GPU Comparison

NVIDIA
GEFORCE

NVIDIA PG506-232

CORE STATE GA100
VRAM 24 GB
CLOCK SPEED 1440 MHz
TDP 165 W
BUS WIDTH 3072 bit
ARCHITECTURE Ampere
nm
PROCESS 7 nm
LAUNCH DATE 2021
VS
NVIDIA
GEFORCE

RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell

CORE STATE GB202
VRAM 48 GB
CLOCK SPEED 2377 MHz
TDP 300 W
BUS WIDTH 384 bit
ARCHITECTURE Blackwell 2.0
nm
PROCESS 5 nm
LAUNCH DATE 2025

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

geekbench_opencl
225,124
N/A
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
N/A
9,579.5
geekbench_vulkan
N/A
282,631

Analysis: NVIDIA PG506-232 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell

Analyzing the test figures for NVIDIA NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell and NVIDIA's NVIDIA PG506-232, a story of matched frame rates appears. Not one option wins consistently throughout most titles. This swapping of wins indicates fundamental balance. Consumers have a real dilemma in this matchup. Both cards provide competent gaming performance.

Based on a specification standpoint, NVIDIA NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell and NVIDIA's NVIDIA PG506-232 possess comparable hardware. VRAM size, CUDA/stream processors, and bus throughput are virtually aligned. This technical equality accounts for the matched test data. No possesses a notable hardware advantage. This playing field is balanced.

In the end, consumers could decide based on price rather than absolute scores alone. Each NVIDIA NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell and NVIDIA's NVIDIA PG506-232 deliver excellent visual performance for the given segments. This decision comes down to particular requirements. Any pick is valid. Consumers couldn't go astray between them.

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION
PG506-232
RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell
Core Specs
Shading Units
3,584
14,080 +292.9%
Shaders
3,584
14,080 +292.9%
TMUs
224
440 +96.4%
ROPs
96
176 +83.3%
SM Count
56
110 +96.4%
Clocks
Base Clock
930 MHz
1740 MHz
Boost Clock
1440 MHz
2377 MHz
Memory Clock
1215 MHz 2.4 Gbps effective
1750 MHz 28 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
24 GB
48 GB
VRAM (MB)
24,576
49,152 +100.0%
Memory Type
HBM2
GDDR7
Memory Bus
3072 bit
384 bit
Bandwidth
933.1 GB/s
1.34 TB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
192 KB (per SM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
24 MB
96 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
138.2 GPixel/s
418.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
322.6 GTexel/s
1,045.9 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
10.32 TFLOPS
66.94 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)
1,045.9 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)
66.94 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
110
Tensor Cores
224
440 +96.4%
Power
TDP
165 W
300 W
TDP (W)
165
300 +81.8%
Suggested PSU
450 W
700 W
Power Connectors
8-pin EPS
1x 16-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Ampere
Blackwell 2.0
GPU Name
GA100
GB202
Generation
Server Ampere (Axx)
Blackwell PRO W (x000)
Process Size
7 nm
5 nm
Transistors
54,200 million
92,200 million
Die Size
826 mm²
750 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
65.6M / mm²
122.9M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
8.0
12.0
Shader Model
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
267 mm 10.5 inches
267 mm 10.5 inches
Height
112 mm 4.4 inches
111 mm 4.4 inches
Outputs
No outputs
4x DisplayPort 2.1b
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 5.0 x16
Other
Production
End-of-life
Active
Predecessor
Tesla Turing
Workstation Ada
Successor
Server Ada
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