GeForce GTX 1080 Overview

GeForce GTX 1080
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5XDESKTOP
Release date: 27 May 2016
GeForce GTX 1080

Core Configuration

GPU GP104
Architecture Nvidia_Pascal
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 2560 : 160 : 64
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 8228.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 8192 Mb
Memory Bus Width 256 bit
Memory Speed 1251 MHz
10008 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 320.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce RTX 4090
    417%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    385%
  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    357%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    343%
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    304%
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    304%
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    290%
  • GeForce RTX 3090
    272%
  • Radeon RX 6900 XT
    267%
  • GeForce RTX 4070
    254%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    250%
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    248%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    245%
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    233%
  • Radeon RX 6800
    222%
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    210%
  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    198%
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    187%
  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    183%
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    183%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
    169%
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    166%
  • Radeon RX 7600
    155%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    154%
  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    151%
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    143%
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    140%
  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    138%
  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    137%
  • Geforce GTX TITAN Xp
    135%
  • Radeon VII
    133%
  • GeForce RTX 3060
    131%
  • Radeon RX 5700
    129%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    126%
  • GeForce RTX 2070
    119%
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    117%
  • Radeon RX 6600
    114%
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    110%
  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    107%
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    101%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    100%
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    99%
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    92%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    90%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    82%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    81%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    79%
  • Radeon RX 590
    74%
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    73%
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    72%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    71%
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    70%
  • Radeon RX 580
    67%
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    64%
  • Radeon RX 480
    62%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    61%
  • Radeon RX 570
    60%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    60%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    57%
  • Radeon RX 6400
    55%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    55%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    54%
  • Radeon RX 470
    53%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    52%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    45%
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    44%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    35%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    31%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The GeForce GTX 1080 is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 27 May 2016. The graphics card houses the GP104 die, based on the Nvidia_Pascal architecture which packs 7,200 million transistors on a 16 nm, 314 mm2 die.

GeForce GTX 1080 pros and cons

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

GeForce GTX 1080GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBRadeon RX 6600GeForce GTX 1660 SUPERGeForce RTX 2060 Super
GeForce GTX 1080GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBRadeon RX 6600GeForce GTX 1660 SUPERGeForce RTX 2060 Super
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Shader units25602560179214082176
ROPs6448644864
Graphics processorGP104GA106Navi 23TU116TU106
Process size16 nm8 nm7 nm12 nm12 nm
Memory8192 Mb GDDR5X (1251 MHz
10008 MHz effective)
8192 Mb GDDR6 (1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective)
8192 Mb GDDR6 (1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective)
6144 Mb GDDR6 (1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective)
8192 Mb GDDR6 (1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective)
Memory bus width256 bit128 bit128 bit192 bit256 bit
Memory bandwidth320.00 Gb/s224.00 Gb/s224.00 Gb/s336.00 Gb/s448.00 Gb/s
Release date27 May 20164 Jan 202213 Oct 202129 Oct 20199 Jul 2019

Benchmarks

Hitman III

  • Radeon RX 6600
    148
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    145
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    125
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    123

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    99
  • Radeon RX 6600
    96
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    80
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    80

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    57
  • Radeon RX 6600
    48
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    43
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    41
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • Radeon RX 6600
    69
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    56
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    53
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    50
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • Radeon RX 6600
    50
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    43
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    42
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • Radeon RX 6600
    27
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    26
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    25
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    12

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 6600
    105
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    105
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    91
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    90
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    80

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    71
  • Radeon RX 6600
    68
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    62
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    60
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    51

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    37
  • Radeon RX 6600
    33
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    33
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    31
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    88
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    72
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    71
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    70

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    66
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    52
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    51
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    51

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    37
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    32
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    25
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    6

FPS (higher is better)