RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell vs GeForce RTX 5090

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1not rated
Place by popularity13not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation11.23no data
Power efficiency12.29no data
ArchitectureBlackwell 2.0 (2025)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGB202GB203
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date30 January 2025 (less than a year ago)18 March 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,999 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores217608960
Core clock speed2017 MHz1590 MHz
Boost clock speed2407 MHz2617 MHz
Number of transistors92,200 million45,600 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)575 Watt140 Watt
Texture fill rate1,637732.8
Floating-point processing power104.8 TFLOPS46.9 TFLOPS
ROPs17696
TMUs680280
Tensor Cores680280
Ray Tracing Cores17070

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).

InterfacePCIe 5.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length304 mm241 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pin1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR7GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount32 GB24 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth1.79 TB/s672.0 GB/s
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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b4x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.86.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.41.4
CUDA12.012.0
DLSS++

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 January 2025 18 March 2025
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 24 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 575 Watt 140 Watt

RTX 5090 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month, and 310.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 5090 is a desktop card while RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell is a workstation one.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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