Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell vs GeForce RTX 5090

We compared two discrete desktop graphics cards: the Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell 96 GB with 188 pipelines and 24064 shaders against the 1 year and 3 months older GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB that utilizes 170 pipelines and 21760 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
96 GB GDDR7
VS
32 GB GDDR7
4.5
(Bad)
Value Index
19.6
(Bad)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 5090 over RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell
  • 20% higher maximum theoretical performance (126 vs 104.8 TFLOPS)
  • Includes 64 GB more video memory
  • Supports error correction code (ECC) memory
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5090
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
  • Shows 6% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 207 vs 196 FPS

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
309
235
215
175
336
247
233
187
The Witcher 3
343
311
216
116
364
327
237
123
Counter-Strike 2
362
263
203
93
363
265
202
99
Far Cry 6
221
198
185
112
237
202
190
121
Hogwarts Legacy
235
189
150
89
249
199
166
97
CoD: Modern Warfare III
305
296
252
176
334
322
260
184
Ghost of Tsushima
206
170
158
107
221
185
175
113
Cyberpunk 2077
253
221
160
71
261
233
160
77
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
319
298
224
121
329
302
238
128
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 284 299
1080p Ultra 242 254
1440p Ultra 196 207
4K Ultra 118 125
Margin of Error High Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Time Spy 42614 46873
Solar Bay 255911 236689
Port Royal 39888 38202
Fire Strike 75325 87569
Wild Life Extreme 110070 108751
Night Raid 214655 206648
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur 366.1 img/sec 333 img/sec
Face Detection 248 img/sec 298.5 img/sec
Horizon Detection 23.3 Gpixels/sec 21.7 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 35.2 Gpixels/sec 33.7 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 45 Gpixels/sec 34.5 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 2.47 Gpixels/sec 2.53 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 3040 Gpixels/sec 2850 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 42574.6 FPS 59146.9 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
G2D Mark 1391 1410
DirectX 11 339 FPS 341 FPS
DirectX 12 154 FPS 179 FPS
GPU Compute 26607 Ops/s 24360 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6]264 & 10378 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
16759.84
15058.41
Sources: Blender [9], [10]280 & 3165 samples

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
RTX 5090 +10%
81080
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) 16903 18948
Image Segmentation (HP) 48518 55109
Image Super Resolution (Q) 54618 58478
Face Detection (HP) 103224 114685
Pose Estimation (Q) 338587 344729
Text Classification (SP) 3894 4464
Machine Translation (HP) 7291 8184
Object Detection (SP) 26498 27802
Depth Estimation (Q) 90853 85572
Style Transfer (SP) 635289 687080
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell and GeForce RTX 5090

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released March 18, 2026 January 7, 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $8559 $1999
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Professional Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
GPU Codename GB202-300-A1 GB202-300
Recommended CPU - AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D or above - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K or above
Desktop GPU rating (1st and 2nd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1590 MHz 2017 MHz
Boost Clock 2617 MHz 2407 MHz
Shading Units 24064 21760
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 752 680
Render Output Units (ROPs) 190 176
Compute Units (Pipelines) 188 170
Tensor Cores 752 680
Ray-tracing Cores 188 170
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 128MB shared 96MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 497 GPixel/s 424 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 1968 GTexel/s 1637 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
126 TFLOPS
104.8 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 600 W 575 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 4 nm
Die Size 750 mm² 750 mm²
Transistor Count 92.2 billion 92.2 billion
Transistor Density 122.93 MTr/mm² 122.93 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR7 GDDR7
Memory Size 96 GB 32 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 28000 Mbps 28000 Mbps
Bus 512-bit 512-bit
ECC Yes No
Memory Bandwidth
1792 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12.2
Vulkan 1.4 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 12 12.0
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 4
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1b

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