Nvidia graphics cards are selling out in China.

Sources from retailers indicate that the price of Nvidia's RTX 5090D GPU in China has increased by more than 10% over the past month.

The RTX 5090D, Nvidia 's special edition in China, is constantly sold out. Photo: Nvidia .

According to SCMP , the price of Nvidia's RTX 5090 series graphics cards at retailers in China is rising sharply. The reason is believed to be that artificial intelligence (AI) companies are rushing to stockpile this consumer graphics card as a possible alternative to the banned H20 chip from the American company.

Three Nvidia retailers in China have revealed that the RTX 5090 series has seen continuous price increases over the past month. According to Zhou Da, a Shanghai-based retailer of computer components for Asus, the RTX 5090D GPU, a version with slightly lower AI processing power than the RTX 5090 to meet US export restrictions to China, is particularly popular in the country, with prices rising by more than 10%.

Launched in January, the RTX 5090 uses 5nm technology and targets gamers and content creators, offering the ability to process "the most advanced models with unprecedented AI power," according to the company. However, SCMP suggests that this card should not be considered an ideal replacement for the H20, which is specifically designed for data centers.

The H20 is a chip line that Nvidia has refined to comply with current US restrictions for sale in China. According to Jimmy Goodrich, a senior advisor at RAND, although its computing power is limited to AI training, the H20 "is probably the best chip in the world for inference."

In fact, major Chinese technology companies have been quick to stockpile H2O chips worth up to $16 billion in the first quarter of 2025, indicating they anticipated potential limitations.

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