NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 1080 sales 6 May 2016 at a recommended price of $599 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a Pascal architecture and made with 16 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 8 GB of GDDR5X memory clocked at 10 GB/s are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is 2-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 10.5" (26.7 cm). 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 180 Watt.

General info

Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 1080: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	94
Place by popularity	70
Value for money	26.33
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Pascal GP104
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	6 May 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Current price	$241 (0.4x MSRP)	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GeForce GTX 1080's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 1080's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2560	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
CUDA cores	2560
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	7,200 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (TDP)	180 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Texture fill rate	277.3	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 1080 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin
SLI options	+

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 1080: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	10 GB/s	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 1080. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
Multi monitor support	+
HDMI	+
G-SYNC support	+

Technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1080. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost	3.0
VR Ready	+
Ansel	+

API support

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1080, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 1080. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1080 40.11

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 1080 15529

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1080 53598

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1080 29263

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1080 21409

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1080 119971

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 1080 52523

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GTX 1080 421474

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GTX 1080 63798

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 1080 51531

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 1080 269

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1080 141

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1080 61

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1080 8

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1080 76

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1080 54

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 medical-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1080 34

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1080 98

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1080 9

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1080 98

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1080 140

SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1080 76

SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1080 61

SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1080 8

SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1080 54

SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1080 34

SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1080 8.6

Unigine Heaven 4.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark, a newer version of Unigine 3.0 with relatively small differences. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. The benchmark is still sometimes used, despite its significant age, as it was released back in 2013.

Benchmark coverage: 1%

GTX 1080 3026

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 1080 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	128
1440p	77
4K	58

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

70−75

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	92
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70−75
Battlefield 5	166
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	134
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75
Far Cry 5	118
Far Cry New Dawn	111
Forza Horizon 4	140
Hitman 3	120−130
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90
Red Dead Redemption 2	96
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	108
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	83
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70−75
Battlefield 5	142
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	113
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75
Far Cry 5	113
Far Cry New Dawn	108
Forza Horizon 4	137
Hitman 3	120−130
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90
Metro Exodus	74
Red Dead Redemption 2	53
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	98
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	74
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	63
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70−75
Battlefield 5	123
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75
Far Cry 5	104
Far Cry New Dawn	98
Forza Horizon 4	112
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	81
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	74
Hitman 3	75−80
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60
Metro Exodus	45
Red Dead Redemption 2	35
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	64

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	49
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50
Battlefield 5	98
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	77
Far Cry New Dawn	82
Forza Horizon 4	93
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	42
Hitman 3	40−45
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35
Metro Exodus	28
Red Dead Redemption 2	21
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	32
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	56

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	33
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27
Battlefield 5	53
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16
Far Cry 5	42
Far Cry New Dawn	47
Forza Horizon 4	65
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24

Relative performance

GeForce GTX 1080's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.

GeForce RTX 2070 104.11

Arc A580 103.22

GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB 102.27

GeForce GTX 1080 100

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB 99.1

Radeon RX 6600 97.38

GeForce GTX 1070 SLI 96.16

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 1080 is Radeon RX 6600, which is slower by 3% and lower by 10 positions in our ranking.