NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5090D features capped performance for AI and cryptocurrency mining; New restrictions are now in place

NVIDIA’s “China compatible” GeForce RTX 5090D is expected to face new limitations this time, hurting the performance of AI and cryptocurrency mining.

NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5090D is now banned from use in multi-GPU setups, keeping Chinese AI companies away

Team Green has no plans to leave the Chinese consumer markets behind. Along with the mainstream RTX 50 series, the company plans to immediately launch the GeForce RTX 5090D, which will be the successor to the RTX 4090D. There have been rumors that NVIDIA will not do much in terms of lowering the specifications of the RTX 5090D, and previous leaks have already confirmed this claim, but new results from… Chevelle It reveals that there are some differences, especially regarding AI and SKU mining performance.

The first major difference lies in “performance interruption,” specifically in artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency-related applications. It is claimed that after three seconds of workload, the GPU will automatically lock its performance, which likely indicates lower clock speeds or performance throttling by the on-board software. Again, as with the RTX 4090D, power limit changes are also restrictive, so for professional computing workloads, the GeForce RTX 5090D may cause problems providing optimal performance.

Another interesting difference is that the GeForce RTX 5090D will be blocked from being used in multi-GPU configurations, meaning users will not be able to bundle multiple SKUs for higher performance. This trend was at the forefront with the GeForce RTX 4090D, with people converting them to “blower-style” designs and then using them in AI clusters to get performance equivalent to that of mainstream AI accelerators. Multi-GPU setups will no longer be possible with the RTX 5090D, even on Linux, as NVIDIA has implemented extensive restrictions.

For gamers, the new restrictions will not impact performance since they target AI and professional workloads. For a quick summary of the GeForce RTX 5090D’s specs, it features a GB202 GPU with a total of 21,760 CUDA cores, along with 32GB of GDDR7 memory running at 28 Gbps, delivering a total bandwidth of 1,792 GB/s. We have AIB models already seenlike those in GALAX, are on the surface, indicating that the markets are ready.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 GPU specifications (preliminary):