NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell, AI & Machine Learning Comparison
NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell wins 12 of 12 benchmarks, averaging 94.9% faster.
Both cards were measured first-party on our bench, same suite, same test rig.
What the numbers say
The gap is widest in FLUX.1 dev, where NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell leads by 227% (1.286 vs 4.2 images/min); the closest fight is Stable Diffusion XL (37% apart); VRAM decides part of this one: NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell runs 12 of our 12 AI workloads while the other card runs 10, models that don't fit score zero.
Benchmark results head-to-head
| Benchmark | NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 4B tok/s | 170.72 | 298.78 | -43% |
| Llama 3.1 8B tok/s | 103.18 | 208.3 | -50% |
| Qwen2.5-Coder 14B tok/s | 56.66 | 114.63 | -51% |
| Qwen3 32B tok/s | 25.88 | 54.27 | -52% |
| Llama 3.3 70B tok/s | 0 | 26.29 | n/a |
| Stable Diffusion XL images/min | 12.74 | 17.46 | -27% |
| Z-Image Turbo images/min | 5.925 | 9.075 | -35% |
| FLUX.1 dev images/min | 1.286 | 4.2 | -69% |
| FLUX.1 Kontext dev images/min | 0.793 | 1.8 | -56% |
| Qwen-Image-Edit images/min | 0 | 0.8 | n/a |
| LTX-Video (distilled) frames/s | 3.23 | 4.58 | -29% |
| Wan 2.2 5B (720p) frames/s | 0.32 | 0.56 | -43% |
Whole-job comparison
How long each card takes to finish a complete pipeline, not just one model. NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation is faster on 0 of 8; NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell on 8.
| Workflow | NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24-frame storyboard | 5.1 min | 3.4 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 1.53x faster |
| 60-second AI short film | 9.5 min | 6.7 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 1.40x faster |
| 6-panel comic page | 12.8 min | 5.6 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 2.27x faster |
| Character sheet, 12 poses | 16 min | 7.6 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 2.12x faster |
| Full codebase review | 17.6 min | 8.7 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 2.02x faster |
| 10 short social clips | 27.9 min | 16.5 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 1.69x faster |
| 40-product photo shoot | 53.7 min | 25.1 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 2.14x faster |
| 100-photo restoration batch | 2 h 6 min | 55.9 min | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 2.26x faster |
Specifications compared
| NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell | |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 32GB | 48GB |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Blackwell |
| Memory bandwidth | 576 GB/s | 1344 GB/s |
| Boost clock | 2,550 MHz | 2,377 MHz |
| TDP | 250 W | 300 W |
| Launch MSRP | $4,000 | $4,500 |
| Release | 2023-08-09 | 2025-08-01 |
FAQ
- Which is better for ai & machine learning: NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation or NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell?
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell performs better for ai & machine learning, winning 12 of 12 benchmarks in our suite with an average 94.9% advantage.
- What are the main hardware differences between NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation and NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell?
- NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation has 32GB VRAM and a 250W TDP, while NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell has 48GB VRAM and a 300W TDP.
- Does VRAM matter more than speed between NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation and NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell?
- For AI, yes, NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell fits 2 more of our 12 workloads than NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation. 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 RTX 5000 Ada Generation and NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell?
- FLUX.1 dev: NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell leads by roughly 227% (1.286 vs 4.2 images/min) in our testing.
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