GeForce RTX 5090 D V2 vs H200 NVL
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Hopper (2022−2024) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | GH100 | GB202 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 18 November 2024 (less than a year ago) | 15 August 2025 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $2,299 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 16896 | 21760 |
| Core clock speed | 1365 MHz | 2017 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1785 MHz | 2407 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 80,000 million | 92,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 600 Watt | 575 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 942.5 | 1,636.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 60.32 TFLOPS | 104.8 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 176 |
| TMUs | 528 | 680 |
| Tensor Cores | 528 | 680 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 170 |
| L1 Cache | 33 MB | 21.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | 50 MB | 96 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 304 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 8-pin EPS | 1x 16-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | HBM3e | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 141 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 6144 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1593 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 4.89 TB/s | 1.34 TB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | N/A | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | N/A | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | N/A | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.4 |
| CUDA | 9.0 | 12.0 |
| DLSS | + | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 November 2024 | 15 August 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 141 GB | 24 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 600 Watt | 575 Watt |
H200 NVL has a 487.5% higher maximum VRAM amount.
RTX 5090 D V2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and 4.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between H200 NVL and GeForce RTX 5090 D V2. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that H200 NVL is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 5090 D V2 is a desktop one.
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