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Side-by-side, with the numbers that matter.

Two rigs, one table. Higher numbers win in cobalt; TDP and price flip.

Rig A

Groq Language Processing Unit

Groq · accelerator

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Rig B

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition

NVIDIA · gpu

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SpecGroq Language Processing UnitNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition
AI Tops—3,352
Bandwidth GB S—1,792
Base Clock GHZ—2.01
Boost Clock GHZ—2.41
Chip TO Chip Links11—
Cuda Cores—21,760
Displayport Count—3
Displayport Version—2.1b
DOJ Probe Reported2026-09-10—
Form factorPCIe Gen4 x16—
Groq3 LPX Full Production2026-08-24—
Groqcard Sales Ended Reported2024-04-05—
Hdmi Count—1
Hdmi Version—2.1b
Length MM—304
Memory BUS Bits—512
MSRP (USD)↓ better—1,999
Nvdec Count—2
Nvdec GEN—6
Nvenc Count—3
Nvenc GEN—9
Nvidia Consideration AT Closing USD Billion13—
Nvidia Consideration Deferred USD Billion4—
Nvidia License Agreement2025-12-24—
ON Chip Sram MB230—
ON DIE Memory Bandwidth TB S80—
Pcie GEN—5
Peak Fp16 Tflops188—
Peak Int8 Tops750—
Process Node14nm—
Required PSU Watts—1,000
RT Core Tflops—318
RT Cores GEN—4
Slot Width—2
Status Checked2026-09-242026-09-24
Street Price Date—2026-09-01
Street Price Premium PCT US—145
Street Price USD US Typical—4,900
TDP (W)↓ better—575
Tensor Cores GEN—5
VRAM (GB)—32
Vram Type—GDDR7
Width MM—137