NVIDIA RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell GPU With 72GB VRAM Upgrade Is Now Available

Big workloads that lean on a GPU often require gobs of memory, especially when dealing with large language models (LLMs) and other AI workloads. Hence the reason why NVIDIA in October announced an upgraded version of its RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell with a generous 72GB of GDDR7 memory with ECC. Now two months later, NVIDIA says the beefer variant is now generally available.

The addition of a 72GB model gives buyers in the market for this tier GPU a second option, the other being the original 48GB variant. Which one is right depends on the budget and project requirements, and it never hurts to have multiple options. In this instance, the 72GB model offers a 50% increase in the amount of VRAM compared to the 48GB model, which can come in handy for training larger LLMs and juggling multiple AI models.

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