NVIDIA's RTX PRO 6000 "Blackwell" GPU would be a beast of a workstation graphics card with over 24 thousand CUDA cores and 96 GB VRAM.
NVIDIA Goes All Out For Workstation With Blackwell RTX PRO: Flagship RTX PRO 6000 Packs 24,064 Cores & 96 GB VRAM
Yesterday, we reported that NVIDIA was working on its next-gen Blackwell Workstation graphics card under the "RTX PRO" lineup. The flagship within this lineup is going to be the RTX PRO 6000 and while we had preliminary information that came out initially, now we have the proper specs.
The latest leak comes from a listing by Leadtek, which has now unearthed the first official specs of this beast of a product. Starting with the core configuration, you will be getting 188 SMs out of the total 192 SMs on the GB202 GPU. This is still not a fully enabled chip, but it's far better than what we got for the gaming-oriented RTX 5090.
NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition - Blackwell GPU
- 24,064 CUDA Cores
- 752 Tensor Cores
- 188 RT Cores
- 96GB DDR7 Memory with ECC
- 600W https://t.co/MhxxgDzSc5 pic.twitter.com/ss07xVeyXW— 포시포시 (@harukaze5719) March 8, 2025
The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 "Blackwell" will get a total of 24,064 cores, which is 10.5% more than the RTX 5090 at 21,760 cores. In addition to the core count, the chip will also pack 752 tensor cores and 188 RT cores. But the biggest upgrade over the RTX 5090 will be its insane memory capacity.
Unlike the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, which features 32 GB GDDR7 memory across a 512-bit bus interface, the RTX PRO 6000 "Blackwell" will get 96 GB of GDDR7 (ECC) memory across a 384-bit bus. You can only reach 96 GB VRAM with a 384-bit bus, as a 512-bit bus only gets you up to 32, 64 or 128 GB. NVIDIA will be using a total of 24 GDDR7 memory modules, each holding 4 GB capacity to reach 96 GB VRAM. We don't know the speeds which this memory will be configured at, but we can expect at least 28 Gbps speeds.
As for the TBP, the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 will be rated at 600W, which is the full capacity allowed by a single 12V-2x6 16-pin power interface. Cooling such a beastly card would require loads of work and NVIDIA's thermal engineering team has repurposed the dual-fan and dual-slot cooler to meet the needs of this card. The listing also confirms that the launch is close by, so expect more information in the coming weeks.
Lastly, in terms of pricing, expect this workstation behemoth to cost anywhere around $10-$15K or even higher. Canadian retailer Direct Dial is currently listing the card for CAD 11,933 or around $8300 US. This is over four times more than the RTX 5090's MSRP, though in reality, the RTX 5090 costs around $3000 US, which still makes the RTX PRO 6000 "Blackwell" over two times more expensive.
NVIDIA Workstation Graphics Card Lineup:
| Graphics Card | RTX PRO 6000 | RTX 6000 Ada | RTX A6000 | Quadro RTX 8000 | Quadro RTX 6000 | Quadro GV100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU | Blackwell GPU | Ada Lovelace GPU | Ampere GPU | Turing GPU | Turing GPU | Volta GPU |
| GPU SKU | GB202 | AD102 | GA102 | TU102 | TU102 | GV100 |
| GPU Process | 5nm | 5nm | 8nm | 12nm | 12nm | 12nm |
| Die Size | 750mm2 | 608mm2 | 628mm² | 754mm² | 754mm² | 815mm² |
| GPU Cores | 24064 Cores | 18176 Cores | 10752 Cores | 4608 Cores | 4608 Cores | 5120 Cores |
| Tensor Cores | 752 Cores | 568 Cores | 656 Cores | 576 Cores | 576 Cores | 640 Cores |
| Boost Clock | TBD | 2.50 GHz | 1.80 GHz | 1.77 GHz | 1.77 GHz | 1.62 GHz |
| Single Precision | 125.0 TFLOPs | 91.1 TFLOPs | 38.7 TFLOPs | 16.31 TFLOPs | 16.31 TFLOPs | 16.66 TFLOPs |
| Ray Tracing Spec | TBD | 210.6 TFLOPs | 75.4 TFLOPs | 10 GigaRays/Sec | 10 GigaRays/Sec | N/A |
| VRAM | 96 GB GDDR7 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR6 | 32 GB HBM2 |
| NVLINK VRAM | N/A | N/A | 96 GB With NVLINK | 96 GB With NVLINK | 48 GB With NVLINK | N/A |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 384-bit | 384-bit | 384-bit | 384-bit | 4096-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1.8 TB/s | 960 GB/s | 768 GB/s | 672 GB/s | 672 GB/s | 870 GB/s |
| TDP | 600W 300W (Max-Q) | 300W | 300W | ~225W | ~200W | 250W |
| Launch Price | TBD | $6800 US | $4650 US | $10000 US | $6300 US | $9000 US |
| Launch Date | 2025 | Q1 2023 | Q4 2020 | Q4 2018 | Q4 2018 | 2018 |
News Sources: Harukaze5719, Mark Brown
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