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NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell Workstation Edition

Side-by-side specifications, performance, and rental pricing for datacenter AI workloads.

RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: Blackwell, 2025 RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell: Blackwell, 2026
Memory
96 vs 84 GB
12 GB more for the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell
Bandwidth
1.8 TB/s vs 1.4 TB/s
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell moves data faster
TDP
600 W vs 600 W
Same power budget
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NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition

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What is the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell?

The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell is a GPU from NVIDIA on the Blackwell architecture, an accelerator for AI training, inference and high-performance computing. It is a PCIe add-in card, so it fits standard servers and workstations. RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell full specifications →

Can I rent the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell in the cloud?

Yes. Cloud providers tracked by Flopper rent the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell by the hour, and the pricing page compares their current rates and the price history side by side. RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell rental prices →

How does the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell compare with other accelerators?

This page sets the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell against the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell. The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell is the older generation of the two. Both are NVIDIA parts, and both ship as a PCIe card, so they fit the same class of system. The compare tool builds the same comparison for any two parts in the catalogue. All GPU comparisons →

Where do the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell figures come from?

Every RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell figure on this page traces to NVIDIA's own datasheet or specification table. How Flopper verifies specifications →

NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell Workstation Edition

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What is the NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell?

The RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell is a GPU from NVIDIA on the Blackwell architecture, an accelerator for AI training, inference and high-performance computing. It is a PCIe add-in card, so it fits standard servers and workstations. It has been announced but is not yet shipping. RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell full specifications →

Can I rent the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell in the cloud?

Flopper is not tracking any live rental listings for the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell yet. The provider directory lists the clouds that rent comparable accelerators on demand. GPU cloud providers →

How does the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell compare with other accelerators?

This page sets the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell against the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell. The RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell is the newer generation of the two. Both are NVIDIA parts, and both ship as a PCIe card, so they fit the same class of system. Flopper also compares it head to head with the RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 72GB and GeForce RTX 5090 32GB, across every published precision, memory and power. RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell vs RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 72GB →

Where do the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell figures come from?

NVIDIA published the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell figures in marketing material rather than a datasheet, and Flopper has no independent confirmation of them. How Flopper verifies specifications →

Specifications

RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell
RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell
Architecture
BlackwellBlackwell
Launch Year
20252026
Form Factor
PCIePCIe
Memory
96 GB84 GB
Memory Bandwidth
1.8 TB/s1.4 TB/s
TDP
600 W600 W
Process Node
4nm4nm

Performance (TFLOPS)

RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell
RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell
2 TFLOPS No verified data available
126 TFLOPS No verified data available
252 TFLOPS
504 TFLOPS sparse
 No verified data available
504 TFLOPS
1,008 TFLOPS sparse
 No verified data available
504 TFLOPS
1,008 TFLOPS sparse
 No verified data available
1,008 TFLOPS
2,015 TFLOPS sparse
 No verified data available
FP6
No verified data available No verified data available
2,015 TFLOPS
4,030 TFLOPS sparse
 No verified data available
1,008 TOPS
2,015 TOPS sparse
 No verified data available

Figures are dense. Where a vendor publishes a figure it sits under the dense one and never decides a winner. Hover any precision for its definition, or read the GPU glossary.

FLOPS by Precision

What actually differs

The RTX PRO 5500 is a cut-down RTX PRO 6000, not a cheaper route to the same card. It uses the same GB202 die at the same 600 W, with about 10% fewer CUDA cores enabled, 84 GB of memory against 96 GB, and roughly a fifth less bandwidth. Bandwidth sets token generation speed, so on any model that fits both, expect the 5500 to decode slower by more than its capacity cut suggests.

It also drops one video encoder and decoder, and MIG splits it two ways rather than four, which matters for a shared lab card or managed virtual desktops.

What you save for all that is unknown. NVIDIA has published no price, no ship date and no throughput figure, and marks the spec table preliminary. Waiting pays only if the discount turns out large; meanwhile you can rent an RTX PRO 6000 to test your workload now.

New to the terms? The glossary explains FP64, FP32, TF32, BF16, FP16, FP8, FP4, INT8, Sparsity and TFLOPS. For how the generations relate, see NVIDIA architectures explained.

Frequently asked questions

Is the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell faster than the RTX PRO 5500?

On every published spec, yes, though nobody can put a number on the gap yet. The RTX PRO 6000 has 24,064 CUDA cores against 21,760 and 1,792 GB/s of memory bandwidth against 1,398 GB/s, at the same 600 W. NVIDIA rates the 6000 at 126 TFLOPS FP32 and has published no throughput figure for the 5500.

Should I wait for the RTX PRO 5500 or buy the RTX PRO 6000 now?

Buy the RTX PRO 6000 if you need a card this year or your models come close to 84 GB. The 5500 is the same die with fewer cores, less memory and less bandwidth at the same 600 W, so waiting only pays if its price, still unpublished, lands well below the 6000's.

How much memory does the RTX PRO 5500 have compared with the RTX PRO 6000?

84 GB of GDDR7 with ECC against 96 GB, read at 1,398 GB/s against 1,792 GB/s. MIG splits the 5500 into two 42 GB instances and the 6000 into up to four 24 GB. The 5500's table is marked preliminary, and PNY's listed 416-bit bus does not fit 84 GB, so a figure may change.

When can I buy or rent the RTX PRO 5500?

NVIDIA has given no ship date and no price; the card appeared as Coming Soon around 14 September 2026. Flopper tracks no rental listings for it. The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition rents today across 16 providers, from $0.94 to $4.50 per GPU-hour, with the floor on spot capacity.

Where to Rent

NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition

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$0.79 / GPU-hr

Lowest of 27 live listings across 16 providers · median $2.28

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NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell Workstation Edition

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