GeForce GTX 10 Series

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Representative MSI product image. Board design, dimensions and power limits can vary by model.Source coverage for this specification group is incomplete.

At a glance

Launch date
Architecture
Pascal
CUDA cores
2,560
Memory
8 GB GDDR5X2 published configurations
TGP
180 W

Hardware specifications

Compute

CUDA cores
2,560

Clocks

Base clock
1,607 MHz
Boost clock
1,733 MHz

Memory

Configuration 1 Capacity
8 GB
Configuration 1 Memory type
GDDR5X
Configuration 1 Bus width
256-bit
Configuration 1 Bandwidth
320 GB/s
Configuration 2 Capacity
8 GB
Configuration 2 Memory type
GDDR5X
Configuration 2 Bus width
256-bit
Configuration 2 Bandwidth
352 GB/s

Power

TGP
180 W
Recommended PSU
500 W
Power connectors
One 8-pin

Physical

Interface
PCI Express 3.0
Slots
2
Display connectors
DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b and Dual Link DVI

Before you buy

Fit and power planning

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Published slot width
2 slots
TGP
180 W
Recommended PSU
500 W
Power connectors
One 8-pin
Display connectors
DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b and Dual Link DVI

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Measured evidence

Market and rendering evidence

Historical launch pricing for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 preserves source terms such as USD, MSRP and SEP. It is shown separately from one workload-specific community benchmark.

Historical launch price

Initial launch status
Verified
Currency
USD
Verified date
Event kind
Initial launch
Event date
Market
United States
Scope
Partner cards $599
Price basis
Starting price
Source wording
pricing is expected to start at

Source

A Quantum Leap in Gaming: NVIDIA Introduces GeForce GTX 1080

NVIDIA - Published - Retrieved

Blender Cycles rendering

582.1 estimated samples per minute

Backend
OptiX
Confidence
Established
Submission count
61 submissions
Cohort
Blender 4.5.0 on Windows using OptiX across the standard Blender Benchmark scenes

This is a Cycles rendering community median in estimated samples per minute. It is not gaming FPS or an overall GPU rating.

Open Blender Open Data source

Retrieved

Open Blender Open Data methodology

Evidence record

Sources and verification

Specifications for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 were checked against the linked source material. Last verified .

The launch date is original Founders Edition availability. The later 11 Gbps partner configuration was announced separately and was available by May 9 2017. Scalar clocks, power and physical values describe the original reference configuration only. The MSI image is representative.

Where to buy

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

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MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G

Part number: GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G

Linked variant: 8 GB GDDR5X

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