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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
32 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5080
vs
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
118
73
62
42
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
131
108
80
43
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
198
143
105
53
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
103
89
73
38
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
74
63
45
24
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
89
82
55
38
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
72
55
39
22
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
76
68
40
19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
119
112
79
41
Avg FPS
1080p High238109
1080p Ultra20388
1440p Ultra16364
4K Ultra9736
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
9689
Time Spy330579983
Solar Bay15490825927
Port Royal231632255
Fire Strike7499429332
Night Raid20040995126
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
74966
Background Blur319.6 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec3.55 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec5.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec5.79 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec265.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps6315.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
18592
G2D Mark1396937
DirectX 11322 fps151 fps
DirectX 12148 fps65 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s9701 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps583.6 fps
Car Chasen/a533.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a507.1 fps
T-Rexn/a2784.7 fps
ALU 2n/a7894.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a273.3 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a3894.3
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15441n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)47173n/a
Horizon Detection43223n/a
Face Detection (HP)92863n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)202202n/a
Text Classification (SP)3701n/a
Machine Translation (HP)7905n/a
Object Detection (SP)20955n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)69068n/a
Style Transfer (SP)349205n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 March, 10, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Pascal
Codename GB203-400 GP102
Price n/a 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1481 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 1582 MHz
Shader Units 10752 3584
TMUs 336 224
ROPs 112 88
Execution Units 84 28
Ray Tracing Cores 84 No
Tensor Cores 336 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 2816 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 139 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 354 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 11.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 360 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 471 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 23.35 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 1376 MHz
Bus 256 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 11000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
484.4 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 6.1
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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