NVIDIA · Pascal (derived from codename prefix) · 2016

GeForce GTX 1080

Memory8 GB3 of 143 in GeForce GTX
Power180 W41 of 154 by higher draw in GeForce GTX
Shaders2,5608 of 134 in GeForce GTX
Launch price$59917 of 92 in GeForce GTX

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

314 mm² die · 2,560 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 32 shaders.314 mm² die · 2,560 shadersEach dot = 32 shadersDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Specifications

Memory

Capacity
8 GB
Type
GDDR5X
Bus width
256 bit
Memory clock
1,251 MHz
Bandwidth
320.3 GB/s

Compute

Shaders
2,560
SM count
20
TMUs
160
ROPs
64
FP32
8,227.84 GFLOPS
FP64
257.12 GFLOPS
Pixel fill rate
102.85 GP/s
Texture fill rate
257.12 GT/s

Clocks

Boost clock
1,607 MHz

Board

TDP
180 W
Bus interface
PCIe 3x16
External power required
Yes
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
599 USD

Physical

Architecture
Pascal (derived from codename prefix)
Codename
GP104-400-A1
Transistors
7.2 billion
Die size
314 mm²
Series
GeForce GTX
Launch date
May 27, 2016

Not recorded by the source: generation, process and base clock.

Catalog context

Within its series, the GeForce GTX 1080 ranks second of 121 for FP32 throughput and third of 143 for memory capacity. Its 180 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

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