NVIDIA Faces RTX6000D Failure in China - Demand Is Almost Zero

Video card NVIDIA RTX6000D, originally created as a compromise solution for the Chinese market in the wake of the H20 export ban, attracted virtually no interest from buyers in China. According to Reuters, against the backdrop of renewed H20 admission and China's growing import substitution policy, Demand for RTX6000D is extremely low.

Analysts at JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley suggest that NVIDIA will release 1.5 to 2 million of these GPU until the end of the year 2025, which can result in large-scale unimplemented leftovers. The map itself is built on the architecture Blackwell, like the future B30A, but Its memory bandwidth is limited by US export restrictions - below 1400 Gbps. At the same time, the price of RTX6000D is about ¥50,000 ($7000), which makes it uncompetitive - Modified versions of the RTX 5090 have been present on the grey market for a long time, with expanded memory and better performance.

Previously, the US government, as part of its sanctions policy, restricted the export of flagship GPU, forcing NVIDIA to develop special versions of the chips — H20, RTX5090D and RTX6000D. In the return of the H20 to the market, as well as rumors of the imminent approval of the much more powerful B30A, cast doubt on the viability of the RTX6000D as a product.

In addition, Chinese authorities increase pressure on NVIDIA usage — from accusations of spyware in chips to antitrust investigations into the 2020 deal. Amid intense trade talks between the US and China in Madrid, The RTX6000D's Future Looks Increasingly Uncertain.