THE CRUNCH
NVIDIA has quietly expanded its professional graphics lineup with the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell, a workstation GPU that pairs a GB202 die with 84 GB of GDDR7 memory. The card features 21,760 CUDA cores and a 416-bit memory bus, delivering approximately 1,398 GB/s of bandwidth. To achieve this capacity, NVIDIA has placed 28 memory modules on both the front and back of the PCB, effectively sandwiching the board. This new
Compared to other Blackwell-era RTX PRO cards, the 5500 sits between the RTX PRO 5000 and the flagship RTX PRO 6000. The RTX PRO 5000 has 14,080 cores and up to 72 GB of memory, while the RTX PRO 6000 boasts 24,064 cores and 96 GB of memory. The 5500 thus offers a significant step up from the 5000 tier while remaining a step below the 6000 flagship.