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GeForce GTX 1080
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VRAM
8 GB
CUDA
2,560
FP32
8.873 TF
Bandwidth
320 GB/s
TDP
180W
Boost
1733 MHz
Strengths at a Glance
How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
FP32 compute8.873 TFLOPS8%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s18%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity8 GB25%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units2,56012%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency16/10028%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
3DMark Time Spy13,680pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)7,020pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)1,976spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute96,000pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts
Performance breakdown
Gaming38
Ray tracing39
AI / Compute40
Creator / 3D38
Power efficiency16
Real-World Gaming
FPS Across Resolutions
1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 49 fps
1080p
85
1440p
42
4K
20
Counter-Strike 2avg 110 fps
1080p
199
1440p
90
4K
42
Fortniteavg 110 fps
1080p
193
1440p
92
4K
45
Battlefield 5avg 88 fps
1080p
119
1440p
95
4K
51
Far Cry 5avg 72 fps
1080p
101
1440p
75
4K
41
Valorantavg 231 fps
1080p
218
1440p
247
4K
228
Average FPS across all PC games
1080p
118fps
1440p
71fps
4K
54fps
Cost per frame
Launch MSRP ($599) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.
1080p
$5.05
1440p
$8.34
4K
$11.02
Community Feedback
What Owners Say
Owners love how this card still handles 1440p gaming like a champ, even years later. The common gripe is that 8GB of VRAM feels tight for modern titles at higher settings.
Pros
- Sips power, runs cool and quiet
- Beats anything from the previous generation
- Plays any modern game at high settings
- Still holds up well for 1080p gaming
Cons
- VRAM too low for modern games
- Runs hot under sustained load
- No ray tracing or DLSS support
Supported technologies
NVENCAV1 Encode
Full specifications
Graphics processor
Core configuration
- CUDA Cores
- 2,560
- TMUs
- 160
- ROPs
- 64
- L2 cache
- 2 MB
Memory
- Size
- 8 GB
- Type
- GDDR5X
- Bus width
- 256-bit
- Bandwidth
- 320 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 10 GB/s
Clocks & throughput
- Base clock
- 1607 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1733 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 8.873 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 8.873 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 111 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 277.3 GTexel/s
Board & power
- TDP
- 180W
- Suggested PSU
- 350W
- Power connectors
- 1x 8-pin
- Bus interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
- Length
- 267 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 (12_1)
- Shader Model
- 6.4
- OpenGL
- 4.5
- OpenCL
- 1.2
- Vulkan
- 1.2.131
- CUDA
- +
Verdict
Our verdict on the GTX 1080
A Pascal-era flagship that ran cool and quiet, but its 8GB VRAM now feels tight for modern games.
Get it if you're building a budget 1080p gaming rig and can snag one used for cheap. Skip it if you want modern features like ray tracing or plan to play newer games at high settings.
Buy it if…
- You want great 1440p gaming without spending on a new card.
- You need a cheap, used upgrade from an older GTX 900 series card.
- You are building a VR-ready PC on a strict secondhand budget.
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