RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell vs Quadro Plex 7000
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 4 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 2.94 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 12.71 |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025−2026) |
| GPU code name | GF110 | GB202 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 25 July 2011 (14 years ago) | 18 March 2025 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $14,999 | $8,565 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
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 | 512 ×2 | 24064 |
| Core clock speed | 574 MHz | 1590 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2617 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 92,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 600 Watt | 600 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 36.74 ×2 | 1,968 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.176 TFLOPS ×2 | 126 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 ×2 | 192 |
| TMUs | 64 ×2 | 752 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 752 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 188 |
| L1 Cache | 1 MB | 23.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | 128 MB |
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 2.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 522 mm | 304 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB ×2 | 96 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit ×2 | 512 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 144.0 GB/s ×2 | 1.79 TB/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 | 4x DVI, 2x S-Video | 4x DisplayPort 2.1b |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.4 |
| CUDA | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 July 2011 | 18 March 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 96 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 5 nm |
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell has an age advantage of 13 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro Plex 7000 and RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell. We've got no test results to judge.
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