NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe 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 69.3% faster.
Both cards were measured first-party on our bench, same suite, same test rig.
What the numbers say
The gap is widest in LTX-Video (distilled), where NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition leads by 92% (8.51 vs 16.36 frames/s); the closest fight is Llama 3.3 70B (52% apart); VRAM decides part of this one: NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe runs 144 of our 12 AI workloads while the other card runs 12, models that don't fit score zero.
Benchmark results head-to-head
| Benchmark | NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 4B tok/s | 198.27 | 362.81 | -45% |
| Llama 3.1 8B tok/s | 161.75 | 258.37 | -37% |
| Qwen2.5-Coder 14B tok/s | 88.36 | 147.74 | -40% |
| Qwen3 32B tok/s | 43.77 | 70.13 | -38% |
| Llama 3.3 70B tok/s | 22.89 | 34.87 | -34% |
| Stable Diffusion XL images/min | 16.8 | 27.94 | -40% |
| Z-Image Turbo images/min | 9.3 | 15.6 | -40% |
| FLUX.1 dev images/min | 3.964 | 6.921 | -43% |
| FLUX.1 Kontext dev images/min | 1.843 | 3.086 | -40% |
| Qwen-Image-Edit images/min | 1.54 | 2.64 | -42% |
| LTX-Video (distilled) frames/s | 8.51 | 16.36 | -48% |
Whole-job comparison
How long each card takes to finish a complete pipeline, not just one model. NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe is faster on 0 of 8; NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition on 8.
| Workflow | NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24-frame storyboard | 3.7 min | 3.6 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 1.00x faster |
| 60-second AI short film | 4.6 min | 4.5 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 1.00x faster |
| 6-panel comic page | 5.9 min | 5.1 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 1.17x faster |
| Character sheet, 12 poses | 7.7 min | 6.1 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 1.25x faster |
| Full codebase review | 11.3 min | 6.8 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 1.67x faster |
| 20 long-form articles | 20.4 min | 13.4 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 1.52x faster |
| 40-product photo shoot | 24.8 min | 16.7 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 1.48x faster |
| 100-photo restoration batch | 54.7 min | 33.4 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 1.64x faster |
Specifications compared
| NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 80GB | 96GB |
| Architecture | Ampere | Blackwell |
| Memory bandwidth | 1935 GB/s | 1792 GB/s |
| Boost clock | 1,410 MHz | 2,617 MHz |
| TDP | 300 W | 600 W |
| Launch MSRP | $15,000 | $8,565 |
| Release | 2021-06-28 | 2025-03-18 |
FAQ
- Which is better for ai & machine learning: NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe 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 69.3% advantage.
- What are the main hardware differences between NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition?
- NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe has 80GB VRAM and a 300W TDP, while NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition has 96GB VRAM and a 600W TDP.
- Does VRAM matter more than speed between NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition?
- For AI, yes, NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe fits 2 more of our 12 workloads than NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation 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 A100 80GB PCIe and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition?
- LTX-Video (distilled): NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition leads by roughly 92% (8.51 vs 16.36 frames/s) in our testing.
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