The new NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition, equipped with 96 GB of video memory, has demonstrated exceptional performance not only in professional workloads but also in gaming. Although designed primarily for workstation use, early adopters have compared it directly to the top-tier GeForce RTX 5090 in gaming scenarios.
Superior Specs and Performance
The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell is built on the GB202 GPU, featuring 24,064 CUDA cores—a notable increase over the 21,760 cores in the RTX 5090. It also draws more power, with a 600W TDP compared to the 5090’s 575W.
Reddit user Privaterbok benchmarked the GPU in both stock and lightly overclocked configurations (CPU and memory). Here are the results:
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Time Spy: 51,776 / 54,300
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Time Spy Extreme: 28,009 / 30,019
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Steel Nomad: 16,080 / 16,804
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Portal Royal: 39,938 / 42,374
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Geekbench 6
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OpenCL: 410,031 / 434,166
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Vulkan: 412,310 / 431,723
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At stock settings, the RTX PRO 6000 outperformed the RTX 5090 by 9–10%, and after light overclocking, the lead increased to 14%.
Real-World Gaming Results
Despite its professional focus, the RTX PRO 6000 delivers impressive gaming performance. For instance, in Cyberpunk 2077 at 4K resolution, maximum graphics settings, RTX Ultra ray tracing, and DLSS 4 (Auto mode), it achieved:
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127 FPS average
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92 FPS with ray tracing enabled
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34 FPS with DLSS disabled
Limitations and Cost
The RTX PRO 6000 comes with certain limitations. It requires specialized workstation drivers, which means it lacks support for GeForce Game Ready features and gaming-specific optimizations. Still, its raw power allows it to perform exceptionally well even in graphically demanding titles.
However, this performance comes at a price: the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition retails for around $8,000, making it significantly more expensive than the RTX 5090.