NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition
The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition is a laptop graphics processor released on March 18, 2025, built on the Blackwell architecture. It has 24,064 shading units and a boost clock of 2.29 GHz. It scores 32,572 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 3.0 and CUDA compute capability 12.0.
Depth: 26 recorded fields, 10 features, 5 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, NVIDIA Developer: CUDA GPUs, NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 6 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition scores 32,572 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 99.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #13), measured across 142 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 1,202.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition averages DirectX 9 409 fps, DirectX 10 204 fps, DirectX 11 292 fps, DirectX 12 111 fps and GPU Compute 20,931 ops/s, across 142 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
Not to be confused with
This page covers the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition is based on the Blackwell architecture and uses the GB202 graphics processor.
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition has 24,064 shading units, 752 texture mapping units and 192 render output units.
The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition runs at a base clock of 1.59 GHz and boosts to 2.29 GHz.
Memory
Market
The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition was released on March 18, 2025 and launched at a price of $8,565.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition supports Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 3.0 and CUDA compute capability 12.0.
Features
The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition has 1 supported feature recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.
Compute and AI
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Supported: CUDA Compute capability 12.0Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.
Not listed (2)
No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.
The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition supports CUDA (Compute capability 12.0) under Compute and AI.
Media engine
The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265) and AV1 and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9.
| Codec | Encode | Decode |
|---|---|---|
| H.264 (AVC) | Supported4:4:4: Yes | Supported |
| HEVC (H.265) | Supported4:2:2: Yes; 4:4:4: Yes; 10-bit: Yes; B-frames: Yes; 8K: Yes | Supported4:4:4: Yes |
| AV1 | Supported | Supported |
| VP9 | Not stated by the vendor | Supported |
supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor
Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (9th Generation, encoder engines: 4) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (6th Generation, decoder engines: 4).
Frequently asked questions
How fast is the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition?
The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition scores 32,572 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 99.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #13. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 111 fps.
Does the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition support AV1 encoding?
Yes. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition supports AV1 hardware encoding and AV1 hardware decoding.
What is the CUDA compute capability of the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition?
The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition has CUDA compute capability 12.0.
When was the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition released and how much did it cost at launch?
The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition was released on March 18, 2025 and launched at a price of $8,565.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
1 filled value
- Architecture: Blackwell (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GB202 -> Blackwell. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).
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