Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme GPU vs RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) | RDNA 3.5 (2024−2025) |
| GPU code name | GB202 | Strix Point |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 18 March 2025 (less than a year ago) | 2025 (recently) |
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 | 14080 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 1590 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2617 MHz | 2700 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 92,200 million | 34,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 28 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1,151 | 172.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 73.69 TFLOPS | 5.53 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 176 | 48 |
| TMUs | 440 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | 440 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 110 | 16 |
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 5.0 x16 | no data |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-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 | GDDR7 | LPDDR5X |
| Maximum RAM amount | 48 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 1.34 TB/s | 256.0 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 Connectors | 4x DisplayPort 2.1b | 1x USB Type-C |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 48 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 28 Watt |
RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.
Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme GPU, on the other hand, has a 25% more advanced lithography process, and 971.4% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell and Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme GPU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell is a workstation graphics card while Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme GPU is a desktop one.
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