Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Ultra W OC VS Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 5080 Ultra W OC

Both the iGame RTX 5070 Ti Ultra W OC and the iGame RTX 5080 Ultra W OC share an identical base clock of 2295 MHz, meaning neither card has a factory advantage at the starting line. The real divergence begins at boost: the RTX 5080 variant reaches 2655 MHz turbo versus 2497 MHz on the 5070 Ti — a 158 MHz gap that, while not dramatic in isolation, compounds meaningfully across a workload when sustained over time.

The more telling differentiators lie in the rendering pipeline. The RTX 5080 model fields 10,752 shading units, 336 TMUs, and 112 ROPs against the 5070 Ti's 8,960 / 280 / 96 respectively — roughly a 20% wider compute and rasterization front. This directly translates into the floating-point gap: 57.09 TFLOPS versus 44.75 TFLOPS, a ~27% throughput advantage for the RTX 5080. In practice, wider shader and texture capacity matters most in GPU-limited scenarios — dense geometry, high-resolution rendering, and compute-heavy workloads like ray tracing or AI inference will all scale with that headroom. The RTX 5080's pixel rate of 297.4 GPixel/s versus 239.7 GPixel/s also suggests a tangible edge in fill-rate-bound situations such as high-refresh or multi-display output.

Both cards support Double Precision Floating Point, which is relevant for professional compute tasks, and both offer a similar memory clock baseline, though the RTX 5080 edges ahead at 1875 MHz versus 1750 MHz on the 5070 Ti. Overall, the RTX 5080 Ultra W OC holds a clear and consistent performance advantage across every throughput metric in this group — it is the stronger card by a meaningful margin, not just marginally faster binning of the same silicon.

On the surface, the memory configurations of these two cards look nearly identical: both carry 16GB of GDDR7 across a 256-bit bus, and both support ECC memory — a feature relevant for professional and compute workloads where data integrity matters. The shared bus width means neither card has a structural bandwidth advantage from bus architecture alone; the difference instead comes down to memory clock speed.

That said, the RTX 5080 Ultra W OC runs its memory at an effective 30,000 MHz versus 28,000 MHz on the 5070 Ti — a roughly 7% frequency advantage that directly produces a higher peak bandwidth ceiling of 960 GB/s compared to 896 GB/s. In memory-bandwidth-sensitive scenarios — think 4K texture streaming, large frame buffers in ray-traced scenes, or high-throughput AI inference — that additional ~64 GB/s headroom can prevent the GPU from stalling while waiting on data, keeping its larger shader array fed.

However, it is worth contextualizing the gap: both cards occupy the same capacity tier, use the same memory generation and bus width, and the bandwidth difference is meaningful but not transformative. For the majority of gaming workloads, either card will rarely be purely memory-bandwidth-bound. The RTX 5080 holds a modest but real edge here, one that is more likely to surface in professional or bandwidth-intensive compute tasks than in typical consumer gaming.

Across every feature listed in this group, the iGame RTX 5070 Ti Ultra W OC and the iGame RTX 5080 Ultra W OC are in complete lockstep. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and OpenCL 3 — meaning the same API-level feature set is available to developers and users on either card, with no capability gaps in shader model support, hardware ray tracing, or compute workloads.

On the practical side, both cards support ray tracing and DLSS, which remain the two most impactful real-world feature checkboxes for modern PC gaming. DLSS in particular allows both cards to trade raw resolution for upscaled image quality and higher frame rates, making it highly relevant at 4K. Neither card supports XeSS, though that is an Intel-native upscaling technology and its absence is expected and inconsequential here. Both also support up to 4 simultaneous displays and Intel Resizable BAR, which can improve CPU-to-GPU data throughput in compatible systems.

This group is a straight tie — the feature parity between these two cards is total. A buyer choosing between them based solely on supported features has no differentiator to weigh; the decision will inevitably rest on the performance and memory specs covered elsewhere.

Port selection is another area where these two cards offer no basis for differentiation whatsoever. Both the iGame RTX 5070 Ti Ultra W OC and the iGame RTX 5080 Ultra W OC ship with an identical output configuration: 3 DisplayPort outputs and 1 HDMI 2.1b port, totaling four display connections — consistent with the four supported displays noted in their feature specs.

The inclusion of HDMI 2.1b is the headline here, as it enables 4K at up to 144Hz or 8K output over a single cable, making either card well-suited for high-refresh premium displays without requiring DisplayPort adapters. The three DisplayPort outputs give multi-monitor users plenty of flexibility for driving ultrawide or multi-screen setups simultaneously. Neither card offers USB-C, which rules out direct connection to USB-C or Thunderbolt monitors without an adapter — a minor but worth-noting omission for users in all-USB-C desk setups.

This group is a complete tie. The port layout is bit-for-bit identical, and neither card offers any connectivity advantage over the other. Buyers with specific display connection requirements will find both cards equally capable — or equally limited — depending on their setup.

Sharing the same Blackwell architecture, 5nm process node, and identical transistor count of 45,600 million, these two cards are built from the same generational foundation — which makes the differences that do exist here more illuminating. The fact that both cards pack the same number of transistors yet the RTX 5080 delivers significantly more compute throughput (as seen in the performance group) suggests that Colorful is enabling more of that silicon on the higher-tier card, rather than using a physically different die.

The most consequential divergence in this group is TDP: the iGame RTX 5080 Ultra W OC draws 380W versus 300W for the RTX 5070 Ti — an 80W gap representing a 27% higher power ceiling. In practical terms, this means the RTX 5080 will demand a more robust PSU, produce more heat under sustained load, and place greater strain on case airflow. Builders targeting the RTX 5080 should account for this when planning power supply headroom and cooling infrastructure. Neither card uses hybrid air-water cooling, so thermal management falls entirely on the air cooler design.

Physical dimensions are identical at 331 mm × 139.3 mm, and both use PCIe 5.0, so installation logistics are interchangeable between the two. On balance, this group hands a meaningful consideration to the RTX 5070 Ti for system builders prioritizing power efficiency or working within tighter PSU or thermal constraints — while the RTX 5080 accepts that higher power cost in exchange for the performance headroom documented elsewhere.