Nvidia reportedly has over 3 million orders for its RTX Pro 5500, so don’t expect any major RTX 5090 restocks soon

Finding an RTX 5090 at a reasonable price has been difficult for a while now, and the situation may not improve anytime soon. A new report claims Nvidia is facing enormous demand for its professional RTX Pro 5500, potentially giving the company another reason to prioritize professional GPUs for servers over its flagship consumer graphics card.

According to Reuters, Chinese technology giants ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent have collectively ordered more than 3 million RTX Pro 5500 GPUs, with the orders estimated to be worth around $35 billion. Other customers in China have reportedly placed large orders as well, pushing total demand beyond 6 million units.

Pro cards and the RTX 5090 share the same GPU chip

The problem is that Nvidia reportedly can’t produce anywhere near that many RTX Pro 5500 cards within a short period. One report suggests Nvidia can produce around 3 million units annually, while the company has reportedly warned partners that they may initially receive only around 5% to 10% of the quantities they requested.

That demand could have consequences for the RTX 5090 because both products are based on Nvidia’s GB202 GPU. The RTX Pro 5500 is an especially attractive product for server farms and AI workloads,…