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NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 72GB

Side-by-side specifications, performance, and rental pricing for datacenter AI workloads.

RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell: Blackwell, 2026 RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell: Blackwell, 2025
Memory
84 vs 72 GB
12 GB more for the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell
Bandwidth
1.4 TB/s vs 1.3 TB/s
RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell moves data faster
TDP
600 W vs 300 W
RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell draws 300 W less
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NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell Workstation Edition

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What is the NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell?

The RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell is a GPU from NVIDIA on the Blackwell architecture, an accelerator for AI training, inference and high-performance computing. It is a PCIe add-in card, so it fits standard servers and workstations. It has been announced but is not yet shipping. RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell full specifications →

Can I rent the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell in the cloud?

Flopper is not tracking any live rental listings for the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell yet. The provider directory lists the clouds that rent comparable accelerators on demand. GPU cloud providers →

How does the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell compare with other accelerators?

This page sets the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell against the RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell. The RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell is the newer generation of the two. Both are NVIDIA parts, and both ship as a PCIe card, so they fit the same class of system. Flopper also compares it head to head with the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition and GeForce RTX 5090 32GB, across every published precision, memory and power. RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell vs RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition →

Where do the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell figures come from?

NVIDIA published the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell figures in marketing material rather than a datasheet, and Flopper has no independent confirmation of them. How Flopper verifies specifications →

NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 72GB

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What is the NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell?

The RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell is a GPU from NVIDIA on the Blackwell architecture, an accelerator for AI training, inference and high-performance computing. It is a PCIe add-in card, so it fits standard servers and workstations. RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell full specifications →

Can I rent the RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell in the cloud?

Yes. Cloud providers tracked by Flopper rent the RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell by the hour, and the pricing page compares their current rates and the price history side by side. RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell rental prices →

How does the RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell compare with other accelerators?

This page sets the RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell against the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell. The RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell is the older generation of the two. Both are NVIDIA parts, and both ship as a PCIe card, so they fit the same class of system. The compare tool builds the same comparison for any two parts in the catalogue. All GPU comparisons →

Where do the RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell figures come from?

Every RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell figure on this page traces to NVIDIA's own datasheet or specification table. How Flopper verifies specifications →

Specifications

RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell
RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell
Architecture
BlackwellBlackwell
Launch Year
20262025
Form Factor
PCIePCIe
Memory
84 GB72 GB
Memory Bandwidth
1.4 TB/s1.3 TB/s
TDP
600 W300 W
Process Node
4nm4nm

Performance (TFLOPS)

RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell
RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell
No verified data available No verified data available
No verified data available65 TFLOPS
No verified data available No verified data available
No verified data available No verified data available
No verified data available No verified data available
No verified data available No verified data available
FP6
No verified data available No verified data available
No verified data available1,032 TFLOPS
2,064 TFLOPS sparse
No verified data available No verified data available

Figures are dense. Where a vendor publishes a figure it sits under the dense one and never decides a winner. Hover any precision for its definition, or read the GPU glossary.

FLOPS by Precision

What actually differs

Wait for the RTX PRO 5500 only if compute, not memory, holds you back. NVIDIA has announced 84 GB at 1,398 GB/s, just 12 GB more than the RTX PRO 5000 72GB and about 4% more bandwidth, so decode speed on a model that fits both barely moves. What the 5500 adds is the full-size GB202 die with roughly 55% more CUDA cores, which matters for prefill, rendering and fine-tuning, though NVIDIA has published no throughput figures to measure it by.

The cost is power: a 600 W board against 300 W, so check the power supply and airflow first. Price, ship date and memory bus width (PNY lists a 416-bit bus that does not fit 84 GB) are all unknown.

The RTX PRO 5000 72GB ships today with a full datasheet. If you need more than 72 GB rather than more cores, weigh the 5500 against the RTX PRO 6000 instead.

New to the terms? The glossary explains FP64, FP32, TF32, BF16, FP16, FP8, FP4, INT8, Sparsity and TFLOPS. For how the generations relate, see NVIDIA architectures explained.

Frequently asked questions

Is the RTX PRO 5500 faster than the RTX PRO 5000 72GB?

Nobody can say yet. NVIDIA has published no throughput figure for the RTX PRO 5500, while the RTX PRO 5000 72GB is rated at 65 TFLOPS FP32 and 1,032 TFLOPS FP4 dense. The 5500 carries 21,760 CUDA cores against 14,080, but its clocks are unpublished, so its rate is unknown.

Should I wait for the RTX PRO 5500 or buy the RTX PRO 5000 72GB now?

Buy the RTX PRO 5000 72GB if your work is inference on models that fit in 72 GB, or your workstation is built around a 300 W card. Wait only if you need more compute and can feed a 600 W board, knowing the 5500 has no price or ship date yet.

How much memory does the RTX PRO 5500 have?

NVIDIA lists 84 GB of GDDR7 with ECC at 1,398 GB/s, against 72 GB at 1,344 GB/s on the RTX PRO 5000. The whole table is marked preliminary, and PNY's 416-bit bus figure does not fit 84 GB, so a number may change. MIG splits them into two 42 GB or two 36 GB instances.

When will the RTX PRO 5500 ship and what will it cost?

NVIDIA has given no date and no price. The card appeared as Coming Soon around 14 September 2026 with no press release or datasheet. Flopper tracks no rental listings for either card yet, so the RTX PRO 5000 72GB is the only one of the two you can buy and plan around today.

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