In context: Nvidia announced the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell workstation GPU, then quietly released it earlier this month. Although it launched without an official review program, a few hardware enthusiasts tested the card and shared benchmarks highlighting its performance.
Redditor Privaterbok tested the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell using several benchmarking tools, including 3DMark Time Spy, Time Spy Extreme, Steel Nomad, Port Royal, and Geekbench 6. The card scored 51,776 in Time Spy and 28,009 in Time Spy Extreme at stock settings. With a moderate 350Hz GPU overclock, those scores increased to 54,300 and 30,019, respectively.
Compared to the top RTX 5090 results in 3DMark's database, the stock RTX Pro 6000 scores average 10 to 15 percent higher than a stock 5090 but are five to 10 percent lower than an overclocked one. Even overclocked, the 6000 remained about five percent slower than an overclocked 5090 in Time Spy. In most other tests, the two cards delivered similar performance, with the 6000 edging out a one-percent lead in Time Spy Extreme.
YouTube channel Level1Techs also tested the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell using benchmarks relevant to professional and workstation workloads. It also ran Cyberpunk 2077, where the card averaged 126 fps at 4K, with DLSS set to auto and the Ultra ray tracing preset enabled.
Although the benchmarks suggest the RTX Pro 6000 could outperform the RTX 5090 in many games, gamers are not Nvidia's target market with this card. The company positions it as an ultra-high-end workstation GPU, even though it uses the same chip as the RTX 5090.
Despite sharing the same GPU, the two cards differ in several key areas. The RTX Pro 6000 features significantly more VRAM – 96GB versus the 5090's 32GB – and 24,064 CUDA cores, nine percent more than the 5090's 21,760. It also has a higher max power draw of 600 watts than the 5090's 575-watt board power limit.
Unfortunately, the high-end specs carry a massive price tag, with most RTX Pro 6000 models selling between $8,000 and $11,000 online. Given the cost, gamers will likely avoid this card, leaving the RTX 5090 as the top gaming GPU for the foreseeable future.
Nvidia's RTX Pro 6000 quietly beats the RTX 5090 in early benchmarks, at triple the cost
