Comprehensive gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GPU with the Intel Core i9-12900 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 good or bad for gaming from results of all tests. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's look at the primary characteristic. The average FPS in games is 50.9 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. Considering 8Gb of memory, we can state that the GeForce GTX 1080 is good for today's most demanding 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 certain conclusions. This will allow you to choose the required power supply that can meet the demands of the graphics card. We should also not forget about the Intel Core i9-12900 . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the desired power supply should output.A rather powerful power supply is necessary for the GeForce GTX 1080, since it has a fairly high power consumption under loads - 180W. Here is a list of several popular games in which the GPU has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of practically all contemporary games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 1080 and Intel Core i9-12900 configuration:
Minecraft
Roblox
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Apex Legends
Far Cry 6
Hitman 3
Fortnite Battle Royale
Dota 2
Genshin Impact
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Atomic Heart
Hogwarts Legacy
Valorant
League of Legends
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
After looking at the data from the game tests below, you can easily understand how the GeForce GTX 1080 is better or worse than rivals in several famous 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 competitors of the GeForce GTX 1080 are GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile and GeForce RTX 2060. We compared GeForce GTX 1080 (117.3 FPS) and their ordinary FPS in popular 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 right choice.
How good is GeForce GTX 1080 for games?
From the tables below, you can understand how comfortable you can play popular games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 1080 and Intel Core i9-12900. The numbers near 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
Starfield
2022
29.5
38.3
50.1
61.9
Homeworld 3
2022
41.3
53.6
70.2
86.7
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
35.4
46.0
60.1
74.3
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
32.8
42.7
55.8
69.0
Scorn
2022
32.8
42.7
55.8
69.0
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
48.8
63.5
83.0
102.6
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
52.2
67.9
88.8
109.7
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
53.9
70.1
91.6
113.2
Atomic Heart
2023
20.2
26.3
34.4
42.4
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
31.2
40.5
53.0
65.4
Stray
2022
90.1
117.1
153.2
189.2
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
36.2
47.1
61.6
76.1
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
43.8
56.9
74.5
92.0
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
56.4
73.4
95.9
118.5
Overwatch 2
2022
80.9
105.1
137.4
169.8
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
45.5
59.1
77.3
95.5
Saints Row
2022
59.8
77.7
101.7
125.6
Elden ring
2022
32.0
41.6
54.4
67.2
To find out how good the graphics card is for demanding games, you need to look at the numbers from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Just Cause 4
2018
66.8
86.8
113.5
140.3
World War Z
2019
83.3
108.3
141.6
174.9
Monster Hunter: World
2018
71.9
93.5
122.3
151.0
F1 2021
2020
81.7
106.2
138.9
171.6
Genshin Impact
2020
73.3
95.3
124.6
153.9
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
67.9
88.2
115.4
142.6
Borderlands 3
2019
53.4
69.4
90.8
112.1
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
38.1
49.5
64.7
79.9
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
66.1
85.9
112.4
138.8
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
71.7
93.2
121.8
150.5
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
25.2
32.7
42.8
52.9
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
81.7
106.2
138.9
171.6
Total War: Warhammer
2016
83.1
108.1
141.3
174.6
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
53.1
69.0
90.2
111.4
DOOM Eternal
2020
78.3
101.8
133.2
164.5
Final Fantasy XV
2018
70.7
92.0
120.3
148.6
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
42.1
54.7
71.6
88.4
Dishonored 2
2016
63.7
82.8
108.2
133.7
Godfall
2020
74.5
96.9
126.7
156.5
Hitman 2
2018
82.5
107.3
140.3
173.3
Crysis 3
2013
82.7
107.5
140.6
173.7
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
66.3
86.2
112.7
139.2
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
83.0
108.0
141.2
174.4
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
82.5
107.3
140.3
173.3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
38.5
50.0
65.4
80.8
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
62.2
80.8
105.7
130.5
Marvel's Avengers
2020
49.8
64.7
84.6
104.5
The Division
2016
74.5
96.8
126.6
156.3
Forza Horizon 5
2021
60.6
78.8
103.1
127.3
GreedFall
2019
76.1
98.9
129.3
159.7
The Witcher 3
2015
74.6
97.0
126.9
156.7
F1 22
2020
73.3
95.3
124.6
153.9
Project CARS 3
2020
38.7
50.4
65.9
81.4
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
61.5
79.9
104.5
129.1
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
60.9
79.2
103.5
127.9
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
83.7
108.8
142.3
175.8
Metro Exodus
2019
46.2
60.1
78.6
97.1
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
53.1
69.0
90.2
111.4
Death Stranding
2020
76.6
99.5
130.1
160.8
Hitman 3
2021
57.3
74.5
97.4
120.3
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
54.9
71.4
93.3
115.3
Halo Infinite
2021
48.0
62.4
81.6
100.8
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
66.3
86.2
112.7
139.2
Gears of War 5
2019
67.3
87.5
114.4
141.3
Devil May Cry 5
2019
75.0
97.4
127.4
157.4
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
82.5
107.3
140.3
173.3
Far Cry 6
2021
63.2
82.1
107.4
132.6
Anthem
2019
57.2
74.3
97.2
120.1
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
39.6
51.5
67.3
83.1
Resident Evil Village
2021
57.3
74.5
97.4
120.3
GeForce GTX 1080 8Gb with Core i9-12900 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
Dota 2
2013
120.4
156.6
204.7
252.9
Rocket League
2015
359.6
467.5
611.4
755.2
Strange Brigade
2018
108.4
140.9
184.3
227.6
F1 2019
2019
86.7
112.8
147.5
182.2
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
92.5
120.2
157.2
194.2
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
174.7
227.1
296.9
366.8
Minecraft
2011
197.1
256.2
335.0
413.9
Need For Speed
2015
99.7
129.6
169.5
209.4
For Honor
2017
123.3
160.3
209.6
258.9
Titanfall 2
2016
91.0
118.2
154.6
191.0
Hitman
2016
84.2
109.5
143.2
176.9
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
83.7
108.8
142.3
175.8
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
86.5
112.4
147.0
181.6
Battlefield 4
2013
117.1
152.3
199.2
246.0
Battlefield 1
2016
105.2
136.7
178.8
220.9
Fallout 76
2018
108.1
140.6
183.8
227.1
Battlefield V
2018
88.7
115.3
150.8
186.2
Project CARS 2
2017
87.3
113.5
148.5
183.4
Resident Evil 2
2019
96.0
124.8
163.2
201.6
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
105.8
137.5
179.8
222.1
Dawn of War III
2017
90.6
117.8
154.1
190.3
Destiny 2
2017
116.5
151.4
198.0
244.6
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
107.8
140.1
183.3
226.4
DiRT Rally
2015
132.8
172.7
225.8
278.9
Doom
2016
132.4
172.1
225.1
278.0
Valorant
2020
169.0
219.7
287.3
355.0
Roblox
2006
290.6
377.7
493.9
610.2
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
99.5
129.3
169.1
208.9
Apex Legends
2019
88.7
115.3
150.8
186.2
League of Legends
2009
462.4
541.0
668.1
728.2
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
102.8
133.7
174.8
215.9
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
246.6
320.6
419.2
517.9
Though you can't argue with the figures from this table, but you need to know that in fact some processors and video cards will not be able to work with each other. In such cases, FPS is calculated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the Intel Core i9-12900 and the GeForce GTX 1080 separately.
