RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server vs Radeon E8860
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 714 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 8.28 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | Venus | GB202 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 25 January 2014 (11 years ago) | 18 March 2025 (less than a year ago) |
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 | 640 | 24064 |
| Core clock speed | 575 MHz | 1590 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 625 MHz | 2617 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 92,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | 600 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 25.00 | 1,968.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8 TFLOPS | 126 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 192 |
| TMUs | 40 | 752 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 752 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 188 |
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 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 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 | 2 GB | 96 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 512 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1125 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB/s | 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 mini-DisplayPort | 4x DisplayPort 2.1b |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.4 |
| CUDA | - | 12.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 January 2014 | 18 March 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 96 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | 600 Watt |
Radeon E8860 has 1521.6% lower power consumption.
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon E8860 and RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon E8860 is a notebook graphics card while RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server is a workstation one.
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