NVIDIA spent 1000% more on GPU warranty claims in 2025 than it did in 2024

According to a new report from Warranty Week, NVIDIA's warranty claim expenses for discrete GPUs increased by a whopping 1000% in 2025 compared to 2024. This refers to the money NVIDIA has spent on warranties, with the report noting that NVIDIA paid $81 million in claims in 2024, rising to $894 million in 2025.

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Naturally, this increase is also reflected in the warranty claim rate for NVIDIA's GPUs, which rose from 0.17% in the first quarter of 2025 up to 0.90% in the fourth quarter. Warranty Week obtained all of this data from NVIDIA's public records, so we don't have specific information on which GeForce RTX models are affected or whether this includes RTX Ada and Blackwell data center and workstation graphics card products. However, with $894 million spent on warranty claims, it probably includes all of the above.

For consumers and PC gamers, a rise in warranty claims makes sense when you factor in the power issues surrounding the GeForce RTX 40 and RTX 50 Series graphics cards that adopted the new 16-pin 12VHPWR and 12V-2x6 power connectors, which led to several well-publicized cases of cables melting and GPUs getting damaged. Another factor would be the overall price increases associated with several GeForce RTX 50 Series and RTX Blackwell workstation GPUs.

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And with that, the report also confirms that AMD's warranty claim rate increased from 0.43% in 2024 to 0.68% in 2025, while warranty claim expenses rose to $238 million, more than double the 2024 amount. The report also highlights that the current AI boom and memory crisis are driving more GPU sales. And with price increases, repair and other costs are also rising, which is reflected in these figures.

"Increased GPU sales explain some of the increases in warranty expenses we see," the report states. "In addition, the higher warranty expense rates show that the average repair also costs more, due to tariffs and the RAM shortage."

No matter how it's presented, spending almost $900 million on GPU warranty claims is alarming, and we'd love to see a more detailed breakdown and analysis of where all this money went and what some of the big issues were.