Nvidia introduces 12 new GPUs based on Blackwell Architecture including some with 96 GB ECC GDDR7

Nvidia has revealed a dozen new GPUs at its GTC 2025 event, the company’s biggest launch in two years.

Based on the Blackwell architecture, the Nykommer uses RTX Pro Moniker to differentiate themselves from the previous generations (ADA Lovelace, Ampere and Turing) and from their consumer Breathens.

The flagship models are three RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPU variants with 96 GB ECC GDDR7 memory and up to 4000 AI Tops -Twice the amount of memory in its previous performance champion, RTX 6000 and a staggering 4x RTX 5090, the best GPU in the consumer market has to offer.

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Alongside Standard WorkStation Edition, Nvidia also introduced Blackwell Max-Q WorkStation Edition and Server Edition.

The latter is the successor to the L40 Data Center GPU series, which brings a certain much needed consistency to the GPU nomenclature.

As for Max-Q Workstation Edition, it remains a bit of a mystery. Nvidia launched Max-Q technology back in 2017, and this is usually associated with portable GPUs trying to achieve maximum efficiency.

However, workstation PCs rarely aim for optimal energy consumption except perhaps in effect-limited environments such as mini-PCs with small form factor.

Three other professional Desktop GPUs were also introduced: Pro 5000, Pro 4500 and Pro 4000, which will be available from May 2025.

Given previous product launching cycles, I expect more models that focus on the entry level and mainstream parts of the market will be launched by the end of 2025.

Six new portable GPUs were also launched, all with the RTX Pro Naming Convention and, confusing enough, with some having the same name as their desktop colleagues.

RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell is the new laptop flagship GPU with 24 GB ECC GDDR7 memory; Other models include the series 4000, 3000, 2000, 1000 and 500 and should directly replace their respective “ADA generation”.

All of these parts will be available from OEM partners in mobile workstations starting in June 2025.

We strive to update this article when additional details of the cards (including pricing) are published.

Nvidia’s GTC headthals also saw the formal launch of DGX Spark, formerly known as Project -Irfrifre, DGX station and Blackwell Ultra (or GB300), Nvidia’s most powerful GPU ever.

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A comparison of ADA -Generation and Blackwell Professional GPUs
Header Cell – Column 0	Header Cell – Column 1	Nvidia cuda -treatment kernels	Nvidia rt -kernes	Tensus kernels	GPU MEMORY (GB)	Peak Memory Bandwidth (GB/S)	Floating-Point Performance Single Precision (Tflops, Peak)	AI tops
L40S	Data Center	18176	142 (3. Gen)	568 (4. Gen)	48	864	91.60	1466.00
L40	Data Center	18176	142 (3. Gen)	568 (4. Gen)	48	864	90.50	724.00
RTX Pro 6000	Data Center	Row 2 – Cell 2	Row 2 – Cell 3	Row 2 – Cell 4	96	Row 2 – Cell 6	Row 2 – Cell 7	4000
RTX 6000 ADA -Generation	Desktop	18176	142 (3. Gen)	568 (4. Gen)	48	960	91.10	1457.00
RTX 5000 ADA -Generation	Desktop	12800	100 (3. Gen)	400 (4. Gen)	32	576	65.30	1044.40
RTX 4500 ADA -Generation	Desktop	7680	60 (3. Gen)	240 (4. Gen)	24	432	39.90	634.00
RTX 4000 ADA -Generation	Desktop	6144	48 (3. Gen)	192 (4. Gen)	20	360	26.70	427.50
RTX 4000 SFF ADA GENERATION	Desktop	6144	48 (3. Gen)	192 (4. Gen)	20	280	19.20	306.80
RTX 2000 ADA -GENERATION	Desktop	2816	22 (3. Gen)	88 (4. Gen)	16	224	12.00	191.90
RTX Pro 5000	Desktop	Row 9 – Cell 2	Row 9 – Cell 3	Row 9 – Cell 4	Row 9 – Cell 5	Row 9 – Cell 6	Row 9 – Cell 7	Row 9 – Cell 8
RTX Pro 4500	Desktop	Row 10 – Cell 2	Row 10 – cell 3	Row 10 – cell 4	Row 10 – cell 5	Row 10 – cell 6	Row 10 – cell 7	Row 10 – Cell 8
RTX Pro 4000	Desktop	Row 11 – cell 2	Row 11 – cell 3	Row 11 – cell 4	Row 11 – Cell 5	Row 11 – Cell 6	Row 11 – cell 7	Row 11 – Cell 8
RTX Pro 6000	Desktop	Row 12 – Cell 2	Row 12 – Cell 3	Row 12 – cell 4	96	Row 12 – Cell 6	Row 12 – Cell 7	Row 12 – Cell 8
RTX PRO 6000 MAX-Q	Desktop	Row 13 – Cell 2	Row 13 – cell 3	Row 13 – Cell 4	Row 13 – Cell 5	Row 13 – Cell 6	Row 13 – Cell 7	Row 13 – Cell 8
RTX 5000 ADA -Generation	Laptop	9728	76 (3. Gen)	304 (4. Gen)	16	576	42.50	681.80
RTX 4000 ADA -Generation	Laptop	7424	58 (3. Gen)	232 (4. Gen)	12	432	33.60	538.00
RTX 3500 ADA -GENERATION	Laptop	5120	40 (3. Gen)	180 (4. Gen)	12	432	23.00	368.60
RTX 3000 ADA -Generation	Laptop	4608	36 (3. Gen)	144 (4. Gen)	8	256	19.90	318.60
RTX 2000 ADA -GENERATION	Laptop	3072	24 (3. Gen)	96 (4. Gen)	8	256	14.50	231.60
RTX 1000 ADA -Generation	Laptop	2560	20 (3. Gen)	80 (4. Gen)	6	192	12.10	193.00
RTX 500 ADA -Generation	Laptop	2048	16 (3. Gen)	64 (4. Gen)	4	128	9.20	154.30
RTX Pro 5000	Laptop	Row 21 – Cell 2	Row 21 – Cell 3	Row 21 – Cell 4	24	Row 21 – Cell 6	Row 21 – Cell 7	Row 21 – Cell 8
RTX Pro 4000	Laptop	Row 22 – Cell 2	Row 22 – Cell 3	Row 22 – Cell 4	Row 22 – Cell 5	Row 22 – Cell 6	Row 22 – Cell 7	Row 22 – Cell 8
RTX Pro 3000	Laptop	Row 23 – Cell 2	Row 23 – Cell 3	Row 23 – Cell 4	Row 23 – Cell 5	Row 23 – Cell 6	Row 23 – Cell 7	Row 23 – Cell 8
RTX Pro 2000	Laptop	Row 24 – Cell 2	Row 24 – Cell 3	Row 24 – Cell 4	Row 24 – cell 5	Row 24 – Cell 6	Row 24 – Cell 7	Row 24 – Cell 8
RTX Pro 1000	Laptop	Row 25 – cell 2	Row 25 – cell 3	Row 25 – Cell 4	Row 25 – Cell 5	Row 25 – Cell 6	Row 25 – cell 7	Row 25 – Cell 8
RTX Pro 500	Laptop	Row 26 – Cell 2	Row 26 – Cell 3	Row 26 – Cell 4	Row 26 – Cell 5	Row 26 – Cell 6	Row 26 – Cell 7	Row 26 – Cell 8

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