Both the Asus TUF Gaming RTX 5070 Ti OC and the MSI Shadow 3X OC share the same foundation: identical base clocks of 2295 MHz, the same shader and TMU counts (8960 and 280 respectively), and equal memory speeds of 1750 MHz. This tells us both cards are built on the exact same GPU die with the same memory subsystem — the real differentiator, as with most factory-overclocked cards, lies entirely in how aggressively each manufacturer pushes the boost clock.
That is where the Asus TUF OC pulls ahead. Its GPU turbo of 2588 MHz outpaces the MSI Shadow 3X OC's 2482 MHz — a gap of 106 MHz, or roughly 4.3%. This directly cascades into every derived throughput metric: the Asus delivers 46.38 TFLOPS of floating-point performance versus 44.48 TFLOPS for the MSI, a 724.6 GTexels/s texture fill rate versus 695 GTexels/s, and a pixel rate of 248.4 GPixel/s against 238.3 GPixel/s. In practice, a ~4% compute and throughput advantage won't be transformative in most gaming scenarios, but in GPU-limited workloads — heavy rasterization, high-resolution rendering, or compute tasks — it represents a consistent, if modest, real-world edge.
The Asus TUF OC Edition holds a clear performance advantage in this group, strictly on the strength of its higher boost clock and the resulting gains across all throughput metrics. The MSI Shadow 3X OC is not far behind, but it cannot match the Asus on any single performance figure provided here. Buyers prioritizing peak GPU performance, all else being equal, should favor the Asus in this comparison.
