NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090DD cutdown GPU for China expected to launch in August

NVIDIA's new China-specific GeForce RTX 5090D graphics card is reportedly gearing up for an August launch according to new reports.

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In a new article from the folks at Benchlife, the RTX 5090DD is launching in August, where they reported: "by the way, the GB202-240 GeForce RTX 5090DD (tentative) is expected to be released in August". We've already heard rumors of what to expect inside of the RTX 5090DD, with the same CUDA core count as the RTX 5090D, but with a cut-down configuration of GDDR7 memory.

In recent rumors, we heard that NVIDIA is preparing a GeForce RTX 5090DD with the same GPU core count as the RTX 5090D with 21760 CUDA cores and the tweaked GB202-240-K-A1 GPU. The VRAM has been scaled down to 24GB (down from 32GB on the RTX 5090) on a 384-bit memory bus clocked at 28Gbps and the same 575W TDP but leaks tease "and there's a surprise".

NVIDIA launched its cut-down GeForce RTX 5090 back in January 2025, tweaked to meet US export controls, but its AI TOPS power was sliced down, but the GPU retained its same GB202 GPU with 21760 CUDA cores and 32GB of GDDR7 memory. This new RTX 5090DD has the VRAM cut down from 32GB to 24GB, a big difference, but retains all of its gaming power.

The original RTX 5090D featured the GB202-250 GPU, the RTX 5090 uses the GB202-300, while the new RTX 5090DD uses a newer GB202-240 GPU. We should expect the new RTX 5090DD to use a newer PCB design -- PG145 SKU 40 -- which is required because of the changes to the VRAM and GPU layout.