NVIDIA Launches China-Specific RTX 5090D with Reduced AI Performance
At CES 2025, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang officially unveiled the GeForce RTX 50 series, highlighting the RTX 5090D, a specialized graphics processing unit tailored for the Chinese market. This new flagship GPU is engineered to strictly comply with United States export control regulations regarding advanced semiconductor technology. Priced at RMB 16,499 (approximately $2,251), the RTX 5090D is scheduled for release on January 30. While it retains key hardware specifications identical to the global RTX 5090 model, such as 21,760 CUDA cores, 32GB of GDDR7 memory, and fifth-generation Tensor and RT cores, its artificial intelligence capabilities have been intentionally curtailed. Specifically, the AI performance is reduced by approximately 29.15%, dropping from 3,352 TOPS to 2,375 TOPS. However, ray tracing performance remains unaffected at 318 TLOPS. This strategic product adjustment allows NVIDIA to maintain its presence in the Chinese consumer market while adhering to geopolitical trade restrictions imposed by the U.S. government on high-performance computing exports.
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NVIDIA Launches China-Specific RTX 5090D with Reduced AI Performance
At CES 2025, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang officially unveiled the GeForce RTX 50 series, highlighting the RTX 5090D, a specialized graphics processing unit tailored for the Chinese market. This new flagship GPU is engineered to strictly comply with United States export control regulations regarding advanced semiconductor technology. Priced at RMB 16,499 (approximately $2,251), the RTX 5090D is scheduled for release on January 30. While it retains key hardware specifications identical to the global RTX 5090 model, such as 21,760 CUDA cores, 32GB of GDDR7 memory, and fifth-generation Tensor and RT cores, its artificial intelligence capabilities have been intentionally curtailed. Specifically, the AI performance is reduced by approximately 29.15%, dropping from 3,352 TOPS to 2,375 TOPS. However, ray tracing performance remains unaffected at 318 TLOPS. This strategic product adjustment allows NVIDIA to maintain its presence in the Chinese consumer market while adhering to geopolitical trade restrictions imposed by the U.S. government on high-performance computing exports.
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