RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell vs RTX 5880 Ada Generation

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared RTX 5880 Ada Generation and RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 5880 Ada Generation
2024
48 GB GDDR6, 285 Watt
59.69

RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell outperforms RTX 5880 Ada Generation by a significant 20% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4522
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.83
Power efficiency14.938.48
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameAD102GB202
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date5 January 2024 (1 year ago)18 March 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$8,565

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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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 cores1408024064
Core clock speed975 MHz1590 MHz
Boost clock speed2460 MHz2617 MHz
Number of transistors76,300 million92,200 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)285 Watt600 Watt
Texture fill rate1,0821,968
Floating-point processing power69.27 TFLOPS126 TFLOPS
ROPs176192
TMUs440752
Tensor Cores440752
Ray Tracing Cores110188

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 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length267 mm304 mm
Width2-slot2-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 typeGDDR6GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount48 GB96 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth864.0 GB/s1.79 TB/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 Connectors4x DisplayPort 1.4a4x DisplayPort 2.1b

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
Vulkan1.31.4
CUDA8.912.0
DLSS++

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RTX 5880 Ada Generation 59.69
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 71.35
+19.5%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 5880 Ada Generation 23750
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 28386
+19.5%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 59.69 71.35
Recency 5 January 2024 18 March 2025
Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 96 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 285 Watt 600 Watt

RTX 5880 Ada Generation has 110.5% lower power consumption.

RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, on the other hand, has a 19.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX 5880 Ada Generation in performance tests.

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