PNY NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell 84GB

PNY NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell: 84 GB of GPU memory for serious AI and 3D workloads

The RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell Workstation Edition from PNY is a professional graphics card for anyone who wants to run large AI models, simulations or heavy 3D projects locally. The card combines the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture with 21,760 CUDA cores and 84 GB of GDDR7 memory with ECC. It is precisely this amount of local memory that determines how large and complex the tasks you can run on a single GPU can be.

What do you use the RTX PRO 5500 for?

This card is intended for professional workstations that need both computing power and plenty of GPU memory:

• AI and machine learning: running larger language models locally, inference, generative AI and computer vision.
• 3D, VFX and visualisation: large scenes, ray-traced rendering, animation and virtual production.
• CAD, CAE and simulation: technical design, product development, digital twins and analysis of large datasets.
• Video production: high-resolution workflows with hardware encoding and decoding.

Why 84 GB of memory makes the difference

With this much memory, you do not have to split a model, dataset or scene across multiple GPUs just because the memory is full. The ECC memory corrects memory errors, which is welcome for calculations that run for hours or days. Need less memory or computing power? Then a lighter RTX PRO card is often a more economical choice.

AI, graphics and video on one card

The fifth-generation Tensor Cores support FP4 precision for suitable AI workloads. Fourth-generation RT Cores accelerate ray tracing and heavy 3D visualisation. For video, the card has three NVENC encoders (9th generation) and three NVDEC decoders (6th generation), including H.264 and HEVC in 4:2:2.

Multi-Instance GPU (MIG)

With NVIDIA MIG, you can use the card as a single GPU with 84 GB of memory or split it into two isolated instances of up to 42 GB each. This allows multiple users or tasks to share the card, for example in a rack workstation.

Check your system before you order

• Space and cooling: approx. 281.9 × 111.8 mm, full-height full-length, occupies two slots and needs good airflow (active air cooling).
• Power supply: the card draws up to 600 W and uses a single 16-pin PCIe CEM5 connector. Make sure your power supply can handle the total system power draw.
• PCIe slot: PCI Express 5.0 x16; PNY recommends a PCIe 5.0 x16 slot.
• System memory: at least 84 GB of system RAM, 168 GB recommended.

Technical specifications

• Part number: VCNRTXPRO5500-SB
• Architecture: NVIDIA Blackwell
• CUDA cores: 21,760
• Tensor / RT Cores: 5th / 4th generation
• Memory: 84 GB GDDR7 with ECC
• Memory interface / bandwidth: 416-bit / 1,398 GB/s
• MIG: 1 × 84 GB or 2 × 42 GB
• Interface: PCI Express 5.0 x16
• Video: 3 × NVENC (9th gen.), 3 × NVDEC (6th gen.)
• Display outputs: 4 × DisplayPort 2.1b
• NVIDIA RTX PRO Sync: compatible
• Maximum power consumption: 600 W
• Power connector: 1 × PCIe CEM5 16-pin
• Cooling: active air cooling
• Size: approx. 281.9 × 111.8 mm, FHFL, dual-slot

Please note: this is the air-cooled version. The liquid-cooled RXM version mentioned by NVIDIA is a different product.

Want to run large AI models or heavy 3D projects locally? Then the RTX PRO 5500 is a big step forward.