Full gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card with the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 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 by looking at benchmark results. As for the primary parameter, how good is the GPU for games, let's look further. The ordinary FPS in games is 50.9 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. Considering 8Gb of memory, we can say that the GeForce GTX 1080 is good even 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 graphics card, you can already draw certain conclusions. With this data, you can already safely buy the necessary power supply that will completely match the GPU. You also need to remember about the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the required power supply should output.A highly powerful power supply is needed 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. 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 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 configuration:
League of Legends
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Hogwarts Legacy
Dota 2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Far Cry 6
Atomic Heart
Apex Legends
Genshin Impact
Fortnite Battle Royale
Minecraft
Roblox
Valorant
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Hitman 3
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 some famous games and choose for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 1080.
The closest competitors of the GeForce GTX 1080
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 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 also help you make the good choice.
How good is GeForce GTX 1080 for games?
From the tables below, you can understand how comfortable you can play famous games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600. 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. The following table shows the GeForce GTX 1080 testing in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
33.8
44.0
57.5
71.0
Atomic Heart
2023
18.9
24.5
32.1
39.6
Starfield
2022
27.5
35.8
46.8
57.8
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
48.8
63.4
82.9
102.4
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
33.0
42.9
56.1
69.4
Elden ring
2022
29.9
38.8
50.8
62.8
Stray
2022
84.1
109.4
143.0
176.7
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
45.6
59.3
77.5
95.8
Homeworld 3
2022
38.5
50.1
65.5
80.9
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
42.5
55.2
72.2
89.2
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
29.1
37.8
49.5
61.1
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
52.7
68.5
89.6
110.6
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
30.7
39.9
52.1
64.4
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
50.3
65.4
85.6
105.7
Scorn
2022
30.7
39.9
52.1
64.4
Saints Row
2022
55.8
72.6
94.9
117.2
Overwatch 2
2022
75.5
98.1
128.3
158.5
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
40.9
53.2
69.5
85.9
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 1080 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Godfall
2020
69.6
90.5
118.3
146.1
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
58.0
75.4
98.7
121.9
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
35.9
46.7
61.1
75.5
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
77.1
100.2
131.0
161.8
World War Z
2019
77.8
101.1
132.2
163.3
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
78.2
101.6
132.9
164.1
Final Fantasy XV
2018
66.1
85.9
112.3
138.7
Forza Horizon 5
2021
56.6
73.6
96.2
118.9
Dishonored 2
2016
59.4
77.3
101.1
124.8
Devil May Cry 5
2019
70.0
91.0
119.0
147.0
The Division
2016
69.5
90.4
118.2
146.0
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
39.3
51.1
66.8
82.6
Project CARS 3
2020
36.2
47.0
61.5
76.0
DOOM Eternal
2020
73.1
95.1
124.3
153.6
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
61.9
80.5
105.2
130.0
F1 2021
2020
76.3
99.2
129.7
160.2
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
23.5
30.6
40.0
49.4
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
61.7
80.2
104.9
129.6
Genshin Impact
2020
68.4
88.9
116.3
143.7
GreedFall
2019
71.0
92.3
120.7
149.1
Gears of War 5
2019
62.8
81.7
106.8
131.9
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
49.5
64.4
84.2
104.0
Death Stranding
2020
71.5
92.9
121.5
150.1
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
56.9
73.9
96.7
119.4
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
63.4
82.4
107.7
133.1
The Witcher 3
2015
69.7
90.6
118.4
146.3
Halo Infinite
2021
44.8
58.3
76.2
94.1
Hitman 2
2018
77.1
100.2
131.0
161.8
Monster Hunter: World
2018
67.2
87.3
114.2
141.0
Far Cry 6
2021
59.0
76.7
100.3
123.8
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
51.3
66.7
87.2
107.7
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
61.9
80.5
105.2
130.0
Metro Exodus
2019
43.2
56.1
73.4
90.7
Hitman 3
2021
53.5
69.5
90.9
112.3
Just Cause 4
2018
62.4
81.1
106.0
131.0
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
37.0
48.0
62.8
77.6
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
76.3
99.2
129.7
160.2
Resident Evil Village
2021
53.5
69.5
90.9
112.3
F1 22
2020
68.4
88.9
116.3
143.7
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
77.1
100.2
131.0
161.8
Borderlands 3
2019
49.9
64.8
84.8
104.7
Marvel's Avengers
2020
46.5
60.4
79.0
97.6
Anthem
2019
53.4
69.4
90.8
112.1
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
35.5
46.2
60.4
74.6
Crysis 3
2013
77.2
100.4
131.3
162.2
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
49.5
64.4
84.2
104.0
Total War: Warhammer
2016
77.6
100.9
131.9
163.0
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
66.9
87.0
113.8
140.5
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
57.4
74.6
97.6
120.5
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
77.5
100.8
131.8
162.8
GeForce GTX 1080 8Gb with Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 1080 from the following table are just for information, because it mainly presents old games and FPS is much higher than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Need For Speed
2015
93.1
121.0
158.3
195.5
Roblox
2006
271.3
352.7
461.2
569.7
Apex Legends
2019
82.8
107.6
140.8
173.9
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
86.3
112.2
146.8
181.3
Dota 2
2013
112.4
146.2
191.2
236.1
Battlefield 4
2013
109.4
142.2
185.9
229.7
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
100.7
130.8
171.1
211.4
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
96.0
124.8
163.2
201.6
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
98.8
128.4
167.9
207.4
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
92.9
120.7
157.9
195.0
Project CARS 2
2017
81.5
106.0
138.6
171.2
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
80.8
105.0
137.3
169.6
League of Legends
2009
431.7
505.1
623.8
679.9
For Honor
2017
115.1
149.7
195.7
241.8
Destiny 2
2017
108.8
141.4
184.9
228.4
Valorant
2020
157.8
205.2
268.3
331.4
Fallout 76
2018
101.0
131.3
171.6
212.0
Resident Evil 2
2019
89.6
116.5
152.4
188.3
Minecraft
2011
184.0
239.2
312.8
386.4
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
78.2
101.6
132.9
164.1
Titanfall 2
2016
84.9
110.4
144.4
178.3
DiRT Rally
2015
124.0
161.2
210.8
260.4
Battlefield 1
2016
98.2
127.7
167.0
206.3
Dawn of War III
2017
84.6
110.0
143.8
177.7
F1 2019
2019
81.0
105.3
137.7
170.1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
230.2
299.3
391.4
483.5
Rocket League
2015
335.8
436.5
570.8
705.1
Hitman
2016
78.6
102.2
133.7
165.1
Doom
2016
123.6
160.7
210.1
259.6
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
163.1
212.0
277.3
342.5
Strange Brigade
2018
101.2
131.6
172.0
212.5
Battlefield V
2018
82.8
107.6
140.8
173.9
Although you can't argue with the numbers from this table, however, you need to know that in reality some processors and video cards will not be able to work together. For such cases, FPS is evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the CPU and the GPU.
