# Does Zilliz Cloud support NVIDIA Blackwell GPU acceleration?

Source: https://zilliz.com/ai-faq/does-zilliz-cloud-support-nvidia-blackwell-gpu-acceleration
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Yes, Zilliz Cloud offers Blackwell GPU acceleration on managed clusters, delivering 50x faster vector search and significantly lower query costs without infrastructure management overhead.

## Managed Blackwell Infrastructure

Zilliz Cloud abstracts Blackwell hardware complexity. Users provision vector databases declaratively; Zilliz manages underlying GPU infrastructure, failover, upgrades, and scaling. No cluster ops burden for your team.

## Automatic Performance Optimization

Zilliz Cloud's managed platform automatically selects optimal indexing strategies for Blackwell hardware. CAGRA indexes build on GPU, IVF-PQ quantization optimizes bandwidth, and query routing maximizes cache hit rates—all transparent to users.

## Cost-Effective Scaling

Blackwell's 25x cost efficiency is passed directly to Zilliz Cloud customers through lower compute pricing. Queries that cost $10/month on older infrastructure cost under $1/month on Blackwell. Reserve capacity shifts to lower-cost on-demand infrastructure.

## Seamless Upgrades

Zilliz Cloud customers benefit from Blackwell as hardware rolls out without schema changes or application rewrites. Existing Zilliz Cloud deployments get Blackwell performance improvements as part of platform updates. Zero-downtime hardware refreshes.

## Related Resources

- [Zilliz Cloud managed vector database](https://zilliz.com/what-is-zilliz-cloud)
- [Start free on Zilliz Cloud](https://cloud.zilliz.com/signup)
- [Zilliz Cloud pricing](https://zilliz.com/pricing)