RTX 6000 Ada vs RTX PRO 6000 for local AI
Today the RTX 6000 Ada is cheaper: $7,698.43 against $16,499 for the RTX PRO 6000. Per gigabyte of memory the RTX 6000 Ada wins, $160 against $171. For Qwen3.8 27B · Q4_K_M the RTX PRO 6000 is faster, about 71 against 38 tokens per second. The RTX PRO 6000 holds more, 96 GB against 48 GB, and fits 18 of our 28 reference models at Q4_K_M where the RTX 6000 Ada fits 12.
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest price today, delivered | $7,698.43 on eBay | $16,499 on eBay |
| Price per GB | $160/GB | $171/GB |
| Memory | 48 GB GDDR6 ECC | 96 GB GDDR7 ECC |
| Memory bandwidth | 960 GB/s | 1,792 GB/s |
| FP16 compute, dense | 182 TFLOPS | 504 TFLOPS |
| Reference models that fit at Q4_K_M | 12 of 28 | 18 of 28 |
| Power | 300 W | 600 W |
| Form factor | Dual slot, full height | Dual slot, full height (Workstation Edition) |
| Interface | PCIe 4 | PCIe 5 |
| Software platform | cuda | cuda |
| Launched | 2022 | 2025 |
| Launch price | $6,800 | $8,565 |
Qwen3.8 27B · Q4_K_M by quantization
| Quant | RTX 6000 Ada | RTX PRO 6000 |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 | does not fit | ~22 tok/s |
| Q8_0 | ~22 tok/s | ~41 tok/s |
| Q6_K | ~28 tok/s | ~53 tok/s |
| Q5_K_M | ~33 tok/s | ~61 tok/s |
| Q4_K_M | ~38 tok/s | ~71 tok/s |
| Q3_K_M | ~47 tok/s | ~88 tok/s |
| IQ2_M | ~68 tok/s | ~130 tok/s |
Fit means the weights plus an 8K context cache fit in memory; speed is the estimated decode rate. Prices are the cheapest live eBay listing that passed our filters, item plus shipping. How we estimate.