NVIDIA GeForce GT 1010 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded database contains no directly shared benchmark tests between the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1010 and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server. The GT 1010 was measured using Geekbench OpenCL, scoring 6698 points, while the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server was measured using 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, scoring 5996 points. Because these are different workloads, a direct percentage comparison would be misleading; however, the percentile data places both cards in a similar overall standing. The GT 1010 sits at the 38th percentile among all GPUs, while the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server sits at the 34th percentile. This is notable: the server card, despite its massive architectural advantages, records a lower percentile in the database, which reflects the narrow and demanding nature of the 3DMark Steel Nomad test rather than an overall performance equivalence.

The GT 1010's nearest rivals in the database are all mobile or workstation-class GPUs from the same era. It sits 1% behind the AMD Radeon R7 M370, 1.3% ahead of the AMD Radeon R7 M460, 1.8% ahead of the AMD Radeon HD 7730M, and 1.9% behind the AMD FirePro M5100. These deltas are tiny, indicating that the GT 1010 performs in a very tight band around its peers. The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server, by contrast, is clustered with a completely different set of rivals: it is 0.1% behind the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M, 0.1% behind the AMD Radeon RX 6400, 0.2% ahead of the AMD FirePro W4100, and 0.2% ahead of the NVIDIA Quadro K4000M. The fact that a 2025 server GPU with 96 GB of GDDR7 is benchmarked alongside decade-old mobile GPUs in this particular test is a striking outcome, one that underscores how different benchmark suites can produce radically different relative standings.

The most important takeaway from the head-to-head data is that there is no common metric on which to crown a single winner. The GT 1010 wins in the OpenCL compute test against its immediate rivals by margins of 1.3% and 1.8%, while the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server wins against its closest competitors by 0.2% in both directions. Neither card dominates its peer group by a wide margin in the recorded tests. The GT 1010's 6698 OpenCL score is 94.9% of the RTX PRO 6000's 5996 Steel Nomad score when compared numerically, but such a comparison is meaningless across different benchmarks. Instead, the data shows that each card is competitive within its own reference class, with the GT 1010 slightly ahead of two of its four nearest rivals and the RTX PRO 6000 slightly ahead of two of its four.

FAQ

Q: Which card has a higher benchmark score in the database?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1010 scores 6698 in Geekbench OpenCL, which is higher than the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server's 5996 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12. However, these are different tests, so the scores are not directly comparable.

Q: How does the GT 1010 compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The GT 1010 is 1% behind the AMD Radeon R7 M370, 1.3% ahead of the AMD Radeon R7 M460, 1.8% ahead of the AMD Radeon HD 7730M, and 1.9% behind the AMD FirePro M5100.

Q: How does the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server is 0.1% behind the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M, 0.1% behind the AMD Radeon RX 6400, 0.2% ahead of the AMD FirePro W4100, and 0.2% ahead of the NVIDIA Quadro K4000M.

Q: What percentile does each card occupy?

A: The GT 1010 is at the 38th percentile among all GPUs, while the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server is at the 34th percentile.

Q: Which card has more shading units?

A: The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server has 24064 shading units, compared to 256 on the GT 1010. That is 94 times more shading units on the server card.

Q: Do both cards support DirectX 12?

A: Yes, but at different feature levels. The GT 1010 supports DirectX 12 (12_1), while the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2).

Architecture Differences

The two cards represent opposite ends of NVIDIA's architectural timeline and design philosophy. The GT 1010 uses the GP108 chip on the Pascal architecture, built on a 14 nm process at Samsung, with 1,800 million transistors on a 74 mm² die. The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server uses the GB202 chip on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture, built on a 5 nm process at TSMC, with 92,200 million transistors on a 750 mm² die. The transistor density tells a clear story: the GT 1010 packs 24.3 million transistors per square millimeter, while the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server reaches 122.9 million per square millimeter. That is a 5x difference in density, reflecting the generational jump in manufacturing capability.

The compute resources differ by orders of magnitude. The GT 1010 has 256 shading units, 16 TMUs, and 8 ROPs. The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server has 24064 shading units, 752 TMUs, and 192 ROPs. It also adds 188 ray tracing cores and 752 tensor cores, features entirely absent from the GT 1010. In terms of raw throughput, the GT 1010 delivers 751.6 GFLOPS of FP32 performance, while the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server delivers 126.0 TFLOPS of FP32 and the same 126.0 TFLOPS of FP16, a 1:1 ratio. The pixel rate is 11.74 GPixel/s for the GT 1010 versus 502.5 GPixel/s for the server card, and the texture rate is 23.49 GTexel/s versus 1,968.0 GTexel/s.

Memory architecture is another fundamental divider. The GT 1010 uses 2 GB of GDDR5 on a 64-bit bus, yielding 48.06 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server uses 96 GB of GDDR7 on a 512-bit bus, yielding 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. That is 48 times more memory and roughly 37 times more bandwidth. The server card's memory clock is 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective, while the GT 1010's memory runs at 1502 MHz with 6 Gbps effective. The bus interface also differs: the GT 1010 uses PCIe 3.0 x4, while the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server uses PCIe 5.0 x16.

