TheRTX 5090DD was leakeda few weeks ago, a China-specific GPU that sports slightly reduced specs compared to the standard RTX 5090, with the goal of adhering to the intense US export restrictions on China. It turns out that this card has undergone a rebrand, at least as indicated by the latest leaked information. This special version of the RTX 5090 will be called the 5090D V2, instead of its previous “Double D” moniker.
Nvidia has been one of many companies left affected by the recent hostilities between China and the U.S., where President Trump has imposed strict restrictions on exports into the region. The titular RTX 5090 is part of the list of GPUs no longer allowed to be sold in China.
In response to this escalation, Nvidia launched the RTX 5090D a couple of months ago, a variant of the original made specifically to cater to the new trade policies of the Trump administration. It shared identical performance to its earlier counterpart while ensuring it can be safely exported to China under the provisions of the Department of Commerce. However, the recenthalting of 5090D deliveriesin the country has led to speculation of another ban around the corner.
Fast forward to the present, the company is now looking to release the third card in the 5090 lineup — a variant of a variant, if you will — aimed again at the Chinese market, likely to circumvent potential prohibition. Derived from the 5090D, this is the aforementioned RTX 5090DD, now the 5090D V2, and it’s intended to be released only in China. Hopefully, that’s not confusing as USB or HDMI conventions.
The RTX 5090D V2 features the same GB202 graphics chip as the original RTX 5090, with the same number of CUDA cores. However, Nvidia has reduced the VRAM from 32GB to 24GB, along with narrowing the memory bus to a 384-bit wide interface. Despite that, the 5090D v2 still has the same 575W TDP, making its performance close enough to still justify its naming scheme.
The new name brings forward the same specs with an updated model number. In anow-deleted tweet, MEGAsizeGPU on X shared the new logo alongside a comment remarking, “This name is even worse than 5090DD,” alluding to the obvious lapse in branding. Nvidia might be forgetting what type of silicon they’re pushing here, so the “V2” at least brings them back to semiconductors.
RTX 5090
21760
170/192
512-bit
32GB
1792 GB/s
RTX 5090D
RTX 5090D V2 (Leaked)
384-bit
24GB
1344 GB/s
RTX 5080
10752
84/84
256-bit
16GB
960 GB/s
8960
70/84
896 GB/s
RTX 5070
6144
48/50
192-bit
12GB
672 GB/s
4352
34/36
128-bit
8GB
448 GB/s
RTX 5060
3840
30/36
That being said, the downscaled bandwidth of the 5090D V2 makes it closer to a 5090 Lite than a full-fledged flagship because it will certainly perform worse in syntheticbenchmarks. Games, however, should be indistinguishable since there’s enough VRAM here before it ever becomes a bottleneck. Not only that, but the card should also be just as capable in overclocking as the 5090D, which itself was identical to the original 5090.
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Regardless, China is a big market for Nvidia and one that the company isn’t willing to lose. Its stringent efforts to get ahead of trade limitations by consistently releasing new variants of the RTX 5090 only show that the company will not stop at anything to give up the cash cow. After all, the green team faces no competition at this level — AMD doesn’t have a competing high-end GPU.
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Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he’s not working, you’ll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun.
