TITAN X vs 1080

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Combined performance score

GTX 1080
40.07
+18.8%

1080 outperforms TITAN X by 19% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking94145
Place by popularity66not in top-100
Value for money26.4415.24
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code namePascal GP104GM200
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 May 2016 (7 years old)17 March 2015 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 $999
Current price$241 (0.4x MSRP)$290 (0.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1080 has 73% better value for money than GTX TITAN X.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores25603072
CUDA cores25603072
Core clock speed1607 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1075 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt250 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate277.3192 billion/sec
Floating-point performance8,873 gflops6,691 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0PCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length10.5" (26.7 cm)10.5" (26.7 cm)
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)500 Watt600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors8-pin6-pin + 8-pin
SLI options+4x

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5XGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed10 GB/s7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s336.5 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVIDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support+4 displays
HDMI++
HDCPno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
G-SYNC support+no data
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStreamno data+
GeForce ShadowPlayno data+
GPU Boost3.02.0
GameWorksno data+
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA++

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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 40.07
+18.8%
GTX TITAN X 33.73

1080 outperforms TITAN X by 19% in our combined benchmark results.


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
+18.8%
GTX TITAN X 13073

1080 outperforms TITAN X by 19% in Passmark.

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 52401
+31.4%
GTX TITAN X 39884

1080 outperforms TITAN X by 31% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GTX 1080 63798
+19.6%
GTX TITAN X 53345

1080 outperforms TITAN X by 20% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 1080 51531
+53.7%
GTX TITAN X 33524

1080 outperforms TITAN X by 54% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

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
+16.2%
GTX TITAN X 2604

1080 outperforms TITAN X by 16% in Unigine Heaven 4.0.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD128
+28%
100−110
−28%
1440p77
+28.3%
60−65
−28.3%
4K58
+28.9%
45−50
−28.9%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+29.1%
55−60
−29.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 92
+22.7%
75−80
−22.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+27.3%
55−60
−27.3%
Battlefield 5 166
+27.7%
130−140
−27.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 134
+21.8%
110−120
−21.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+29.1%
55−60
−29.1%
Far Cry 5 118
+24.2%
95−100
−24.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 111
+23.3%
90−95
−23.3%
Forza Horizon 4 140
+27.3%
110−120
−27.3%
Hitman 3 120−130
+28%
100−105
−28%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
+24.3%
70−75
−24.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 96
+20%
80−85
−20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 108
+20%
90−95
−20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+23.3%
60−65
−23.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 83
+27.7%
65−70
−27.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+27.3%
55−60
−27.3%
Battlefield 5 142
+29.1%
110−120
−29.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 113
+18.9%
95−100
−18.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+29.1%
55−60
−29.1%
Far Cry 5 113
+18.9%
95−100
−18.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 108
+20%
90−95
−20%
Forza Horizon 4 137
+24.5%
110−120
−24.5%
Hitman 3 120−130
+28%
100−105
−28%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
+24.3%
70−75
−24.3%
Metro Exodus 74
+23.3%
60−65
−23.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 53
+32.5%
40−45
−32.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 98
+22.5%
80−85
−22.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 74
+23.3%
60−65
−23.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+23.3%
60−65
−23.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 63
+26%
50−55
−26%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+27.3%
55−60
−27.3%
Battlefield 5 123
+23%
100−105
−23%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+29.1%
55−60
−29.1%
Far Cry 5 104
+22.4%
85−90
−22.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 98
+22.5%
80−85
−22.5%
Forza Horizon 4 112
+24.4%
90−95
−24.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 81
+24.6%
65−70
−24.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+23.3%
60−65
−23.3%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 74
+23.3%
60−65
−23.3%
Hitman 3 75−80
+25%
60−65
−25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+26.7%
45−50
−26.7%
Metro Exodus 45
+28.6%
35−40
−28.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35
+29.6%
27−30
−29.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 64
+28%
50−55
−28%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 49
+22.5%
40−45
−22.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50
+28.6%
35−40
−28.6%
Battlefield 5 98
+22.5%
80−85
−22.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+33.3%
24−27
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 77
+28.3%
60−65
−28.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 82
+26.2%
65−70
−26.2%
Forza Horizon 4 93
+24%
75−80
−24%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+28.9%
45−50
−28.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+20%
30−33
−20%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 42
+20%
35−40
−20%
Hitman 3 40−45
+36.7%
30−33
−36.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+29.2%
24−27
−29.2%
Metro Exodus 28
+33.3%
21−24
−33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21
+31.3%
16−18
−31.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 32
+33.3%
24−27
−33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 56
+24.4%
45−50
−24.4%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 33
+22.2%
27−30
−22.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+19%
21−24
−19%
Battlefield 5 53
+32.5%
40−45
−32.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+40%
10−11
−40%
Far Cry 5 42
+20%
35−40
−20%
Far Cry New Dawn 47
+34.3%
35−40
−34.3%
Forza Horizon 4 65
+30%
50−55
−30%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
+31.3%
16−18
−31.3%

This is how GTX 1080 and GTX TITAN X compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 1080 is 28% faster than GTX TITAN X

1440p resolution:

  • GTX 1080 is 28.3% faster than GTX TITAN X

4K resolution:

  • GTX 1080 is 28.9% faster than GTX TITAN X

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 40.07 33.73
Recency 6 May 2016 17 March 2015
Cost $599 $999
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 250 Watt

The GeForce GTX 1080 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX TITAN X in performance tests.


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