The power and physical profiles are equally divergent. The GT 1010 has a 30 W TDP, requires no power connectors, and is single-slot with a 147 mm length. The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server has a 600 W TDP, requires a 16-pin connector, and is dual-slot with a 267 mm length, 111 mm height, and 40 mm width. The suggested PSU is 200 W for the GT 1010 and 1000 W for the server card. Display outputs differ as well: the GT 1010 offers 1x DVI and 1x mini-HDMI 2.0, while the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server offers 4x DisplayPort 2.1b.

The Verdict

The data paints a clear picture: these are not competing products. The GT 1010 is an end-of-life, low-power Pascal card from the GeForce 10 generation, released in January 2021, with a 30 W TDP and 2 GB of GDDR5. The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server is an active, high-end Blackwell 2.0 server card, released in March 2025, with a 600 W TDP and 96 GB of GDDR7. The server card outperforms the GT 1010 in every architectural metric: 94 times more shading units, 47 times more TMUs, 24 times more ROPs, 48 times more memory, and roughly 37 times more memory bandwidth. Its FP32 compute of 126.0 TFLOPS is 168 times the GT 1010's 751.6 GFLOPS.

Who should pick the GT 1010? The data supports only one scenario: a user who needs a minimal, single-slot, passively compatible card with no power connectors, a 30 W TDP, and basic display output. Its 38th percentile ranking and close margins against its nearest rivals (within 1.9% in all cases) indicate that it performs at the level of mid-range mobile GPUs from its era. Who should pick the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server? Anyone who needs a server-grade Blackwell card with ray tracing cores, tensor cores, 96 GB of GDDR7, and PCIe 5.0 connectivity. Its 34th percentile ranking in the Steel Nomad test is misleading relative to its architectural supremacy; the recorded benchmark is simply not representative of the server card's intended workload.

Specification Differences

The following fields differ between the two cards:

• Chip: GP108 (GT 1010) vs GB202 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server)
• Architecture: Pascal vs Blackwell 2.0
• Generation: GeForce 10 vs Server Blackwell (Bxx)
• Process node: 14 nm (Samsung) vs 5 nm (TSMC)
• Transistors: 1,800 million vs 92,200 million
• Die size: 74 mm² vs 750 mm²
• Transistor density: 24.3M / mm² vs 122.9M / mm²
• Base clock: 1228 MHz vs 1590 MHz
• Boost clock: 1468 MHz vs 2617 MHz
• Memory clock: 1502 MHz / 6 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz / 28 Gbps effective
• Memory size: 2 GB vs 96 GB
• Memory type: GDDR5 vs GDDR7
• Bus width: 64 bit vs 512 bit
• Bandwidth: 48.06 GB/s vs 1.79 TB/s
• Shading units: 256 vs 24064
• TMUs: 16 vs 752
• ROPs: 8 vs 192
• RT cores: None vs 188
• Tensor cores: None vs 752
• Pixel rate: 11.74 GPixel/s vs 502.5 GPixel/s
• Texture rate: 23.49 GTexel/s vs 1,968.0 GTexel/s
• FP32: 751.6 GFLOPS vs 126.0 TFLOPS
• FP16: Not listed vs 126.0 TFLOPS (1:1)
• TDP: 30 W vs 600 W
• Slot width: Single-slot vs Dual-slot
• Power connectors: None vs 1x 16-pin
• Suggested PSU: 200 W vs 1000 W
• Bus interface: PCIe 3.0 x4 vs PCIe 5.0 x16
• Display outputs: 1x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2.0 vs 4x DisplayPort 2.1b
• DirectX: 12 (12_1) vs 12 Ultimate (12_2)
• Dimensions: 147 mm / 5.8 inches length vs 267 mm / 10.5 inches length, 111 mm / 4.4 inches height, 40 mm / 1.6 inches width
• Production status: End-of-life vs Active
• Release date: January 2021 vs March 2025
• Predecessor: GeForce 900 vs Server Hopper
• Successor: GeForce 20 vs Server Rubin

Where Each One Wins

The GT 1010 wins in scenarios that prioritize low power consumption and minimal physical footprint. Its 30 W TDP, no power connectors, single-slot design, and 147 mm length make it suitable for compact or legacy systems where a 200 W PSU is the only option. It also wins on accessibility: its 38th percentile ranking places it above the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server's 34th percentile in the database, and its nearest rival deltas (1.3% and 1.8% ahead of two rivals) show that it holds its own in its class. The GT 1010 supports Vulkan 1.4 and OpenGL 4.6, matching the server card on API support for those standards.

The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server wins on every meaningful compute and memory metric. Its 126.0 TFLOPS FP32 and 126.0 TFLOPS FP16 performance, 188 ray tracing cores, 752 tensor cores, 96 GB of GDDR7, and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth place it in a completely different performance tier. It wins on connectivity with PCIe 5.0 x16 and four DisplayPort 2.1b outputs. It wins on display output count, memory capacity, memory bandwidth, and raw throughput by margins ranging from 24 times (ROPs) to 168 times (FP32). For any workload involving ray tracing, tensor operations, large datasets, or server deployment, the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server is the only choice supported by the data. The GT 1010's only recorded victory is in the OpenCL benchmark score and percentile standing, both of which reflect its specific test environment rather than overall capability.