Complete gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GPU with the Intel Core i5-13490F processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with multiple graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is bad or good for gaming by looking at testing data. As for the primary parameter, how good is the GPU for games, let's look beyond. The average FPS in games is 50.9 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. So, taking into account 8Gb of memory, we can say that the GeForce GTX 1080 is good for today's most exacting games with high-end graphics.
Main specifications
Name
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Release date
May 14, 2016
Price
637 USD
Frequency
1607 MHz
Shaders
2560
TMUs
160
ROPs
64
Graphics Card Power (TDP)
180 W
Memory Size
8 Gb
Memory Bus
256 Bit
GeForce GTX 1080 power supply requirements
If you take a closer look at the power consumption of the GPU, you can already make some conclusions. With this data, you can already easily buy the necessary power supply that can meet the needs of the GPU. You also need to remember about the Intel Core i5-13490F . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.A rather powerful power supply is required for the GeForce GTX 1080, since it has a pretty high power consumption under loads - 180W. Here is a list of certain popular games in which the graphics card has been tested. Below is the table with a large number of almost all modern games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 1080 and Intel Core i5-13490F configuration:
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Atomic Heart
Roblox
Dota 2
Apex Legends
Hitman 3
Valorant
Genshin Impact
League of Legends
Minecraft
Fortnite Battle Royale
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
After viewing the data from the game tests below, you can simply understand how the GeForce GTX 1080 is better or worse than competitors in some popular games and select for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 1080.
The closest GeForce GTX 1080 opponents
Video Card
FPS
Radeon RX 6600 XT
134.4
Radeon RX 6600
130
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
125
Radeon RX 5700 XT
124.6
GeForce RTX 3060
123.1
Radeon Pro 5700 XT
122.8
GeForce RTX 2070
122.6
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
122.6
GeForce RTX 4050
122.2
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
119
GeForce GTX 1080
117.3
GeForce RTX 2060
117
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
116.4
Radeon RX 5700
114.4
GeForce RTX 2060
109.4
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
105.6
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti
101.3
GeForce GTX 1070
100.2
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
97.7
GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile
93
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
93
The closest opponents of the GeForce GTX 1080 are GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile and GeForce RTX 2060. We compared GeForce GTX 1080 (117.3 FPS) and their medium FPS in famous games at Full HD resolution and with High Quality graphics. As a result, is GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile 119 FPS, which 1.4% faster and GeForce RTX 2060 117 FPS, which is 0.3% slower. These numbers will further help you make the good decision.
How good is GeForce GTX 1080 for games?
From the tables below, you can see how comfortable you can play popular games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 1080 and Intel Core i5-13490F. The numbers next to the names of the games mean the medium FPS obtained with Ultra graphics quality settings and different screen resolutions: Full HD, 2K WQHD and 4K UHD. In the following table, testing the GeForce GTX 1080 in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
45.0
58.4
76.4
94.4
Stray
2022
89.1
115.8
151.4
187.1
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
53.3
69.3
90.6
111.9
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
43.3
56.3
73.6
90.9
Elden ring
2022
31.6
41.1
53.8
66.4
Scorn
2022
32.5
42.2
55.2
68.2
Starfield
2022
29.1
37.9
49.5
61.2
Atomic Heart
2023
20.0
26.0
34.0
42.0
Overwatch 2
2022
79.9
103.9
135.9
167.8
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
51.6
67.1
87.7
108.4
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
35.8
46.5
60.9
75.2
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
55.8
72.5
94.8
117.1
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
32.5
42.2
55.2
68.2
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
30.8
40.0
52.4
64.7
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
35.0
45.5
59.4
73.4
Homeworld 3
2022
40.8
53.0
69.3
85.7
Saints Row
2022
59.1
76.8
100.5
124.1
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
48.3
62.8
82.1
101.4
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 1080 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Metro Exodus
