NVIDIA Quadro GV100 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Comparison

The data tells a one-sided story: the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell beats the Quadro GV100 in every single recorded benchmark, taking all 8 head-to-head tests with leads ranging from 29% to 53%. The GV100, a Volta-era flagship now end-of-life, still holds an 80th percentile position against all GPUs in the database versus 76 for the Blackwell card, but that aggregate percentile masks the direct comparison, where the newer part dominates. For anyone choosing between the two today, the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell is the pick, the sole compelling reason to prefer the GV100 being its HBM2 memory subsystem with a 4096-bit bus.

The Verdict

The RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell should be the default choice in virtually every workload the database covers. It wins the Geekbench Vulkan test by 37.1% (221768 versus 139526), the PassMark GPU compute test by 52.9% (19255 versus 9069), and the PassMark G3D test by 41.1% (33360 versus 19650). Every DirectX generation tested, from DirectX 9 through DirectX 12, goes to the Blackwell card, with the largest gap in the older DirectX 9 test at 47.9%.

The Quadro GV100 earns consideration only in narrow scenarios. Its 32 GB of HBM2 on a 4096-bit bus delivers 868.4 GB/s of bandwidth, nearly matching the Blackwell card's 896.0 GB/s despite being generations older, and it doubles the tensor core count on paper (640 versus 328). Buyers doing FP16-heavy work should note the architectural difference: the GV100's FP16 rate is 33.32 TFLOPS at a 2:1 ratio, double its FP32 rate, while the RTX PRO 4500 runs FP16 at 1:1 for 50.53 TFLOPS, still comfortably ahead. That FP16 nuance is the closest the GV100 comes to an argument, and even there it loses on absolute throughput.

Production status reinforces the verdict. The GV100 is end-of-life; the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell is active, sits on PCIe 5.0, and carries a modern DirectX 12 Ultimate feature set.

Architecture Differences

These cards represent opposite ends of NVIDIA's professional stack across roughly seven years. The GV100 is built on TSMC's 12 nm process, packs 21,100 million transistors onto an enormous 815 mm² die, and reaches a density of 25.9M per mm². The GB203 chip inside the RTX PRO 4500 uses TSMC's 5 nm node, fits 45,600 million transistors into just 378 mm², and more than quadruples density to 120.6M per mm².

The core counts split in different directions. The Blackwell card has 10496 shading units against the GV100's 5120, plus 82 RT cores, a feature the Volta card entirely lacks. The GV100 counters with 640 tensor cores versus 328, and 128 ROPs versus 112. TMUs are nearly even, 320 for the Volta part against 328 for Blackwell.

Clocks favor the newer card decisively: 1635 MHz base and 2407 MHz boost against 1132 MHz base and 1627 MHz boost. The memory story differs in philosophy. The GV100 uses 32 GB of HBM2 at 848 MHz (1696 Mbps effective) on a 4096-bit bus for 868.4 GB/s. The RTX PRO 4500 uses 32 GB of GDDR7 at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective) on a narrower 256-bit bus for 896.0 GB/s. Capacity is identical; bandwidth is nearly identical; the implementation is completely different.

Feature support follows the same pattern. The Blackwell card offers DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and four DisplayPort 2.1b outputs on a PCIe 5.0 x16 interface. The GV100 offers DirectX 12 (12_1), four DisplayPort 1.4a outputs, and PCIe 3.0 x16. Both support OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.4. The Volta card carries a launch MSRP of 8,999 USD; the database records no launch MSRP for the Blackwell part.

Power and cooling differ modestly. The GV100 has a 250 W TDP with a single 8-pin connector and a 600 W suggested PSU. The RTX PRO 4500 runs at 200 W through a 16-pin connector with a 550 W suggested PSU. Both are dual-slot cards of identical length (267 mm) and height (111 mm); only the Blackwell card lists a width, 40 mm.

FAQ

Q: Does the Quadro GV100 win any benchmark against the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell?

A: No. The RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell wins all 8 head-to-head tests, with margins from 29.4% in PassMark DirectX 12 to 52.9% in PassMark GPU compute.

Q: How does the GV100's HBM2 compare to the Blackwell card's GDDR7?

A: Both cards have 32 GB. The GV100's 4096-bit HBM2 delivers 868.4 GB/s; the RTX PRO 4500's 256-bit GDDR7 delivers 896.0 GB/s, a small edge for the newer card despite the far narrower bus.

Q: Which card is more power efficient?

A: The RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell. It has a 200 W TDP versus 250 W for the GV100, and a 550 W suggested PSU versus 600 W, while delivering substantially higher performance.

Q: Does the GV100 have ray tracing support?

A: No. The database records no RT cores for the GV100. The RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell has 82 RT cores and supports DirectX 12 Ultimate.

Q: Are both cards still in production?

