GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GTX TITAN

GeForce GTX 1080
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5XDESKTOP
Release date: 27 May 2016
GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce GTX TITAN
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Feb 2013
GeForce GTX TITAN

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    213%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    230%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1080

130% higher gaming performance.
70 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX TITAN .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 TITAN

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 (23 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1080GeForce GTX TITAN
GPU NameGP104 (GP104-400-A1)vsGK110 (GK110-400-A1)
Fab Process16 nmvs28 nm
Die Size314 mm²vs561 mm²
Transistors7,200 millionvs7,080 million
Shaders2560vs2688
Compute Units20vs14
Core clock1607 MHzvs836 MHz
ROPs64vs48
TMUs160vs224

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1080GeForce GTX TITAN
Memory TypeGDDR5XvsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs384 bit
Memory Speed1251 MHz
10008 MHz effective
vs1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs6144 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1080GeForce GTX TITAN
TDP180 wattsvs250 watts
Release Date27 May 2016vs19 Feb 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    102.80 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    46.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    257.10 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    187.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    320.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    288.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    8228.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    4494.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    30160
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    14150

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    120
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    58

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    124
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    55

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    89
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    41

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    159
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    71

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    107
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    133
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    57

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    105
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    40

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    125
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    59

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    86
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    85
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    41

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    66
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    114
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    50

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    81
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    90
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    38

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    82
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    96
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    48
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    42
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    21

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    58
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    47
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    17

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    47
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    20

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    48
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    19

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    52
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    24

FPS (higher is better)