Popular Chinese retailer JD briefly listed banned RTX 5090 and RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs

Leaker @harukaze5719 on X (spotted by Wccftech) exposed unusual listings of the RTX 5090 and RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell available for sale on the popular Chinese storefront JD. What makes these listings stand out is that both GPUs are officially banned from sale in China, where NVIDIA instead offers China-specific variants such as the RTX 5090D v2.

The listings, which have since been removed, included the RTX 5090 32GB Blower at 35,999 CNY, the RTX PRO 6000 96GB Server at 91,999 CNY, and the RTX PRO 6000 96GB Desktop at 76,999 CNY. The RTX 5090 32GB is among the most advanced consumer GPUs available in the market and is still officially subject to export restrictions.

All three appeared under a storefront called the "AI Hardware JD Self-Operated Zone." Since these listings were on a third-party storefront, this implies that NVIDIA isn't directly involved in their sales. According to MEGAsizeGPU (@Zed__Wang) on X, the JD AI flagship store is not an official JD-operated storefront but a third-party seller operating under the JD platform.

Additionally, Zed explained that this store has a history of selling unofficial products in China, such as RTX 30-series Founders Edition cards and blower-style RTX 4080 and 4090 GPUs, after the 4090 export ban. The user also noted that the listings were taken down after the issue began circulating on X, suggesting they might otherwise have remained live.

While these listings were initially taken as a sign that these GPUs had been authorized for sale in China, given that they appeared to be direct JD sales rather than third-party ones. Zed clarified that it could only be official if NVIDIA's official JD storefront sells it.

That said, Reuters recently reported that the US had cleared ten Chinese companies to purchase the advanced H200 AI GPU following meetings between President Donald Trump, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, and Chinese officials. The approved buyers include ByteDance, JD, Tencent, Alibaba, Foxconn, and Lenovo, as well as buyers seeking to purchase chips directly from NVIDIA. Whether that approval is contributing to gray-market activity involving other banned GPUs remains unclear.