NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5090 and China-exclusive RTX 5090D are said to have the same GPU configuration and clock speeds.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 for global market and RTX 5090D for China are rumored to have the same GPU configuration
NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5090D is a variation of its upcoming RTX 5090 flagship gaming graphics card, and its box material was recently seen leaked. This special variant is designed to meet US export regulations, but unlike the RTX 4090D, it looks like the RTX 5090D may retain the same core configuration as the non-D variant.
When NVIDIA launched the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090D, the RTX 4090 was banned for export because it exceeded the TPP rating set by US regulators, so they rushed it to offer something to the Chinese gaming sector. did. This forced NVIDIA to simply reduce the original 4090 specs to save time, rather than consider other ways to reduce TPP numbers. Let’s look at the NVIDIA LHR lock as a hardware-level lock that prevents gaming GPUs from being used as minor cards (but was later bypassed).
With the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090D, the Green Team may go down this path again of ensuring the hardware doesn’t exceed its TPP rating despite having the same core configuration as the RTX 5090. At least, that’s what Chiphell forum members say. Panzerito has a history of sharing trivia about various products.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090D and RTX 5090 are said to have similar hardware configurations, which could mean things like the same GPU (but different SKU), and gaming clocks as well. It is said that they are the same. The RTX 5090 was said to have an out-of-the-box clock speed of 2.9 GHz.
If that’s true, the RTX 5090D should come with up to 21760 cores and 32GB of GDDR7 memory, and like last time, both versions should cost the same. The RTX 5090D is expected to launch in January 2025, which is also when the Green Team launches RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 enthusiast products for the global gaming market.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 & RTX 5080 GPU specs (rumored):
Graphics Card NameNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 GPU NameBlackwell GB202-300Blackwell GB203-400Ada Lovelace AD102-300Ada Lovelace AD103-300 GPU SMs170 (192) full)84 (84 full)128 (144 full)76 *80 full) Number of GPU cores 21760 (+33%)10752 (+11%)163849728 Clock speed TBDTBD2520 MHz2505 MHz L2 cache TBDTBD72 MB64 MB Memory capacity 32 GB GDDR7 (+33%)16 GB GDDR7 (0%)24 GB GDDR6X16 GB GDDR6X Memory Bus512-bit (+33%)256-bit (0%)384-bit256-bit Memory Speed28-32 Gbps32 Gbps21.0 Gbps23.0 Gbps Bandwidth Width 1792 ~ 2048 GB/s1024 GB/s1008 GB/s736 GB /s TBP600W (+33%)400W (+25%)450W320W Power Interface1 12V-2×6 (16 pin)1 12V-2×6 (16 pin)1 12VHPWR (16 pin)1 12VHPWR (16 pin)
