NVIDIA's New RTX PRO 6000 Shocks in Gaming
Think of a graphics card designed for the most demanding professional loads – think huge datasets and deep simulations. Now imagine that same card being able to actually outperform NVIDIA's high-end gaming GPU, the RTX 5090, in your go-to games. That's the shocking tale unfolding around the new NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition.
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition
More Cores, More Power.
This industry behemoth, boasting a whopping 96GB of VRAM on its résumé, wasn't necessarily built to slay virtual dragons. But early owners simply couldn't resist pitting it against the RTX 5090 behemoth in more "regular" applications – like gaming benchmarks. And the findings are raising eyebrows.
Beneath its lid, the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell contains a GB202 graphics processor with 24,064 CUDA cores up from the 21,760 of the RTX 5090. It's also slightly power-hungrier, using 600 watts to the 5090's 575 watts. One Redditor, Privaterbok, shared some intriguing numbers after spooling up the card to its stock settings as well as a conservative CPU and memory overclock.
Benchmark Showdown (Stock / Overclocked)
- Time Spy: 51,776 / 54,300
- Time Spy Extreme: 28,009 / 30,019
- Steel Nomad: 16,080 / 16,804
- Portal Royal: 39,938 / 42,374
- Geekbench 6 (OpenCL): 410,031 / 434,166
- Geekbench 6 (Vulkan): 412,310 / 431,723
What does that translate to. At native speeds, the RTX PRO 6000 was reported to be 9-10% faster than the RTX 5090. After overclocking, that gap expanded to an astonishing 15%.
But What About Real-World Gaming.
Now, before you proceed and save up for this pro card on your gaming rig, there are some downsides. The RTX PRO 6000 needs specialized drivers. That means it sacrifices a lot of the game-specific capabilities and GeForce Game Ready optimizations gaming cards have the privilege of experiencing. Nevertheless, its sheer might eventually reaches you.
Take Cyberpunk 2077, for example. At 4K, max settings, ray tracing turned up to RTX Ultra, and DLSS 4 on Auto, the card supposedly averaged 127 frames per second. Even when path tracing was engaged, it kept a respectable 92 fps. Turn off DLSS 4, and it still managed 34 fps – not bad for a card that wasn't necessarily built for this.
The Catch: A Stunning Price
Here's the wake-up call: the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition retails based on its professional lineage – around $8,000. That's a whole heck of a lot more than what you would typically pay for an RTX 5090.
So, sure, it's wonderful to see a workstation GPU flex its muscles in the gaming arena and even shine in pure benchmark tests, but it's not really a practical choice for the majority of gamers. However, it's a sign of how much grunt NVIDIA is injecting in its new Blackwell architecture.
Source: Reddit
