# Force Prediction on MD17 Salicylic acid

Source: [Force Prediction on MD17 Salicylic acid](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/force-prediction-on-md17-salicylic-acid>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-02-26T05:49:30.794Z

Evaluation of model performance on predicting atomic forces for the Salicylic acid molecule subset from the MD17 dataset.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Force Prediction |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | MD17 Salicylic acid |
| Metric | MAE (kcal/mol/Å) |
| Unit | OTHER |
| Direction | Lower is better |
| Results loaded | 15 of 15 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [MAE (kcal/mol/Å)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/force-prediction-on-md17-salicylic-acid.md?metric=MAE%20(kcal%2Fmol%2F%C3%85)>): Lower is better; unit: OTHER.

## Recorded results

| Method | MAE (kcal/mol/Å) | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GDML | 0.03 | Not recorded | 68fa3a9a1e209131ce8cbe9b |
| PhysNet-ens5 | 0.03 | Not recorded | 68fa3a9a1e209131ce8cbe9b |
| PhysNet | 0.04 | Not recorded | 68fa3a9a1e209131ce8cbe9b |
| Allegro | 0.0669 | Not recorded | 68fa754f1e209131cea6703d |
| MACE | 0.0715 | Not recorded | 68fa754f1e209131cea6703d |
| 2F-Dis. | 0.086 | Not recorded | 68fa754f1e209131cea6703d |
| SchNet | 0.19 | Not recorded | 68fa3a9a1e209131ce8cbe9b |
| PaiNN | 0.195 | Not recorded | 68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863 |
| PaiNN | 0.209 | Not recorded | 68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863 |
| FCHL19 | 0.221 | Not recorded | 68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863 |
| NequIP | 0.238 | Not recorded | 68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863 |
| sGDML | 0.28 | Not recorded | 68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863 |
| PhysNet | 0.337 | Not recorded | 68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863 |
| DimeNet | 0.374 | Not recorded | 68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863 |
| SchNet | 0.85 | Not recorded | 68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863 |

### GDML

MAE (kcal/mol/Å): 0.03. Result ID: 698b97de7a967eddb76fde2b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3a9a1e209131ce8cbe9b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Training Supervision":"forces only","Training Set Size":"50k"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PhysNet-ens5

MAE (kcal/mol/Å): 0.03. Result ID: 698b97de7a967eddb76fde2e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3a9a1e209131ce8cbe9b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3a9a1e209131ce8cbe9b.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/MeuwlyGroup/PhysNet>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Training Supervision":"energies and forces","Training Set Size":"50k","Evaluation Mode":"ensemble of five models"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PhysNet

MAE (kcal/mol/Å): 0.04. Result ID: 698b97de7a967eddb76fde2d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3a9a1e209131ce8cbe9b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3a9a1e209131ce8cbe9b.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/MeuwlyGroup/PhysNet>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Training Supervision":"energies and forces","Training Set Size":"50k","Evaluation Mode":"averaged over five runs"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Allegro

MAE (kcal/mol/Å): 0.0669. Result ID: 6993879a3a6c314849169bae.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa754f1e209131cea6703d.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa41811e209131ce8fb6e8.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MACE

MAE (kcal/mol/Å): 0.0715. Result ID: 6993879a3a6c314849169bad.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa754f1e209131cea6703d.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa43761e209131ce90a233.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/ACEsuit/mace>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### 2F-Dis.

MAE (kcal/mol/Å): 0.086. Result ID: 6993879a3a6c314849169baf.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa754f1e209131cea6703d.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa754f1e209131cea6703d.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/GraphPKU/DisGNN>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"k":2}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SchNet

MAE (kcal/mol/Å): 0.19. Result ID: 698b97de7a967eddb76fde2c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3a9a1e209131ce8cbe9b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa36ec1e209131ce8ae0cf.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Training Supervision":"energies and forces","Training Set Size":"50k"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PaiNN

MAE (kcal/mol/Å): 0.195. Result ID: 698c5d7437894ef7d9cddd3b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Training Supervision":"forces only"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PaiNN

MAE (kcal/mol/Å): 0.209. Result ID: 698c5d7437894ef7d9cddd40.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Training Supervision":"energies & forces"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### FCHL19

MAE (kcal/mol/Å): 0.221. Result ID: 698c5d7437894ef7d9cddd3f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3b7d1e209131ce8d307d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Training Supervision":"energies & forces"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### NequIP

MAE (kcal/mol/Å): 0.238. Result ID: 698c5d7437894ef7d9cddd3a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa41ba1e209131ce8fd078.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Training Supervision":"forces only"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### sGDML

MAE (kcal/mol/Å): 0.28. Result ID: 698c5d7437894ef7d9cddd39.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa38671e209131ce8ba4cf.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Training Supervision":"forces only"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PhysNet

MAE (kcal/mol/Å): 0.337. Result ID: 698c5d7437894ef7d9cddd3d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3a9a1e209131ce8cbe9b.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/MeuwlyGroup/PhysNet>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Training Supervision":"energies & forces"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DimeNet

MAE (kcal/mol/Å): 0.374. Result ID: 698c5d7437894ef7d9cddd3e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa416c1e209131ce8faf68.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Training Supervision":"energies & forces"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SchNet

MAE (kcal/mol/Å): 0.85. Result ID: 698c5d7437894ef7d9cddd3c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f321e209131ce8eb863.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa36ec1e209131ce8ae0cf.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Training Supervision":"energies & forces"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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