2019
45.7
59.4
77.7
96.0
Forza Horizon 5
2021
59.9
77.9
101.9
125.9
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
70.8
92.1
120.4
148.8
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
65.4
85.0
111.1
137.2
F1 22
2020
72.4
94.2
123.1
152.1
Borderlands 3
2019
52.8
68.6
89.7
110.8
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
65.5
85.2
111.4
137.6
Total War: Warhammer
2016
82.2
106.8
139.7
172.6
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
38.0
49.5
64.7
79.9
The Witcher 3
2015
73.8
95.9
125.4
154.9
Godfall
2020
73.7
95.8
125.2
154.7
DOOM Eternal
2020
77.4
100.6
131.6
162.6
Just Cause 4
2018
66.0
85.8
112.2
138.6
Dishonored 2
2016
62.9
81.8
107.0
132.2
The Division
2016
73.6
95.7
125.1
154.5
Marvel's Avengers
2020
49.2
64.0
83.6
103.3
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
80.8
105.0
137.3
169.6
Final Fantasy XV
2018
69.9
90.9
118.9
146.9
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
82.1
106.7
139.5
172.4
Gears of War 5
2019
66.5
86.5
113.1
139.7
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
82.8
107.6
140.7
173.8
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
81.6
106.1
138.7
171.3
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
37.6
48.9
64.0
79.0
Anthem
2019
56.5
73.5
96.1
118.7
Devil May Cry 5
2019
74.1
96.3
126.0
155.6
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
61.4
79.9
104.4
129.0
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
41.6
54.1
70.8
87.4
Crysis 3
2013
81.8
106.3
139.0
171.7
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
65.5
85.2
111.4
137.6
Death Stranding
2020
75.7
98.4
128.6
158.9
Genshin Impact
2020
72.4
94.2
123.1
152.1
Project CARS 3
2020
38.3
49.8
65.1
80.4
World War Z
2019
82.3
107.0
140.0
172.9
Hitman 3
2021
56.6
73.6
96.2
118.9
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
67.1
87.2
114.1
140.9
F1 2021
2020
80.8
105.0
137.3
169.6
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
81.6
106.1
138.7
171.3
Far Cry 6
2021
62.4
81.2
106.1
131.1
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
52.4
68.2
89.2
110.1
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
60.2
78.2
102.3
126.4
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
60.8
79.0
103.3
127.6
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
54.3
70.6
92.3
114.0
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
24.9
32.4
42.3
52.3
Hitman 2
2018
81.6
106.1
138.7
171.3
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
52.4
68.2
89.2
110.1
Monster Hunter: World
2018
71.1
92.4
120.9
149.3
Halo Infinite
2021
47.5
61.7
80.7
99.7
GreedFall
2019
75.2
97.7
127.8
157.9
Resident Evil Village
2021
56.6
73.6
96.2
118.9
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
39.1
50.9
66.5
82.2
GeForce GTX 1080 8Gb with Core i5-13490F gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 1080 from the following table are just for information, because old games are more represented in it and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Resident Evil 2
2019
94.9
123.4
161.3
199.3
F1 2019
2019
85.7
111.5
145.8
180.1
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
172.7
224.5
293.5
362.6
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
104.6
135.9
177.8
219.6
Titanfall 2
2016
89.9
116.9
152.8
188.8
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
243.8
316.9
414.4
511.9
Battlefield V
2018
87.7
114.0
149.0
184.1
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
91.4
118.8
155.4
192.0
Battlefield 1
2016
104.0
135.2
176.8
218.4
Doom
2016
130.9
170.1
222.5
274.8
Hitman
2016
83.2
108.2
141.5
174.8
Battlefield 4
2013
115.8
150.5
196.9
243.2
DiRT Rally
2015
131.3
170.7
223.2
275.7
League of Legends
2009
457.0
534.7
660.4
719.8
Apex Legends
2019
87.7
114.0
149.0
184.1
Project CARS 2
2017
86.3
112.2
146.8
181.3
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
106.6
138.5
181.2
223.8
Dawn of War III
2017
89.6
116.4
152.3
188.1
Dota 2
2013
119.0
154.8
202.4
250.0
Fallout 76
2018
106.9
139.0
181.7
224.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
98.3
127.8
167.1
206.5
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
85.5
111.1
145.3
179.5
Need For Speed
2015
98.6
128.1
167.6
207.0
Rocket League
2015
355.5
462.1
604.3
746.5
Strange Brigade
2018
107.1
139.3
182.1
225.0
Minecraft
2011
194.8
253.2
331.2
409.1
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
101.6
132.1
172.8
213.5
Roblox
2006
287.2
373.4
488.3
603.1
Destiny 2
2017
115.1
149.7
195.7
241.8
For Honor
2017
121.9
158.4
207.2
255.9
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
82.8
107.6
140.7
173.8
Valorant
2020
167.1
217.2
284.0
350.9
Although you can't dispute with the figures from this table, but you need to know that in fact some processors and video cards will not be capable to work together. In such cases, FPS is calculated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the graphics card and the CPU.
