NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q vs Lisuan Tech LX MAX Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The recorded data presents an unusual comparison. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q has a single benchmark entry in the database: a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 11,088. The Lisuan Tech LX MAX has no recorded benchmark scores at all, with an average benchmark score of zero. Consequently, the head-to-head benchmark table is empty, and neither product registers a win in the wins columns.

The use-case split must therefore be inferred from architectural and specification differences rather than direct performance measurements. The NVIDIA part is built around the GB202 chip on a 5 nm process, with 24,064 shading units, 752 texture mapping units, and 192 render output units. It pairs 96 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus with 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. These figures point toward workloads that demand massive memory capacity and extreme throughput, such as large-scale rendering, simulation, or AI training datasets that exceed the memory capacity of smaller cards.

The Lisuan Tech LX MAX, by contrast, is built around the 7G106 chip on a 6 nm process, with 6,144 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, and 96 render output units. It carries 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, yielding 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The LX MAX does not list ray tracing cores or tensor cores, while the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q lists 188 ray tracing cores and 752 tensor cores. This suggests the LX MAX is positioned for conventional rasterization workloads without dedicated hardware acceleration for ray tracing or tensor operations.

The NVIDIA card also supports PCIe 5.0 x16, while the LX MAX uses PCIe 4.0 x16. The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q outputs DisplayPort 2.1b, whereas the LX MAX uses DisplayPort 1.4a. Both cards are dual-slot designs and both use a single 16-pin power connector, but the NVIDIA part has a 300 W TDP and a suggested 700 W PSU, while the LX MAX has a 225 W TDP and a suggested 550 W PSU.

The LX MAX has a release date of March 16, 2026, which is roughly one year after the NVIDIA card's release date of March 17, 2025. Both are listed as Active in production status. The NVIDIA card has a launch MSRP of 8,565 USD. The LX MAX has no launch MSRP recorded.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs diverge significantly at the architecture level. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q uses the GB202 chip with a Blackwell 2.0 architecture, fabricated by TSMC on a 5 nm process. The chip contains 92,200 million transistors on a 750 mm² die, producing a transistor density of 122.9 million per square millimeter. The Lisuan Tech LX MAX uses the 7G106 chip with a TrueGPU architecture, also fabricated by TSMC but on a 6 nm process. Its transistor count and die size are recorded as unknown, and no density figure is available.

The shading hardware differs by a factor of roughly four. The NVIDIA part has 24,064 shading units, 752 TMUs, and 192 ROPs. The LX MAX has 6,144 shading units, 192 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. The NVIDIA card includes dedicated ray tracing cores (188) and tensor cores (752), while the LX MAX lists no ray tracing cores and no tensor cores. This is a structural difference: the LX MAX appears to lack the specialized hardware blocks that the NVIDIA card uses for ray-traced rendering and tensor-accelerated compute.

Memory architecture also differs fundamentally. The NVIDIA card uses 96 GB of GDDR7 on a 512-bit bus, achieving 1.79 TB/s bandwidth. The LX MAX uses 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, achieving 432.0 GB/s. The memory clock is recorded as 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective) for the NVIDIA card and 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective) for the LX MAX. The NVIDIA card's memory bus is more than twice as wide, and its bandwidth is roughly four times higher.

The FP32 compute figures reflect the hardware scaling. The NVIDIA part delivers 109.7 TFLOPS FP32 and 109.7 TFLOPS FP16 at a 1:1 ratio. The LX MAX delivers 24.58 TFLOPS FP32 and 49.15 TFLOPS FP16 at a 2:1 ratio. The NVIDIA card's FP32 throughput is approximately 4.5 times higher, while its FP16 throughput is only about 2.2 times higher, because the NVIDIA part does not double FP16 rate.

Pixel and texture rates follow the same pattern. The NVIDIA card achieves 437.8 GPixel/s and 1,714.6 GTexel/s. The LX MAX achieves 192.0 GPixel/s and 384.0 GTexel/s. The NVIDIA card has more than double the pixel rate and roughly 4.5 times the texture rate.

The API support is mostly aligned: both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and OpenGL 4.6. The NVIDIA card supports Vulkan 1.4, while the LX MAX supports Vulkan 1.3.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains no head-to-head benchmark entries for these two products. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q has one recorded benchmark result: 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 with a score of 11,088. The Lisuan Tech LX MAX has an empty benchmark array and an average benchmark score of zero.

Without direct comparison data, the nearest rivals for the NVIDIA card provide context. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000D Blackwell Max-Q scores identically at 11,088 with a delta of 0 percent. The AMD Radeon RX 550 scores 11,075, which is 0.1 percent lower. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER scores 11,047, which is 0.4 percent lower. The AMD FirePro W4300 scores 11,225, which is 1.2 percent higher. These deltas are all within a narrow band, indicating that the Steel Nomad DX12 result places the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q in a specific performance tier among these rivals, despite the enormous architectural differences that would normally separate a workstation card from an entry-level consumer GPU.

The LX MAX has no nearest rivals recorded and no benchmark score to compare. The percentile versus all GPUs is 50 for both products, but for the LX MAX this figure is accompanied by a zero average score, which makes the percentile difficult to interpret meaningfully. The data simply does not support a direct performance comparison.

