GPU Comparison

NVIDIA

GEFORCE

NVIDIA RTX A5000

CORE STATE GA102

VRAM 24 GB

CLOCK SPEED 1695 MHz

TDP 230 W

BUS WIDTH 384 bit

ARCHITECTURE Ampere

PROCESS 8 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2021

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

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12

3,783

9,579.5

geekbench_opencl

157,905

N/A

geekbench_vulkan

137,828

282,631

passmark_directx_10

153

N/A

passmark_directx_11

187

N/A

passmark_directx_12

N/A

passmark_directx_9

251

N/A

passmark_g2d

1,032

N/A

passmark_g3d

22,541

N/A

passmark_gpu_compute

12,455

N/A

Analysis: NVIDIA RTX A5000 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell

NVIDIA RTX A5000 from NVIDIA and NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell by NVIDIA provide almost equal rendering performance in this direct test. Any score variations between them often remain below 5-10%, making any a good pick. This balance leaves the decision interesting. Additional factors grow increasingly important. Cost frequently affects the balance.

From a specification viewpoint, NVIDIA RTX A5000 from NVIDIA and NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell by NVIDIA share comparable specifications. Memory size, compute processors, and bus bandwidth are tightly matched. This specification balance supports the matched benchmark data. Neither holds a notable engineering advantage. The competition is fair.

Ultimately: NVIDIA RTX A5000 from NVIDIA and NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell by NVIDIA are closely matched. Not one warrants a undisputed recommendation over the other. Let price and software considerations shape your ultimate decision. Either GPUs can serve you well. This is a no-lose situation.

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

RTX A5000

RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell

Core Specs

Shading Units

8,192

14,080 +71.9%

Shaders

8,192

14,080 +71.9%

TMUs

256

440 +71.9%

ROPs

176 +83.3%

SM Count

110 +71.9%

Clocks

Base Clock

1170 MHz

1740 MHz

Boost Clock

1695 MHz

2377 MHz

Memory Clock

2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective

1750 MHz 28 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size

24 GB

48 GB

VRAM (MB)

24,576

49,152 +100.0%

Memory Type

GDDR6

GDDR7

Memory Bus

384 bit

Bandwidth

768.0 GB/s

1.34 TB/s

Cache

L1 Cache

128 KB (per SM)

L2 Cache

6 MB

96 MB

Performance

Pixel Rate

162.7 GPixel/s

418.4 GPixel/s

Texture Rate

433.9 GTexel/s

1,045.9 GTexel/s

FP32 (TFLOPS)

27.77 TFLOPS

66.94 TFLOPS

FP64 (TFLOPS)

433.9 GFLOPS (1:64)

1,045.9 GFLOPS (1:64)

FP16 (TFLOPS)

27.77 TFLOPS (1:1)

66.94 TFLOPS (1:1)

AI/RT

RT Cores

110 +71.9%

Tensor Cores

256

440 +71.9%

Power

TDP

230 W

300 W

TDP (W)

230

300 +30.4%

Suggested PSU

550 W

700 W

Power Connectors

1x 8-pin

1x 16-pin

Architecture

Ampere

Blackwell 2.0

GPU Name

GA102

GB202

Generation

Workstation Ampere (Ax000)

Blackwell PRO W (x000)

Process Size

8 nm

5 nm

Transistors

28,300 million

92,200 million

Die Size

628 mm²

750 mm²

Foundry

Samsung

TSMC

Density

45.1M / mm²

122.9M / mm²

API Support

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

OpenGL

4.6

Vulkan

1.4

OpenCL

3.0

CUDA

8.6

12.0

Shader Model

6.8

Physical

Slot Width

Dual-slot

Length

267 mm 10.5 inches

Height

112 mm 4.4 inches

111 mm 4.4 inches

Outputs

4x DisplayPort 1.4a

4x DisplayPort 2.1b

Bus Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

PCIe 5.0 x16

Other

Production

End-of-life

Active

Predecessor

Quadro Turing

Workstation Ada

Successor

Workstation Ada

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GPU Comparison

NVIDIA RTX A5000

RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

Analysis: NVIDIA RTX A5000 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

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