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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 leads on 1 of 2 shared benchmarks (3% in PassMark G3D Mark); the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell takes 1 (34% in 3DMark Steel Nomad). On Llama 3.1 70B, the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell generates 30.5 tokens/s (per llm-tracker) against 27.5 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (per DatabaseMart), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell. Both released in 2025. MSRP range: $1,999 · $8,499. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell
vram gb 3296
vram type GDDR7—
tdp w 575300
cuda cores 2176020480

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from TechPowerUp, 3DMark, Overclocking.com, Tom's Hardware, TechSpot, StorageReview and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, 3DMark		 41,238 points—
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark		 15,488 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 11,906 points15,939 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (4K) (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 14,133 points—
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, TechSpot, 3DMark		 39,365 pts51,776 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: TechSpot		 —28,009 points
Blender Benchmark - Classroom (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview		 —4,041 samples/min
Blender Benchmark - Junkshop (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview		 —4,159 samples/min
Blender Benchmark - Monster (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview		 —7,870 samples/min
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,412 pts—
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 38,935 pts37,970 points
Procyon AI Text Generation - Llama2 (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview		 —8,008 points

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 or the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 leads on 1 of 2 shared benchmarks (3% in PassMark G3D Mark); the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell takes 1 (34% in 3DMark Steel Nomad).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On Llama 3.1 70B, the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell generates 30.5 tokens/s (per llm-tracker) against 27.5 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (per DatabaseMart), best community run on file for each.

What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 launched at a $1,999 MSRP and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell at $8,499. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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