RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF vs Quadro M6000 24 GB
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 224 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.17 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 8.57 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | GM200 | GB203 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 5 March 2016 (9 years ago) | 11 August 2025 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $4,999 | no data |
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 | 3072 | 8960 |
| Core clock speed | 988 MHz | 790 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1114 MHz | 1337 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | 45,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 70 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 285.2 | 374.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 6.844 TFLOPS | 23.96 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 96 | 96 |
| TMUs | 256 | 280 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 280 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 70 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x8 |
| Length | 267 mm | 167 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | None |
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 | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1653 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 317.4 GB/s | 432.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort | 4x mini-DisplayPort 2.1b |
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 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.4 |
| CUDA | 5.2 | 12.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 March 2016 | 11 August 2025 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 70 Watt |
RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF has an age advantage of 9 years, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 257.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro M6000 24 GB and RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF. We've got no test results to judge.
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