NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 24GB GDDR6 workstation

The Quadro RTX 6000 still impresses with 24GB of VRAM at the 92nd percentile and AI performance at the 91st percentile. But raster performance sits at just the 41st percentile and compute at the 17th, making it a tough sell at CAD 2,559. Unless you need certified Quadro drivers, a current-gen card will serve you better.

Let's talk about what this card was built for: AI and professional visualization. The 576 Tensor cores deliver 130.5 TFLOPS of deep learning performance, which puts AI capability at the 91st percentile. That's a standout result, and it's the main reason this card still shows up in workstation builds. The 24GB of GDDR6 with 672GB/s of bandwidth means you can load large models without hitting the memory wall that cripples consumer cards with 8GB or 12GB.

But raster performance is where things fall apart. The PassMark G3D score of 17,707 is solidly middle of the pack at the 41st percentile. For context, a current-gen mid-range gaming GPU will beat this card in most rendering benchmarks while drawing less power. The RT performance sits at the 61st percentile, which is fine but not exciting. And the compute score at the 17th percentile is a real letdown for a card that was marketed as a compute monster. The 295W TDP with dual-slot active cooling keeps thermals at the 44th percentile, which is about average, but the efficiency score of 21st percentile tells you this architecture is showing its age.

Stacked against the current competition, this card has a hard time justifying itself. The ASUS TUF RTX 5090 with 32GB of GDDR7 will absolutely demolish the Quadro RTX 6000 in every performance metric while offering modern features and better efficiency. Even the Gigabyte AERO RTX 5080 with 16GB will beat it in raster and RT workloads despite having less VRAM. The MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti and ZOTAC RTX 5080 both offer better price-to-performance ratios. The one area where the Quadro still holds an edge is VRAM capacity against the 16GB cards, but the 5090's 32GB eliminates even that advantage. The Sapphire NITRO+ is an AMD option that also outclasses this card in most scenarios. Unless you need Quadro-specific driver features, any of these competitors is a smarter buy.

The only price we're seeing is CAD 2,559 from a single Canadian listing. That puts affordability at the 15th percentile, which is about as bad as it sounds. You're paying a premium for the Quadro name, the driver certification, and that 24GB of VRAM. The problem is that the underlying Turing architecture is now three generations old. For the same money, you could buy a current-gen card with better raster performance, better efficiency, and enough VRAM for most professional workloads. The value proposition only makes sense if you specifically need certified drivers for legacy software or you're locked into a Quadro-only workflow.

The Quadro RTX 6000 is a weird card to evaluate in 2025. It packs 24GB of GDDR6 on a 384-bit bus, which lands it in the 92nd percentile for VRAM capacity in our database. That's genuinely impressive for large-scale modeling and rendering workloads. But the rest of the numbers tell a more complicated story. The PassMark G3D score of 17,707 puts its raw raster performance at the 41st percentile, which means a mid-range gaming card from the last couple of generations will smoke it in traditional rendering tasks.

The 4608 CUDA cores and 72 RT cores were serious hardware when Turing launched, but time hasn't been kind. The 295W TDP is a lot of power draw for what you get back in compute performance, which sits at the 17th percentile. That's rough. If you need the VRAM and the Quadro driver certification for professional software, this card still has a niche. If you just want fast rendering, there are much better options for less money.

Skip this card if you're building a new workstation in 2025. The compute performance at the 17th percentile is a real letdown for a card marketed at professionals, and the efficiency at the 21st percentile means you're burning 295W for mediocre output. If you don't need Quadro-specific driver certification, a current-gen RTX card will give you better raster performance, better efficiency, and more modern features for less money. The only people who should consider this are those locked into legacy professional software that requires Quadro drivers, or those who specifically need 24GB of VRAM and can't stretch to a 32GB current-gen card.

The Quadro RTX 6000 was a beast when it launched, but the data doesn't lie. With raster performance at the 41st percentile, compute at the 17th, and efficiency at the 21st, this card is running on reputation rather than results. The 24GB of VRAM and strong AI performance are the only things keeping it relevant, and even those are being eclipsed by newer hardware. At CAD 2,559, it's a hard sell. If you're building a new workstation, put your money into a current-gen card. If you already own one of these and it's doing the job, ride it out. But don't buy one new in 2025 unless you have a very specific professional requirement that only Quadro drivers can satisfy.