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GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
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VRAM
11 GB
CUDA
3,584
FP32
11.34 TF
Bandwidth
484.4 GB/s
TDP
250W
Boost
1582 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 compute11.34 TFLOPS11%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth484.4 GB/s27%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity11 GB34%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units3,58416%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency15/10026%
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 Spy16,200pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)8,280pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)2,340spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute112,800pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts
Performance breakdown
Gaming45
Ray tracing46
AI / Compute47
Creator / 3D45
Power efficiency15
Real-World Gaming
FPS Across Resolutions
1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 61 fps
1080p
102
1440p
56
4K
25
Counter-Strike 2avg 137 fps
1080p
238
1440p
121
4K
51
Fortniteavg 117 fps
1080p
197
1440p
104
4K
49
Battlefield 5avg 109 fps
1080p
145
1440p
114
4K
68
Far Cry 5avg 84 fps
1080p
106
1440p
94
4K
53
Valorantavg 239 fps
1080p
174
1440p
276
4K
267
Average FPS across all PC games
1080p
136fps
1440p
90fps
4K
71fps
Cost per frame
Launch MSRP ($699) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.
1080p
$5.12
1440p
$8.80
4K
$9.86
Community Feedback
What Owners Say
Owners love the raw 4K gaming power and how it still holds up for modern titles. The usual gripe is the high power draw and heat output, making it a furnace in smaller cases.
Pros
- Plays demanding games at high settings
- Handles 4K without breaking a sweat
- Great for VR and creative work
- Runs older games with ease
Cons
- Lacks hardware ray tracing support
- No modern HDMI 2.1 output
- Very power hungry under load
Supported technologies
NVENCAV1 Encode
Full specifications
Graphics processor
Core configuration
- CUDA Cores
- 3,584
- TMUs
- 224
- ROPs
- 88
- L2 cache
- 2.75 MB
Memory
- Size
- 11 GB
- Type
- GDDR5X
- Bus width
- 352-bit
- Bandwidth
- 484.4 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 1376 MHz
Clocks & throughput
- Base clock
- 1481 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1582 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 11.34 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 11.34 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 139 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 354.4 GTexel/s
Board & power
- TDP
- 250W
- Suggested PSU
- 500W
- Power connectors
- 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
- Bus interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
- Length
- 267 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 (12_1)
- Shader Model
- 6.8
- OpenGL
- 4.5
- OpenCL
- 3.0
- Vulkan
- +
- CUDA
- +
Verdict
Our verdict on the GTX 1080 Ti
The GTX 1080 Ti is a high-end Pascal card built for 4K gaming, still relevant today only if you find it cheap.
Get it if you need a legendary 1440p card for older games on a tight budget. Skip it if you want modern features like ray tracing or a warranty on used hardware.
Buy it if…
- You’re building a high-end 1440p gaming rig on a tight budget.
- You need a cheap used card for smooth 4K gaming at medium settings.
- You want a reliable VR-ready GPU without paying for the latest generation.
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