Nvidia GTX 1080 ultimate guide – performance and specifications

Nvidia recently unveiled its new GeForce GTX 1000 Series with the announcement of the GeForce GTX 1080 – the most powerful graphics card the company has ever created.

The GTX 1080 is considerably faster than the Titan X, and its new Pascal architecture will bring an even higher level of power efficiency than that offered by the previous Maxwell architecture.

Now that the GeForce GTX 1080 has been officially announced, we can take a look at all the details of the newest Nvidia GPU – including its specifications, pricing, features and benchmarks.

The amount of content Nvidia bombarded viewers with during the announcement could be a bit overwhelming, so we’ve put together a summary of everything you need to know about Nvidia’s amazing new technology.

Specifications

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Specifications
CUDA Cores	2560
Boost Clock	1607MHz
Memory	8GB GDDR5X
Memory Speed	10Gbps
Memory Interface Width	256-bit
Memory Bandwidth	320GB/sec
TDP	180W
VR, G-Sync, GameStream, SLI, Vulcan API	Yes
DirectX	12 API with feature level 12_1

Performance

Benchmarks

Below are the GTX 1080 benchmarks that were published just before the Nvidia launch event.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Benchmark Scores
3DMark 11
Graphics Score	27,683
Physics Score	9,979
Fire Strike Extreme 1.1
Graphics Score	10,102
Physics Score	9,791

Gameplay

Check out the GTX 1080 in action below:

Pascal features

The Pascal architecture is the billion dollar investment behind the GTX 1080, and the GPU showcases the powerful features of the new technology.

SLI HB Bridge

Nvidia’s Pascal architecture allows gamers to use high-bandwidth SLI bridges that are twice the speed of the old SLI connectors. Available only on the GTX 1080.

Simultaneous Multi-Projection

The GTX 1080 brings exciting new technology to the realm of virtual reality with Simultaneous Multi-Projection. This new technology allows the card to render multiple different viewpoints simultaneously, removing distortion errors when playing on multiple different screens.

Ansel

Alongside the GTX 1080, Nvidia released an exciting new in-game capture platform titled Ansel.

Ansel allows gamers to take 360-degree screenshots, ultra-high quality screenshots (up 32x your screen resolution), and stereo 360-degree image capture for VR viewers.

Comparison

Nvidia has stated that the GeForce GTX 1080 is more powerful than two GTX 980s in an SLI configuration.

While, the new card hasn’t seen many benchmark tests yet, a Reddit user collected existing performance data in order to provide a rough comparison of the different architectures.

Pricing

Nvidia has announced the base pricing of both the GTX 1080 and 1070, including more expensive “Founder’s Edition” models that offer a better cooler and custom designs.