The absence of head-to-head results means any claims about relative performance must be based on the recorded specifications rather than measured outcomes. The NVIDIA card's raw compute, memory bandwidth, and dedicated hardware blocks strongly suggest it would outperform the LX MAX in most measured scenarios, but the database does not contain the evidence to confirm this.

The Verdict

The data supports a clear but incomplete picture. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q is a high-end workstation GPU with substantial compute resources, a large memory pool, and dedicated ray tracing and tensor hardware. The Lisuan Tech LX MAX is a smaller, lower-power GPU with less than a third of the shading units, one-eighth of the memory capacity, and no listed ray tracing or tensor cores.

For workloads that require large memory capacity, such as handling datasets that exceed 12 GB, the NVIDIA card is the only viable option between the two. Its 96 GB of GDDR7 memory with 1.79 TB/s bandwidth vastly exceeds the LX MAX's 12 GB of GDDR6 with 432.0 GB/s. For tasks that rely on FP32 compute, the NVIDIA card's 109.7 TFLOPS is roughly 4.5 times the LX MAX's 24.58 TFLOPS. For FP16 workloads, the NVIDIA card's 109.7 TFLOPS is still more than double the LX MAX's 49.15 TFLOPS, despite the LX MAX's 2:1 FP16 ratio.

For ray-traced rendering, the NVIDIA card has 188 dedicated ray tracing cores, while the LX MAX has none recorded. For tensor-accelerated workloads, the NVIDIA card has 752 tensor cores, while the LX MAX has none recorded. Any application that depends on these hardware blocks will only run properly on the NVIDIA card, if it runs at all on the LX MAX.

The LX MAX does have advantages in power and physical size. Its 225 W TDP is lower than the NVIDIA card's 300 W, and its suggested PSU is 550 W versus 700 W. The LX MAX is also shorter at 248 mm versus 267 mm, though it is taller (118 mm versus 111 mm) and wider (48 mm versus 40 mm). Both are dual-slot cards.

The LX MAX supports PCIe 4.0 x16, which is one generation behind the NVIDIA card's PCIe 5.0 x16. The LX MAX uses DisplayPort 1.4a, while the NVIDIA card uses DisplayPort 2.1b, which matters for driving very high-resolution or high-refresh-rate displays.

Given the recorded data, the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q is the stronger product for compute-heavy and memory-intensive professional workloads. The Lisuan Tech LX MAX is a smaller, lower-power alternative for basic rendering tasks, but its lack of measured benchmarks and missing specialized hardware blocks make it difficult to recommend for advanced use cases. The database does not contain enough evidence to declare a winner in direct performance, but the specification sheet strongly favors the NVIDIA part.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has more shading units?

A: The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q has 24,064 shading units, while the Lisuan Tech LX MAX has 6,144 shading units.

Q: What is the memory capacity difference?

A: The NVIDIA card has 96 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, while the LX MAX has 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus.

Q: Does the Lisuan Tech LX MAX support ray tracing?

A: The database lists no ray tracing cores for the LX MAX. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q lists 188 ray tracing cores.

Q: What is the FP32 performance of each card?

A: The NVIDIA card delivers 109.7 TFLOPS FP32, and the LX MAX delivers 24.58 TFLOPS FP32.

Q: Which card has a higher memory bandwidth?

A: The NVIDIA card achieves 1.79 TB/s, while the LX MAX achieves 432.0 GB/s.

Q: Do both cards use the same power connector?

A: Yes, both use a single 16-pin power connector. The NVIDIA card has a 300 W TDP and suggests a 700 W PSU, while the LX MAX has a 225 W TDP and suggests a 550 W PSU.

Specification Differences

| Field | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q | Lisuan Tech LX MAX |

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

| Chip | GB202 | 7G106 |

| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | TrueGPU |

| Generation | Blackwell PRO W (x000) | 7G100 |

| Process Node | 5 nm | 6 nm |

| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |

| Transistors | 92,200 million | unknown |

| Die Size | 750 mm² | unknown |

| Transistor Density | 122.9M / mm² | null |

| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz 28 Gbps effective | 2250 MHz 18 Gbps effective |

| Memory Size | 96 GB | 12 GB |

| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |

| Memory Bus Width | 512 bit | 192 bit |

| Memory Bandwidth | 1.79 TB/s | 432.0 GB/s |

| Shading Units | 24064 | 6144 |

| TMUs | 752 | 192 |

| ROPs | 192 | 96 |

| RT Cores | 188 | null |

| Tensor Cores | 752 | null |

| Pixel Rate | 437.8 GPixel/s | 192.0 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 1,714.6 GTexel/s | 384.0 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 109.7 TFLOPS | 24.58 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 109.7 TFLOPS (1:1) | 49.15 TFLOPS (2:1) |

| TDP | 300 W | 225 W |

| Suggested PSU | 700 W | 550 W |

| Bus Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |

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

| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |

| Length | 267 mm 10.5 inches | 248 mm 9.8 inches |

| Height | 111 mm 4.4 inches | 118 mm 4.6 inches |

| Width | 40 mm 1.6 inches | 48 mm 1.9 inches |

| Release Date | 2025-03-17 | 2026-03-16 |

| Launch MSRP | 8,565 USD | null |

| Avg Benchmark Score | 11088 | 0 |