RTX 5090 Availability Remains Limited as RTX PRO 6000 Lists at $16,000

Nvidia may shift future GB202 chip production from the GeForce RTX 5090 to its higher-priced RTX PRO professional graphics line, a move that could reshape availability of the company’s top gaming card.

Hardware leaker MEGAsizeGPU claimed that future GB202 production may be allocated entirely to RTX PRO cards rather than the RTX 5090. If the claim is accurate, future GB202 production would be directed toward Nvidia’s professional GPU line.

The RTX 5090 launched at $1,999 with 32GB of memory. Nvidia’s RTX PRO 6000, aimed at AI development, design and rendering, has 96GB of memory and is listed at $16,000—eight times the RTX 5090’s launch price. The RTX 5090 and RTX PRO series use chips from the same GB202 series.

Availability of the RTX 5090 has already been limited in the United States. Some third-party sellers have listed the card for as much as $9,600. If the production halt occurs, buyers would have to rely on remaining inventory.

A separate leak claims Nvidia is preparing a 24GB version of the RTX 5080 to replace the RTX 5090 as the highest-end card in its gaming lineup. The current RTX 5080 has about half as many CUDA cores as the RTX 5090 and delivers roughly 30% lower 4K gaming performance.

A 24GB RTX 5080 would also have less memory than the RTX 5090’s 32GB. The claims about the production allocation and possible replacement remain unconfirmed.