compare/rtx-5080 vs rtx-5070-ti

RTX 5080vsRTX 5070 Ti

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If you already own a RTX 5080 → wait. Buying new → RTX 5070 Ti.RTX 5070 Ti has +0 GB VRAM, -7% more bandwidth.

▸Side by side

Contender

RTX 5080

NVIDIA · Blackwell · sm_120

Street$1,099

vram: 16 GB
bandwidth: 960 GB/s
tdp: 360 W
released: 2025-01-30

Contender · winner

RTX 5070 Ti

NVIDIA · Blackwell · sm_120

Street$849

vram: 16 GB
bandwidth: 896 GB/s
tdp: 300 W
released: 2025-02-20

▸Spec diff

spec	rtx-5080	rtx-5070-ti	delta
vram	16 GB	16 GB	+0 GB · 0%
bandwidth	960 GB/s	896 GB/s	-64 · -7%
tdp	360 W	300 W	+-60 W
street price	$1,099	$849	$250 · -23%
arch maturity	2025-01-30	2025-02-20	newer = less stable

▸What changes with the upgrade

▸ Unlocked by RTX 5070 Ti0 models

No additional models unlocked.

▸ Speed deltas on shared modelstop 5

Gemma 2 2b204 → 191 t/s -6%

Gemma 3 4B108 → 101 t/s -6%

Meta Llama 3.1 8B108 → 101 t/s -6%

Gemma 2 9B96 → 90 t/s -6%

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B73 → 68 t/s -7%

▸Value verdict

▸ Should you buy/upgrade?

RTX 5070 Ti adds 0 GB VRAM for the same price. The real question is whether your workflow needs models that RTX 5080can't run.

$ recommend → If you own a RTX 5080: wait. Prices drop, refresh cycles continue. If buying new: get the RTX 5070 Ti IF your budget allows AND you need the extra headroom.