A: No. The Quadro GV100 is end-of-life. The RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell is an active product, released on 2025-03-17, succeeding the Workstation Ada generation.

Q: Which card has more tensor cores?

A: The GV100, with 640 tensor cores versus 328 in the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell. However, the Blackwell card's higher clocks and newer architecture give it 50.53 TFLOPS of FP32, over three times the GV100's 16.66 TFLOPS.

Specification Differences

| Field | Quadro GV100 | RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell |

|---|---|---|

| Architecture | Volta | Blackwell 2.0 |

| Chip | GV100 | GB203 |

| Process node | 12 nm (TSMC) | 5 nm (TSMC) |

| Transistors | 21,100 million | 45,600 million |

| Die size | 815 mm² | 378 mm² |

| Transistor density | 25.9M / mm² | 120.6M / mm² |

| Base / boost clock | 1132 / 1627 MHz | 1635 / 2407 MHz |

| Memory type | HBM2 | GDDR7 |

| Bus width | 4096 bit | 256 bit |

| Bandwidth | 868.4 GB/s | 896.0 GB/s |

| Shading units | 5120 | 10496 |

| TMUs | 320 | 328 |

| ROPs | 128 | 112 |

| RT cores | None | 82 |

| Tensor cores | 640 | 328 |

| FP32 | 16.66 TFLOPS | 50.53 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 33.32 TFLOPS (2:1) | 50.53 TFLOPS (1:1) |

| TDP | 250 W | 200 W |

| Power connector | 1x 8-pin | 1x 16-pin |

| Suggested PSU | 600 W | 550 W |

| Bus interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |

| Display outputs | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a | 4x DisplayPort 2.1b |

| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |

| Status | End-of-life | Active |

Memory size (32 GB), OpenGL (4.6), Vulkan (1.4), dual-slot design, length (267 mm), and height (111 mm) are identical between the two.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The sweep is complete: 8 tests, 8 wins for the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell.

The compute result is the most decisive. In PassMark GPU compute, the Blackwell card scores 19255 against 9069, a 52.9% margin, which reflects the raw shading and clock advantage: double the shading units and roughly 800 MHz more boost clock. Geekbench Vulkan tells the same story, 221768 versus 139526, a 37.1% gap.

Graphics tests follow suit. PassMark G3D goes to the Blackwell card 33360 to 19650, a 41.1% win. The 2D test, often a proxy for display and desktop workloads, lands at 1336 versus 836, 37.4% in favor of the newer card.

The DirectX breakdown shows an interesting pattern: the older the API, the bigger the gap. PassMark DirectX 9 is the widest graphics margin at 47.9% (397 versus 207), DirectX 11 is close behind at 47.5% (320 versus 168), and DirectX 10 sits at 31.4% (204 versus 140). The narrowest result of the entire comparison is PassMark DirectX 12 at 29.4% (119 versus 84). Even in the most modern API tested, where the GV100 is at its relatively best, it still trails by nearly a third.

For context, the GV100's average benchmark score of 35520 places it within 0.2% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile (35435), 0.9% behind the AMD Radeon Pro Duo (35860), 2.1% behind the NVIDIA T1000 (36289), and 2.4% ahead of the NVIDIA A2 (34690). The RTX PRO 4500's average of 31532 sits 0.5% behind the NVIDIA TITAN RTX (31676), 1.1% behind the Intel Arc Pro A30M (31894), 1% ahead of the NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q (31220), and 1% ahead of the NVIDIA Quadro M5000 (31206). The GV100's higher percentile against all GPUs (80 versus 76) comes from its strong GeForce-era rival cluster rather than any head-to-head strength.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell wins every use case the database measures. Compute workloads are its strongest territory, with a 52.9% margin in GPU compute, driven by 50.53 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput. Vulkan-based rendering and compute, at 37.1% ahead, and general 3D graphics, 41.1% ahead in PassMark G3D, both favor it heavily. Legacy DirectX applications, particularly those still on DirectX 9 or 11, see the largest graphics-side gaps at 47.9% and 47.5%. Ray tracing workloads belong exclusively to the Blackwell card, since the GV100 has no RT cores. Anyone needing DirectX 12 Ultimate features, PCIe 5.0 bandwidth, or DisplayPort 2.1b outputs has only one option here, and lower power draw (200 W versus 250 W) makes the newer card easier to integrate.

The Quadro GV100 wins nothing in the recorded benchmarks. What it retains is architectural character: a massive 815 mm² Volta die, 640 tensor cores, a 4096-bit HBM2 bus delivering bandwidth within a few percent of a current-generation card, and an FP16 rate that doubles its FP32 rate. For environments already standardized on the Volta generation, it remains a 32 GB professional card with an 80th percentile database standing. But every measured workload, from DirectX 9 to GPU compute, goes to the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell, and by wide margins. The verdict is not close.