GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GTX 770

GeForce GTX 1080
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5XDESKTOP
Release date: 27 May 2016
GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce GTX 770
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 30 May 2013
GeForce GTX 770

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    269%
  • GeForce GTX 770
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    354%
  • GeForce GTX 770
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1080

254% higher gaming performance.
50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 770 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 770

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1080

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1080

The GeForce GTX 1080 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (19 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1080GeForce GTX 770
GPU NameGP104 (GP104-400-A1)vsGK104 (GK104-425-A2)
Fab Process16 nmvs28 nm
Die Size314 mm²vs294 mm²
Transistors7,200 millionvs3,540 million
Shaders2560vs1536
Compute Units20vs8
Core clock1607 MHzvs1046 MHz
ROPs64vs32
TMUs160vs128

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1080GeForce GTX 770
Memory TypeGDDR5XvsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1251 MHz
10008 MHz effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1080GeForce GTX 770
TDP180 wattsvs230 watts
Release Date27 May 2016vs30 May 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    102.80 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 770
    33.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    257.10 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 770
    134.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    320.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 770
    224.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    8228.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 770
    3213.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    30160
  • GeForce GTX 770
    11180

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    120
  • GeForce GTX 770
    36

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    124
  • GeForce GTX 770
    40

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    134
  • GeForce GTX 770
    72

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    159
  • GeForce GTX 770
    58

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    105
  • GeForce GTX 770
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    125
  • GeForce GTX 770
    46

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    108
  • GeForce GTX 770
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    86
  • GeForce GTX 770
    24

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    85
  • GeForce GTX 770
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    103
  • GeForce GTX 770
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    114
  • GeForce GTX 770
    41

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    82
  • GeForce GTX 770
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    96
  • GeForce GTX 770
    33

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    79
  • GeForce GTX 770
    19

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    48
  • GeForce GTX 770
    14

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    57
  • GeForce GTX 770
    19

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    48
  • GeForce GTX 770
    13

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    52
  • GeForce GTX 770
    6

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    44
  • GeForce GTX 770
    9

FPS (higher is better)