NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell, AI & Machine Learning Comparison

NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell
NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell
vs
NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell
NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell

NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell wins 12 of 12 benchmarks, averaging 88.5% faster.

Both cards were measured first-party on our bench, same suite, same test rig.

What the numbers say

The gap is widest in Wan 2.2 5B (720p), where NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell leads by 115% (0.26 vs 0.56 frames/s); the closest fight is LTX-Video (distilled) (48% apart); VRAM decides part of this one: NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell runs 12 of our 12 AI workloads while the other card runs 8, models that don't fit score zero.

Benchmark results head-to-head

BenchmarkNVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 BlackwellNVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 BlackwellDifference
Qwen3 4B tok/s179.58298.78-40%
Llama 3.1 8B tok/s112.36208.3-46%
Qwen2.5-Coder 14B tok/s60.62114.63-47%
Qwen3 32B tok/s27.854.27-49%
Llama 3.3 70B tok/s026.29n/a
Stable Diffusion XL images/min8.5617.46-51%
Z-Image Turbo images/min4.4259.075-51%
FLUX.1 dev images/min04.2n/a
FLUX.1 Kontext dev images/min01.8n/a
Qwen-Image-Edit images/min00.8n/a
LTX-Video (distilled) frames/s3.14.58-32%
Wan 2.2 5B (720p) frames/s0.260.56-54%

Whole-job comparison

How long each card takes to finish a complete pipeline, not just one model. NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell is faster on 0 of 4; NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell on 4.

WorkflowNVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 BlackwellNVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 BlackwellDifference
24-frame storyboard6.4 min3.4 minNVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 1.90x faster
60-second AI short film10.2 min6.7 minNVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 1.52x faster
Full codebase review16.5 min8.7 minNVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 1.89x faster
10 short social clips34.2 min16.5 minNVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 2.07x faster

Specifications compared

NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 BlackwellNVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell
VRAM24GB48GB
ArchitectureBlackwellBlackwell
Memory bandwidth672 GB/s1344 GB/s
Boost clock2,617 MHz2,377 MHz
TDP140 W300 W
Launch MSRP$1,500$4,500
Release2025-08-012025-08-01

FAQ

Which is better for ai & machine learning: NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell 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 88.5% advantage.
What are the main hardware differences between NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell and NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell?
NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell has 24GB VRAM and a 140W TDP, while NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell has 48GB VRAM and a 300W TDP.
Does VRAM matter more than speed between NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell and NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell?
For AI, yes, NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell fits 4 more of our 12 workloads than NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell. 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 PRO 4000 Blackwell and NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell?
Wan 2.2 5B (720p): NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell leads by roughly 30% (0.26 vs 0.56 frames/s) in our testing.

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