RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell vs Radeon Pro Duo

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro Duo and RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Pro Duo
2016
8 GB High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), 350 Watt
20.78

RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell outperforms Pro Duo by a whopping 314% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2856
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.025.87
Power efficiency4.20no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameCapsaicinGB202
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Designreferenceno data
Release date26 April 2016 (9 years ago)18 March 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 $8,565

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell has 17% better value for money than Pro Duo.

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 cores4096 ×224064
Compute units128no data
Core clock speedno data1590 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz2617 MHz
Number of transistors8,900 million92,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt600 Watt
Texture fill rate256.0 ×21,968
Floating-point processing power8.192 TFLOPS ×2126 TFLOPS
ROPs64 ×2192
TMUs256 ×2752
Tensor Coresno data752
Ray Tracing Coresno data188

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length277 mm304 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors3x 8-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 typeHigh Bandwidth Memory (HBM)GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount8 GB ×296 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit ×2512 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s ×21.79 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort4x DisplayPort 2.1b
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI+-
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration+-
CrossFire+-
Enduro+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
PowerTune+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
ZeroCore+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.06.8
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan+1.4
Mantle+-
CUDA-12.0
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.

Pro Duo 20.78
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 85.96
+314%

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.

Pro Duo 8298
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 34320
+314%

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 20.78 85.96
Recency 26 April 2016 18 March 2025
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 96 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 600 Watt

Pro Duo has 71.4% lower power consumption.

RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, on the other hand, has a 313.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro Duo in performance tests.

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