 27 CPU-seconds
$\beta$-carotene (96 atoms) 39 CPU-seconds 133 CPU-seconds

HF and DFT calculations

  • Caffeine (24 atoms) single-point energy with HF/def2-SVP: 129 CPU-seconds
  • Caffeine (24 atoms) single-point energy with M06-2X/def2-SVP: 369 CPU-seconds