NVIDIA's fastest PRO graphics card, the RTX 6000 Blackwell, continues to see price hikes with the latest official listing of $13,250.
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell & RTX 5090 Graphics Cards Continue To Face Price Hikes Due To Memory Shortages & Rising AI Demand
Last month, we reported that NVIDIA's RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs had breached the $10,000 US price point, but that was just the beginning. Now, NVIDIA has officially listed the card for an even higher price.
Over at the official NVIDIA marketplace, the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell graphics cards are now listed for $13,250. These include both Max-Q and standard Workstation Edition variants. During launch, the GPU was priced around $8000 US, which makes the new price tag over 60% higher.
NVIDIA never mentioned an official MSRP for the RTX PRO 6000, but as of right now, the card is much higher than what users paid for a few months back. Even if we ignore the $8000 pricing, the $13,250 cost is over 30% higher than last month's pricing, which is insane.
The primary reason for such a large increase in price is due to the memory. The card features 96 GB of GDDR7 memory in a clamshell design. That's the largest VRAM on a discrete graphics board so far, and with the ongoing memory shortages, the availability of both GDDR7 and RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs is severely limited.
RTX 5090 Jumps The $4000 Barrier
Over on the GeForce segment, the NVIDIA RTX 5090 continues to see a gradual price bump. Last month, we were able to spot a few custom models under $4000 US, though mostly around $3600-$3800. Today, you will only find models above $4000 US. The cheapest models are priced at $4199.99 US at Newegg & $4179.95 at Amazon.
The RTX 5090 launched at an MSRP of $1999 and immediately saw the price jump beyond $2K. Now, the card retails at over 2x its MSRP, making it difficult even for enthusiasts to get their hands on the fastest gaming graphics card.
But despite all of this, the AI crowd continues to purchase these flagship graphics cards that NVIDIA has to offer since there's no alternative with the same level of specifications or performance.
Despite these eye-watering increases, strong demand from the AI sector continues unabated, as these cards remain unmatched in performance and VRAM capacity. For now, professionals and enthusiasts alike must navigate a market where cutting-edge NVIDIA hardware comes at a premium that shows little sign of easing.
News Source: Videocardz
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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