NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM4 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell, AI & Machine Learning Comparison
Dead heat, NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM4 and NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell split our benchmark suite evenly.
Both cards were measured first-party on our bench, same suite, same test rig.
What the numbers say
The gap is widest in Qwen-Image-Edit, where NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM4 leads by 105% (1.64 vs 0.8 images/min); the closest fight is FLUX.1 dev (2% apart); VRAM decides part of this one: NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell runs 155 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 SXM4 | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 4B tok/s | 197 | 298.78 | -34% |
| Llama 3.1 8B tok/s | 162.57 | 208.3 | -22% |
| Qwen2.5-Coder 14B tok/s | 89.45 | 114.63 | -22% |
| Qwen3 32B tok/s | 45.53 | 54.27 | -16% |
| Llama 3.3 70B tok/s | 24.4 | 26.29 | -7% |
| Stable Diffusion XL images/min | 16.36 | 17.46 | -6% |
| Z-Image Turbo images/min | 9.975 | 9.075 | +10% |
| FLUX.1 dev images/min | 4.264 | 4.2 | +2% |
| FLUX.1 Kontext dev images/min | 1.993 | 1.8 | +11% |
| Qwen-Image-Edit images/min | 1.64 | 0.8 | +105% |
| LTX-Video (distilled) frames/s | 8.95 | 4.58 | +95% |
| Wan 2.2 5B (720p) frames/s | 0.66 | 0.56 | +18% |
Whole-job comparison
How long each card takes to finish a complete pipeline, not just one model. NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM4 is faster on 4 of 9; NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell on 5.
| Workflow | NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM4 | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24-frame storyboard | 3.7 min | 3.4 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 1.09x faster |
| 60-second AI short film | 4.7 min | 6.7 min | NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM4 1.44x faster |
| 6-panel comic page | 6 min | 5.6 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 1.06x faster |
| Character sheet, 12 poses | 7.6 min | 7.6 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 1.00x faster |
| Full codebase review | 11.2 min | 8.7 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 1.28x faster |
| 10 short social clips | 15.1 min | 16.5 min | NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM4 1.09x faster |
| 20 long-form articles | 19.1 min | 17.8 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 1.08x faster |
| 40-product photo shoot | 23.5 min | 25.1 min | NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM4 1.07x faster |
| 100-photo restoration batch | 50.8 min | 55.9 min | NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM4 1.10x faster |
Specifications compared
| NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM4 | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell | |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 80GB | 48GB |
| Architecture | Ampere | Blackwell |
| Memory bandwidth | 2039 GB/s | 1344 GB/s |
| Boost clock | 1,410 MHz | 2,377 MHz |
| TDP | 400 W | 300 W |
| Launch MSRP | $17,000 | $4,500 |
| Release | 2020-11-16 | 2025-08-01 |
FAQ
- What are the main hardware differences between NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM4 and NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell?
- NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM4 has 80GB VRAM and a 400W TDP, while NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell has 48GB VRAM and a 300W TDP.
- Does VRAM matter more than speed between NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM4 and NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell?
- For AI, yes, NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell fits 2 more of our 12 workloads than NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM4. 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 SXM4 and NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell?
- Qwen-Image-Edit: NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM4 leads by roughly 84% (1.64 vs 0.8 images/min) in our testing.
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