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Graphics card overview

GeForce GTX 1080

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 1080

8192 Mb GDDR5X Released 27 May 2016 DESKTOP
GeForce GTX 1080

Core configuration

GPUGP104
ArchitectureNvidia_Pascal
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs2560 : 160 : 64
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance8228.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size8192 Mb
Memory Bus Width256 bit
Memory Speed1251 MHz
10008 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth320.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

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  • Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 1080 GeForce GTX 1080 GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB Compare Radeon RX 6600 Radeon RX 6600 Compare GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Compare GeForce RTX 2060 Super GeForce RTX 2060 Super Compare
Shader units 2560 2560 1792 1408 2176
ROPs 64 48 64 48 64
Graphics processor GP104 GA106 Navi 23 TU116 TU106
Process size 16 nm 8 nm 7 nm 12 nm 12 nm
Memory 8192 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 width 256 bit 128 bit 128 bit 192 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 320.00 Gb/s 224.00 Gb/s 224.00 Gb/s 336.00 Gb/s 448.00 Gb/s
Release date 27 May 2016 4 Jan 2022 13 Oct 2021 29 Oct 2019 9 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)