Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WindForce SFF VS MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Vanguard OC

Both cards share an identical base GPU clock of 2295 MHz, meaning neither has a frequency advantage at rest. The real separation begins under load: the Gigabyte RTX 5080 WindForce boosts to 2617 MHz versus 2572 MHz on the MSI RTX 5070 Ti Vanguard OC. While that 45 MHz gap is modest on its own, it compounds with a significantly wider hardware advantage — the 5080 WindForce packs 10,752 shading units against 8,960 on the 5070 Ti Vanguard, a roughly 20% larger execution engine that directly amplifies every shader-heavy workload.

That architectural gap flows through every throughput metric. The WindForce delivers 56.28 TFLOPS of floating-point performance versus 46.09 TFLOPS — a ~22% lead that translates to noticeably faster frame generation, ray tracing calculations, and AI-accelerated tasks. Its texture rate of 879.3 GTexels/s versus 720.2 GTexels/s means richer, more detailed scenes render faster, while its higher pixel rate of 293.1 GPixel/s (versus 246.9) benefits high-resolution and high-refresh-rate gaming. The WindForce also runs its GDDR7 memory at 1875 MHz compared to 1750 MHz, providing a small but real boost in memory bandwidth headroom for large textures or 4K workloads.

Both cards support Double Precision Floating Point, which is relevant for compute and professional workloads rather than gaming. Overall, the Gigabyte RTX 5080 WindForce SFF holds a clear and consistent performance edge across every metric in this group — not from clock speeds, but from having substantially more GPU silicon at work. The MSI RTX 5070 Ti Vanguard OC is no slouch, but shoppers prioritizing raw throughput will find the 5080 WindForce the stronger performer by a significant margin.

Both the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WindForce SFF and the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Vanguard OC are equipped with 16GB of VRAM, making their memory size identical. However, the effective memory speed differs, with the Gigabyte card running at 30000 MHz, while the MSI model operates at 28000 MHz.

The maximum memory bandwidth of the Gigabyte card is 960 GB/s, which is higher than the MSI's 896 GB/s. Both cards utilize GDDR7 memory and have a 256-bit memory bus width, with no difference in these aspects.

Additionally, both cards support ECC memory (Error Correcting Code), ensuring that memory errors are detected and corrected for more stable performance.

The Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WindForce SFF and the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Vanguard OC share several key features, including support for DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and OpenCL 3. Both cards also support multi-display technology, ray tracing, 3D, and DLSS, with no difference in these capabilities between the two models.

Both cards have Intel Resizable BAR support, and neither has XeSS (XMX) or LHR. However, a key difference between them is that the Gigabyte card does not feature RGB lighting, while the MSI model does include RGB lighting.

Finally, both cards support up to four displays, so the multi-monitor experience is the same for both the Gigabyte and MSI models.

Both the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WindForce SFF and the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Vanguard OC have similar port configurations. Each card features one HDMI output, with both using HDMI 2.1b. Additionally, both cards have three DisplayPort outputs, and neither includes USB-C, DVI, or mini DisplayPort outputs.

In summary, the port setup is identical for both cards, with no notable differences in HDMI, DisplayPort, or additional outputs.

Both the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WindForce SFF and the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Vanguard OC feature the Blackwell GPU architecture, and both use a 5 nm semiconductor size with 45600 million transistors. The PCI Express (PCIe) version is 5 for both cards as well. However, the thermal design power (TDP) differs between the two models: the Gigabyte card has a TDP of 360W, while the MSI card is lower at 300W.

In terms of physical dimensions, the Gigabyte card is 304 mm in width and 126 mm in height, while the MSI card is larger, measuring 357 mm in width and 151 mm in height. Neither card includes air-water cooling.