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NVIDIA GPU Performance Showdown: 5090 vs. 6000 PRO Series

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A user has performed a detailed performance comparison of various NVIDIA GPUs, including the 5090 and multiple configurations of the 6000 PRO series (MaxQ, WS/SE). The comparison focuses on full compute performance using Anima and LLM prompt processing. The user modified a 6000 PRO MaxQ by shunt modding it to draw up to 600W and water-cooled it for thermal management, achieving significantly higher performance. The tests involved specific software configurations, including PyTorch versions and custom-built extensions for Stable Diffusion Forge. AI

IMPACT Provides insights into GPU performance for AI workloads, aiding hardware selection for local LLM processing and generative tasks.

RANK_REASON User-conducted hardware performance benchmark and comparison.

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NVIDIA GPU Performance Showdown: 5090 vs. 6000 PRO Series

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/panchovix ·

    Performance comparison on full compute performance (Anima) and LLM prompt processing of 5090 (600,475 and 400W) vs 6000 PRO MaxQ shunt modded and water cooled (at 300, 400, 475 and 600W), and 6000 PRO WS/SE (600W).

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1utvbey/performance_comparison_on_full_compute/"> <img alt="Performance comparison on full compute performance (Anima) and LLM prompt processing of 5090 (600,475 and 400W) vs 6000 PRO MaxQ shunt modded and wat…

  2. r/StableDiffusion TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/panchovix ·

    Performance comparison on full compute performance (Anima) and LLM prompt processing of 5090 (600,475 and 400W) vs 6000 PRO MaxQ shunt modded and water cooled (at 300, 400, 475 and 600W), and 6000 PRO WS/SE (600W).

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1utw89l/performance_comparison_on_full_compute/"> <img alt="Performance comparison on full compute performance (Anima) and LLM prompt processing of 5090 (600,475 and 400W) vs 6000 PRO MaxQ shunt modded an…

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