Nvidia reportedly halts RTX 5090 production, shifting GB202 capacity to AI GPUs
According to leakers citing a notice sent to a manufacturing partner, Nvidia has stopped supplying GB202 graphics processors for consumer GeForce RTX 5090-series cards, including the China-only "D" variants, and will use the silicon exclusively for data center and professional graphics cards. The claim is unverified and Nvidia has not commented; typically the company does not respond to rumors. The same reports say the top GeForce card would become a 24GB RTX 5080 while the 16GB RTX 5080 is discontinued. Existing board, distributor and retail inventory means RTX 5090 cards will not vanish immediately, but supply would tighten over time and prices could rise; economically, the same GB202 silicon sells in far more expensive professional and AI parts such as the RTX Pro 5500 and RTX 6000 Pro.
If accurate, it is another sign that Nvidia is steering scarce manufacturing capacity toward AI and professional accelerators, which could raise prices for high-end consumer GPUs.
Nvidia has reportedly ceased selling its GB202 graphics processors for consumer-grade GeForce RTX 5090-series add-in-boards (AIBs), including 'D' variants for the Chinese market, according to a leaked notice from an unknown factory cited by @hongxing2020, who tends to have insights into the graphics card market. Another prominent leaker @Zed__Wang confirmed the report and said that from now on the GB202 silicon will be exclusively used on data center and professional graphics cards.
"According to a notification from the factory, Nvidia will no longer manufacture any RTX 5090 models, including the D variants," a message cited by @hongxing2020 reads. "Going forward, the highest-end GeForce graphics card will be the RTX 5080 24GB, while the RTX 5080 16GB version will be discontinued. Please spread the word."
This is, of course, an unverified claim and not an official Nvidia announcement. We asked Nvidia for a comment, though the company has yet to respond. Typically, Nvidia does not comment on rumors.
While the information is strictly unofficial for now, the alleged decision would make considerable economic sense for Nvidia, as the company can sell GB202 processors on data center and professional graphics cards that cost substantially more than the GeForce RTX 5090. In fact, Nvidia's recently introduced RTX Pro 5500 features the same number of CUDA cores — 21,760 — as the GeForce RTX 5090, but comes with 84GB of GDDR7 memory instead of 32GB and targets considerably more lucrative professional visualization (ProViz) and AI applications. Meanwhile, the fully-fledged RTX 6000 Pro with 24,064 CUDA cores and 96 GB of memory can easily sell for $15,000.
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