Nvidia RTX 5090 vs Nvidia RTX PRO 6000

Nvidia RTX 5090 rents for 1.8x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 buys 1.3x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

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Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU3.0x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
Memory bandwidth1.1x on the Nvidia RTX 5090
FP16 / BF16 dense2.4x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
FP8 dense2.4x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
Board power1.0x on the Nvidia RTX 5090

Figures are the vendors' own published numbers, dense rates without sparsity. A bar is drawn only where both cards publish the same figure.

Price, side by side

Metric Nvidia RTX 5090 Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
Cheapest listed $0.28 $0.50
Median across providers $0.65 $1.35
Most expensive listed $0.70 $2.19
Providers 5 9
Reporting stock 4 4
One month, 730 hours $206 $365

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 5090 or the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 5090 starts at $0.28 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 at $0.50. Nvidia RTX 5090 rents for 1.8x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 buys 1.3x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX 5090: 4 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.28 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX PRO 6000: 4 of 9 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.50 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 5090: $206 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX PRO 6000: $365 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.