EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X
The EVGA GTX 1080 FTW stands out with its 1860MHz boost clock and 10-phase power design, delivering strong 1440p rasterization performance from the Pascal architecture. Its ACX 3.0 cooler and dual-BIOS switch provide practical thermal headroom and recovery options for overclocking. This card is best for budget-conscious 1080p and 1440p gamers who prioritize raw frame rates over modern features like ray tracing or AI upscaling.
GPU GeForce GTX 1080
VRAM 8GB GDDR5X
Boost Clock 1860 MHz
TDP 180 W
Memory Bus 256 bit
Class consumer
28 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average social proof (21st percentile)
- Below average compute (26th percentile)
- Below average vram (27th percentile)
- Below average feature (29th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | GeForce GTX 1080 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Pascal |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 16 |
Memory
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5X |
| Memory Bus | 256 |
| Bandwidth | 320.3 |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 2560 |
| Base Clock | 1721 |
| Boost Clock | 1860 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 8.873 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 15606 |
| GPU Compute | 7627 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 180 |
| Recommended PSU | 500 |
| Power Connectors | 2 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Fan |
| Fans | 2 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
Physical
| Length | 267 |
| Slot Width | 2 |
Features
| Ray Tracing | No |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 |
| RGB | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING | Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce GTX 1080 | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR5X | 32GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1860 | 2407 | 2730 | 2482 | 2730 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | 180 | 575 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 512 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 |
| Ray Tracing | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 | 30.6 | 30.3 | 27 | 33.4 | 26.3 | 29.1 | 32.6 | 43.5 | 45.4 | 21.3 | 72.3 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING Compare | 96.9 | 90.3 | 97.6 | 98.7 | 97.6 | 96.2 | 72.3 | 24.4 | 99.3 | 99.1 | 3.5 |
| Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD Compare | 85.4 | 95.2 | 88.8 | 94.3 | 93.3 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.9 | 94.1 | 89 | 13.9 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79.4 | 92.3 | 85.8 | 88.9 | 88.1 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 73 | 94.1 | 89 | 21.2 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85.4 | 97.6 | 88.8 | 94.3 | 93.3 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.9 | 94.1 | 99.1 | 19.2 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.9 | 96.2 | 91.7 | 83.9 | 95.5 | 83.9 | 91.5 | 52.8 | 98.8 | 78.6 | 17.6 |
Usage Scores
- Overall27.6
- AI/LLM17.1
- Budget57.7
- Gaming 4k18.9
- Ray Tracing27.9
- Workstation24
- Gaming 1080p33.2
- Gaming 1440p29.7
- Content Creation22.5
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