NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell Surfaces at $17,999: How 84GB of GDDR7 Topped the RTX PRO 6000
Workstation GPU pricing has entered uncharted territory this November 2026. While the NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell lineup anchors enterprise AI development and industrial 3D rendering, the NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell Workstation Edition has just surfaced across US and European enterprise distribution channels with a listed MSRP of $17,999. That figure puts the cut-down 84GB card well above the initial launch MSRP of its flagship sibling, the 96GB RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell.
PNY Part VCNRTXPRO5500B-PB Listed at $17,999 via SHI Government Solutions
The pricing comes directly from US enterprise and public-sector supplier SHI Government Solutions (listed under SHI part number 52521241), where the PNY-manufactured workstation card carrying manufacturer part number VCNRTXPRO5500B-PB is cataloged with an official MSRP of $17,999.00 and a contract price of $17,408.63. Across the Atlantic, early European enterprise listings at specialist retailers such as LDLC mirror that exact bracket, landing between €17,400 and €18,170 before VAT.
What makes this listing so striking is how it inversions the traditional product stack. When NVIDIA first introduced the Blackwell workstation family, the full-fat NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (packing 24,064 CUDA cores and 96 GB of GDDR7 memory) carried a baseline launch MSRP of $8,565. Even bulk enterprise acquisitions of the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell by major cloud and system integrators earlier in the cycle traded around an estimated $11,400 per unit.
Jumping from $11,400 in bulk orders to a $17,999 retail channel MSRP reflects the severe supply crunch gripping high-density GDDR7 memory and TSMC 4N silicon in late 2026. Much like Corsair's recent cancellation and $2,400 repricing of an RTX 5090 prebuilt PC, enterprise distributors are now pricing replacement GB202 inventory around acute memory scarcity rather than initial launch targets.
GB202GL Silicon, 84 GB of GDDR7 ECC Memory, and 2x 42 GB MIG Partitioning
Under the hood, the NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell specification sheet is built on the same GB202GL die fabricated on TSMC's 4N custom process (92.2 billion transistors across a 750 mm² die). It enables 21,760 CUDA cores, 680 fifth-generation Tensor Cores with hardware support for FP4, FP6, and FP8 precision formats, and 170 fourth-generation RT Cores.
Its primary draw for local AI inference and engineering labs is its 84 GB of GDDR7 memory with ECC across a 448-bit memory interface, delivering 1,398 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Crucially, the card supports Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) partitioning, allowing workstation and rack administrators to split the GPU into two isolated 42 GB instances inside a dual-slot Full-Height Full-Length (FHFL) air-cooled form factor rated at a 600 W TGP over PCIe 5.0 x16.
| Specification | RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell | RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell | RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPU Die (Process) | GB202GL (TSMC 4N) | GB202GL (TSMC 4N) | GB202GL (TSMC 4N) |
| CUDA Cores | 24,064 | 21,760 | 14,080 |
| Tensor Cores (Gen 5) / RT Cores | 752 / 188 | 680 / 170 | 440 / 110 |
| VRAM Capacity | 96 GB GDDR7 ECC | 84 GB GDDR7 ECC (MIG 2x 42 GB) | 48 GB or 72 GB GDDR7 ECC |
| Memory Bus / Bandwidth | 512-bit / 1,792 GB/s | 448-bit / 1,398 GB/s | 384-bit or 512-bit / 1,344 GB/s |
| Max Power (TGP) | 600 W (PCIe 5.0 x16) | 600 W (PCIe 5.0 x16) | 300 W (PCIe 5.0 x16) |
| Reference MSRP | $8,565 (Initial Launch) | $17,999 (SHI / PNY Listing) | $5,099 (Initial Launch) |
PNY NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell Workstation GPU
- NVIDIA Blackwell GB202GL professional architecture on PCIe 5.0 x16
- GDDR7 ECC memory with hardware Multi-Instance GPU support
- Quad DisplayPort 2.1b outputs and dual-slot active workstation cooling
- Enterprise PNY RTX PRO workstation graphics cards
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Official NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell Architecture Overview
To see how NVIDIA positions the RTX PRO Blackwell workstation family for agentic AI, physical simulation, and studio rendering workflows, watch the official overview from NVIDIA below:
My Take on the Spec Sheet
When a 5500-tier workstation card appears in distributor catalogs at a $17,999 MSRP, more than double the $8,565 launch baseline of the full 96 GB RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, shows just how distorted the professional GPU market has become in November 2026. In the middle of an unprecedented GDDR7 ECC memory crunch, launch MSRPs have become purely theoretical numbers, and enterprise buyers are paying a massive premium for any air-cooled GB202 card capable of running two 42 GB MIG partitions in a standard workstation chassis.
In full transparency, we have not yet had the NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell on our test bench, and this analysis is based on official manufacturer specifications and enterprise distributor listings for PNY part VCNRTXPRO5500B-PB. Should NVIDIA or PNY wish to send over a review unit so we can test its 600 W dual-slot acoustics and benchmark its dual 42 GB MIG partitioning under sustained local LLM workloads in our lab, our test bench is ready.
PC hardware enthusiast and competitive gamer, Arthur 'Heimdall' splits his time between France and the UK working in enterprise B2B software solutions. A business school graduate passionate about component benchmarking, he has been building, modding, and tuning PCs since childhood, optimizing every thermal degree and millisecond of display latency. An avid gamer across Assassin's Creed and sandbox titles, he forged his alliance with Grimtag and Chaya during late-night World of Warcraft raids before joining Pro-Gamer.
