Nvidia has announced its new RTX Pro Blackwell series of graphics processing units (GPUs) designed to meet the needs of professional designers, developers, data scientists, and creatives. The lineup includes a top-of-the-line RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPU for workstations, as well as other desktop and laptop variants.
The flagship RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell features 96GB of GDDR7 memory and requires 600W of power. It boasts 24,064 CUDA cores, a 512-bit memory bus, and 1792 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The GPU also supports PCIe Gen 5, DisplayPort 2.1, and the latest Blackwell generation of RT cores and Tensor cores.
Targeted at professionals working on game development, AI workloads, or demanding tasks that require extensive VRAM and fast performance, the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell is designed for workstation use. It will be available in a Max-Q variant and server edition for data centers.
Additionally, Nvidia is launching the RTX Pro 5000 and RTX Pro 4000 Blackwell in desktop and laptop form factors, alongside the RTX Pro 4500 Blackwell for desktops. Laptop variants come with up to 24GB of VRAM and support Nvidia’s latest Blackwell Max-Q technologies, which aim to optimize performance and power efficiency.
The server variant will be available from Cisco, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Supermicro “soon,” while cloud providers like AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and CoreWeave will also offer RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell servers later this year. The rest of the RTX Pro Blackwell lineup for workstations and laptops is expected to ship in the summer and later this year, respectively.
Note: Prices for the RTX Pro 6000 workstation variant have not been announced yet.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/631868/nvidia-rtx-pro-6000-blackwell-gpu-professionals