RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Generation vs Quadro RTX 6000 Passive

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTU102AD103
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date13 August 2018 (6 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$6,299 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores46089728
Core clock speed1305 MHz1425 MHz
Boost clock speed1560 MHz2115 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)260 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate449.3643.0
Floating-point processing power14.38 TFLOPS41.15 TFLOPS
ROPs96112
TMUs288304
Tensor Cores576304
Ray Tracing Cores7276

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount24 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth672.0 GB/s576.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 August 2018 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 260 Watt 120 Watt

RTX 6000 Passive has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 140% more advanced lithography process, and 116.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 6000 Passive and RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 6000 Passive is a workstation card while RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Generation is a mobile workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 Passive
Quadro RTX 6000 Passive
NVIDIA RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Generation
RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Generation

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


1.9 9 votes

Rate Quadro RTX 6000 Passive on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.3 6 votes

Rate RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Generation on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.