NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell
For running models locally, priced in Germany. At 32k context the first runs 29 models fully in memory, the second 41.
In short
The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell has more memory for models: 96 GB against 32 GB. At 32k context the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell runs 41 of the models we track fully in memory and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 29; only the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell holds DeepSeek V4 Flash. On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell are about as fast as each other (estimated). In Germany the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 costs 6.028 € at Amazon and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 19.076 € at eBay: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is 13.048 € cheaper.
Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.
Specifications
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce RTX 5090 | RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell |
| Memory | 32 GB GDDR7 | 96 GB GDDR7 |
| Memory bus | 512-bit | 512-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,792 GB/s | 1,792 GB/s |
| FP16 compute | 209 TFLOPS | 504 TFLOPS |
| Software | CUDA | CUDA |
| Board power | 575 W | 600 W |
| PCIe generation | Gen 5 | Gen 5 |
| PCIe lanes | x16 | x16 |
What each runs
Estimated decode speed with the most precise quant that fits each one est.
| Model | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | won't run | 69tok/sUD-Q2_K_XL |
| Qwen 3.8 Flash Next | won't run | 21tok/sUD-Q3_K_XL |
| Qwen 3.8 27B | 35tok/sQ8_0 | 35tok/sQ8_0 |
| MiniMax M2.7 | won't run | 56tok/sUD-Q2_K_XL |
| Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B | offload | 81tok/sQ5_K_M |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | 36tok/sQ8_0 | 36tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 31B | 39tok/sQ6_K | 31tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3 Coder Next | offload | 133tok/sQ8_0 |
| Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B | offload | 79tok/sUD-Q4_K_M |
| gpt-oss 120B | won't run | 154tok/sMXFP4 |
| Mistral Small 4 119B | offload | 101tok/sUD-Q6_K |
| Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B | 210tok/sUD-Q6_K | 175tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | 36tok/sQ8_0 | 36tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 26B-A4B | 132tok/sQ8_0 | 132tok/sQ8_0 |
| GLM 4.5 Air | offload | 35tok/sQ5_K_M |
| Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B | 212tok/sQ6_K | 175tok/sQ8_0 |
| GLM 4.7 Flash | 114tok/sQ6_K | 95tok/sQ8_0 |
| Devstral Small 2 24B | 37tok/sQ8_0 | 37tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3 Next 80B-A3B | offload | 166tok/sQ8_0 |
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B | offload | 187tok/sUD-Q6_K_XL |
| Kimi Linear 48B-A3B | 311tok/sQ4_K_M | 191tok/sQ8_0 |
| gpt-oss 20B | 206tok/sMXFP4 | 206tok/sMXFP4 |
| Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B | 117tok/sQ6_K | 104tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3 32B | 35tok/sQ5_K_M | 26tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 12B | 82tok/sQ8_0 | 82tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 9B | 104tok/sQ8_0 | 104tok/sQ8_0 |
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B | 37tok/sQ8_0 | 37tok/sQ8_0 |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B | 35tok/sQ5_K_M | 26tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 3 27B | 35tok/sQ8_0 | 35tok/sQ8_0 |
| Llama 3.3 70B | offload | 13tok/sQ8_0 |
| Ministral 3 14B | 56tok/sQ8_0 | 56tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3 14B | 53tok/sQ8_0 | 53tok/sQ8_0 |
| DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B | 82tok/sQ8_0 | 82tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3 8B | 82tok/sQ8_0 | 82tok/sQ8_0 |
| Phi-4 14B | 50tok/sQ8_0 | 50tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 4B | 198tok/sQ8_0 | 198tok/sQ8_0 |
| Ministral 3 8B | 82tok/sQ8_0 | 82tok/sQ8_0 |
| Granite 4.2 8B | 76tok/sQ8_0 | 76tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 121tok/sQ8_0 | 121tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 8B-A1B | 249tok/sQ8_0 | 249tok/sQ8_0 |
| Llama 3.1 8B | 102tok/sQ6_K | 102tok/sQ6_K |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | won't run | offload |
Questions
- Which is better for local AI, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 or the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell?
- Choose the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell to run bigger models. Choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 to spend less.
- Which can run bigger models, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 or the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell?
- At 32k context the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell runs 41 of the models we track fully in memory and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 29; only the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell holds DeepSeek V4 Flash.
- Which is faster for local AI, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 or the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell?
- On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell are about as fast as each other (estimated).
- What is the price difference between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell?
- In Germany the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 costs 6.028 € at Amazon and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 19.076 € at eBay: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is 13.048 € cheaper.
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