Asus TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition VS MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Shadow 3X OC

At the foundation, both cards are nearly identical: the same 2325 MHz base clock, 6144 shading units, 192 TMUs, 80 ROPs, and 1750 MHz memory speed. This means they draw from the same architectural well, and any real-world difference between them comes down to how aggressively each manufacturer has tuned the boost behavior.

That is precisely where the Asus TUF Gaming RTX 5070 OC pulls ahead. Its GPU turbo of 2610 MHz outpaces the MSI Shadow 3X OC's 2542 MHz — a 68 MHz gap that cascades into measurable throughput differences: 32.07 TFLOPS versus 31.24 TFLOPS in floating-point performance, and 501.1 GTexels/s versus 488.1 GTexels/s in texture fill rate. In practice, this translates to a roughly 2–3% compute and texturing advantage for the Asus under sustained GPU-bound workloads like ray tracing, complex shader scenes, or GPU-accelerated rendering.

The edge in this group goes clearly to the Asus TUF Gaming RTX 5070 OC. While neither card will feel dramatically faster than the other in typical gaming scenarios, the Asus's higher boost clock gives it a consistent, if modest, performance ceiling advantage across all throughput metrics. For users who care about squeezing out every frame — or doing GPU compute work alongside gaming — the Asus is the stronger performer of the two based purely on these specs.

Both the Asus TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition and the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Shadow 3X OC share identical memory specifications. Both cards feature an effective memory speed of 28000 MHz, a maximum memory bandwidth of 672 GB/s, and 12GB of VRAM. Additionally, both use GDDR7 memory and have a memory bus width of 192-bit. Both models also support ECC memory.

There are no differences between the two cards in the memory category, with both providing the same performance and features in these aspects.

The Asus TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition and the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Shadow 3X OC share many of the same key features. Both cards support DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 3, and multi-display technology. They also support ray tracing, 3D, and DLSS, while both lack XeSS (XMX) support. Additionally, both models are compatible with Intel Resizable BAR, have no LHR (Lite Hash Rate), and support up to four displays.

The main difference between the two products lies in their RGB lighting. The Asus card comes with RGB lighting, whereas the MSI card does not feature RGB lighting.

The Asus TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition and the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Shadow 3X OC have similar port configurations but with a notable difference in HDMI ports. The Asus card has two HDMI 2.1b ports, while the MSI card has only one HDMI 2.1b port. Both cards offer three DisplayPort outputs, and neither has any USB-C, DVI, or mini DisplayPort outputs.

Aside from the number of HDMI ports, the rest of the port configurations are identical across both models.

Both the Asus TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition and the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Shadow 3X OC share the same GPU architecture (Blackwell), Thermal Design Power (TDP) of 250W, PCI Express (PCIe) version 5, semiconductor size of 5 nm, and number of transistors (31100 million). Both cards also lack air-water cooling.

The main difference between the two is their physical dimensions. The Asus card has a width of 329 mm and a height of 140 mm, while the MSI card is slightly smaller with a width of 303 mm and a height of 121 mm.