RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell vs GeForce GTX 1050
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 418 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 24 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 11.02 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 11.89 | no data |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | GP107 | GB202 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 25 October 2016 (8 years ago) | 18 March 2025 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $109 | $8,565 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 640 | 24064 |
| Core clock speed | 1290 MHz | 1590 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1392 MHz | 2617 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,300 million | 92,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 600 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 58.20 | 1,968 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.862 TFLOPS | 126 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 192 |
| TMUs | 40 | 752 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 752 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 188 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 145 mm | 304 mm |
| Height | 4.38" (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 300 Watt | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 16-pin |
| SLI | - | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 96 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 512 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1752 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 1.79 TB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI | 4x DisplayPort 2.1b |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| HDCP | 2.2 | - |
| G-SYNC support | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| GameStream | + | - |
| GPU Boost | 3.0 | no data |
| VR Ready | + | no data |
| Ansel | + | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.4 |
| CUDA | + | 12.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 October 2016 | 18 March 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 96 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 600 Watt |
GTX 1050 has 700% lower power consumption.
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 and RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 is a desktop card while RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell is a workstation one.
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