NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Hits $13,250, Up 60% From Launch
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- NVIDIA has officially listed the 96GB RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (Max-Q and Workstation Edition variants) at $13,250 on its marketplace, up from a launch price of roughly $8,000 — a more than 60% increase
- The RTX PRO 6000 is up over 30% from last month's ~$10,000 listing, driven by severe GDDR7 memory shortages that have left the largest VRAM configuration on any discrete graphics board in severely limited supply
- The RTX 5090 has also crossed the $4,000 barrier, with the cheapest models now $4,199.99 at Newegg and $4,179.95 at Amazon — more than double the card's $1,999 MSRP
- AI buyers continue absorbing the eye-watering price hikes because no competing product matches the RTX PRO 6000's 96GB VRAM and performance tier, leaving professionals and enthusiasts to pay a premium with no end in sight
Why it matters: NVIDIA's $13,250 workstation GPU is more than 60% above launch price, and the $4,000+ RTX 5090 is now 2x its MSRP — a direct result of GDDR7 memory shortages colliding with AI buyers who have no alternative at this VRAM tier, effectively pricing out individual professionals and gamers.
