Nvidia continues to feed the AI monster with new RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell GPU with 72GB GDDR7 — 50% more VRAM than the regular version

AI currently serves as Nvidia’s money-printing machine; thus, the chipmaker must ensure that it’s properly fed at all times. Although it may not rival the best graphics cards for gaming, the newly introduced RTX Pro 5000 72GB (via TechPowerUp) will cut through AI workloads as if they were butter.

The RTX Pro 5000 72GB represents an upgraded iteration of the standard RTX Pro 5000, distinguished primarily by increased memory capacity. The former boasts an additional 24GB of GDDR7 memory, a substantial 50% increase in capacity. This significant enhancement in the memory subsystem is expected to be accompanied by a proportionate increase in cost.

The sole modification to the RTX Pro 5000 72GB is an increase in capacity, as the memory modules remain 28 Gbps chips operating over a 384-bit memory interface, which yields a maximum memory bandwidth of 1.3 GB/s. The Blackwell AI graphics card comprises 24 memory modules arranged in a clamshell configuration, each with a capacity of 3GB. In terms of capacity, it is only 25% less than the flagship RTX Pro 6000.

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Nvidia RTX Pro 5000 72GB Blackwell Specifications

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Graphics Card	RTX Pro 6000	RTX Pro 5000 72GB	RTX Pro 5000
Architecture	GB202	GB202	GB202
Process Technology	TSMC 4N	TSMC 4N	TSMC 4N
Transistors (Billion)	92.2	92.2	92.2
Die size (mm^2)	750	750	750
SMs	188	110	110
GPU Shaders (ALUs)	24,064	14,080	14,080
Tensor Cores	752	440	440
Ray Tracing Cores	188	110	110
Boost Clock (MHz)	2,617	2,617	2,617
VRAM Speed (Gbps)	28	28	28
VRAM (GB)	96	72	48
VRAM Bus Width	512	384	384
L2 Cache	128	96	96
Render Output Units	192	176	176
Texture Mapping Units	752	440	440
TFLOPS FP32 (Boost)	126.0	73.69	73.69
Bandwidth (GB/s)	1,792	1,344	1,344
TBP (watts)	600	300	300

The other specifications of the RTX Pro 5000 72GB remain unchanged. Utilizing the GB202 silicon—also employed in the GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX Pro 6000—the die of the RTX Pro 5000 72GB features 110 SMs enabled out of the maximum 192 SMs. It corresponds to approximately 57% utilization of the GB202 silicon. Given its enhanced capacity, the RTX Pro 5000 72GB effectively positions itself between the RTX Pro 6000 and the RTX Pro 5000.