NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition, AI & Machine Learning Comparison
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition wins 11 of 11 benchmarks, averaging 291.8% faster.
Both cards were measured first-party on our bench, same suite, same test rig.
What the numbers say
The gap is widest in Stable Diffusion XL, where NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition leads by 568% (4.18 vs 27.94 images/min); the closest fight is Qwen3 4B (144% apart); VRAM decides part of this one: NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition runs 144 of our 12 AI workloads while the other card runs 3, models that don't fit score zero.
Benchmark results head-to-head
| Benchmark | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 4B tok/s | 148.46 | 362.81 | -59% |
| Llama 3.1 8B tok/s | 98.34 | 258.37 | -62% |
| Qwen2.5-Coder 14B tok/s | 0 | 147.74 | n/a |
| Qwen3 32B tok/s | 0 | 70.13 | n/a |
| Llama 3.3 70B tok/s | 0 | 34.87 | n/a |
| Stable Diffusion XL images/min | 4.18 | 27.94 | -85% |
| Z-Image Turbo images/min | 0 | 15.6 | n/a |
| FLUX.1 dev images/min | 0 | 6.921 | n/a |
| FLUX.1 Kontext dev images/min | 0 | 3.086 | n/a |
| Qwen-Image-Edit images/min | 0 | 2.64 | n/a |
| LTX-Video (distilled) frames/s | 0 | 16.36 | n/a |
Specifications compared
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 11GB | 96GB |
| Architecture | Turing (TU102) | Blackwell |
| Memory bandwidth | 616 GB/s | 1792 GB/s |
| Boost clock | 1,545 MHz | 2,617 MHz |
| TDP | 250 W | 600 W |
| Launch MSRP | $1,199 | $8,565 |
| Release | 2018-09-20 | 2025-03-18 |
FAQ
- Which is better for ai & machine learning: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition or NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition?
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition performs better for ai & machine learning, winning 11 of 11 benchmarks in our suite with an average 291.8% advantage.
- What are the main hardware differences between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition?
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition has 11GB VRAM and a 250W TDP, while NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition has 96GB VRAM and a 600W TDP.
- Does VRAM matter more than speed between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition?
- For AI, yes, NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition fits 7 more of our 12 workloads than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition. A model that exceeds VRAM doesn't run slower, it doesn't run at all, so the card that fits the model wins that workload outright.
- Where is the biggest performance difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition?
- Stable Diffusion XL: NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition leads by roughly 568% (4.18 vs 27.94 images/min) in our testing.
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