Comprehensive gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GPU with the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can find out whether the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is good or bad for gaming from results of all benchmarks. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's take a look at the main parameter. The average FPS in games is 50.9 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. 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 graphics card, you can already make certain decision. With this data, you can already safely buy the necessary power supply that can meet the demands of the GPU. You also need to remember about the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.A highly powerful power supply is necessary for the GeForce GTX 1080, since it has a pretty high power consumption under loads - 180W. Here is a list of several famous games in which the graphics card has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of almost all current games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D configuration:
League of Legends
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Far Cry 6
Minecraft
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Genshin Impact
Hitman 3
Roblox
Dota 2
Fortnite Battle Royale
Apex Legends
Hogwarts Legacy
Atomic Heart
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Valorant
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
After looking at the data from the table below, you can easily compare the GeForce GTX 1080 with competitors in several popular games and select for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 1080.
The closest GeForce GTX 1080 competitors
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 rivals 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 choice.
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 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D. The numbers near to the names of the games represent 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
Elden ring
2022
31.4
40.8
53.4
65.9
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
30.6
39.7
52.0
64.2
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
42.9
55.8
73.0
90.2
Starfield
2022
28.9
37.6
49.1
60.7
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
35.5
46.2
60.4
74.6
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
47.9
62.3
81.4
100.6
Saints Row
2022
58.6
76.2
99.7
123.1
Homeworld 3
2022
40.5
52.6
68.8
85.0
Overwatch 2
2022
79.3
103.1
134.8
166.5
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
52.9
68.7
89.9
111.0
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
44.6
58.0
75.8
93.7
Scorn
2022
32.2
41.9
54.8
67.6
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
51.2
66.6
87.1
107.5
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
55.3
71.9
94.1
116.2
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
34.7
45.1
59.0
72.8
Atomic Heart
2023
19.8
25.8
33.7
41.6
Stray
2022
88.4
114.9
150.2
185.6
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
32.2
41.9
54.8
67.6
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
Devil May Cry 5
2019
73.5
95.6
125.0
154.4
Resident Evil Village
2021
56.2
73.0
95.5
117.9
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
41.3
53.7
70.2
86.7
Death Stranding
2020
75.1
97.6
127.6
157.7
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
37.3
48.5
63.5
78.4
Marvel's Avengers
2020
48.8
63.5
83.0
102.5
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
80.9
105.2
137.6
170.0
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
37.7
49.1
64.2
79.3
Anthem
2019
56.1
72.9
95.3
117.8
Crysis 3
2013
81.1
105.4
137.9
170.3
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
52.0
67.6
88.5
109.3
Dishonored 2
2016
62.4
81.2
106.2
131.1
Just Cause 4
2018
65.5
85.1
111.3
137.5
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
53.9
70.0
91.5
113.1
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
66.6
86.5
113.2
139.8
Far Cry 6
2021
61.9
80.5
105.3
130.1
The Division
2016
73.0
94.9
124.1
153.3
F1 22
2020
71.9
93.4
122.2
150.9
Forza Horizon 5
2021
59.5
77.3
101.1
124.9
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
70.3
91.4
119.5
147.6
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
24.7
32.1
42.0
51.9
Genshin Impact
2020
71.9
93.4
122.2
150.9
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
64.8
84.3
110.2
136.2
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
80.1
104.2
136.2
168.2
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
52.0
67.6
88.5
109.3
F1 2021
2020
80.1
104.2
136.2
168.2
GreedFall
2019
74.6
97.0
126.8
156.6
Borderlands 3
2019
52.4
68.1
89.0
110.0
Hitman 3
2021
56.2
73.0
95.5
117.9
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
80.9
105.2
137.6
170.0
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
38.8
50.5
66.0
81.5
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
60.3
78.4
102.5
126.6
Gears of War 5
2019
66.0
85.8
112.2
138.6
Metro Exodus
2019
45.3
58.9
77.1
95.2
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
82.1
106.7
139.6
172.4
Final Fantasy XV
2018
69.4
90.2
117.9
145.7
The Witcher 3
2015
73.2
95.1
124.4
153.7
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
65.0
84.5
110.5
136.5
Godfall
2020
73.1
95.0
124.3
153.5
Hitman 2
2018
80.9
105.2
137.6
170.0
DOOM Eternal
2020
76.8
99.9
130.6
161.3
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
61.0
79.2
103.6
128.0
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
65.0
84.5
110.5
136.5
Halo Infinite
2021
47.1
61.2
80.0
98.9
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
59.7
77.6
101.5
125.4
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
81.4
105.9
138.4
171.0
Total War: Warhammer
2016
81.5
106.0
138.6
171.2
Project CARS 3
2020
38.0
49.4
64.6
79.8
World War Z
2019
81.7
106.2
138.9
171.5
Monster Hunter: World
2018
70.5
91.7
119.9
148.1
GeForce GTX 1080 8Gb with Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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 significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Fallout 76
2018
106.1
137.9
180.3
222.7
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
90.7
117.9
154.2
190.4
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
97.5
126.8
165.8
204.8
Destiny 2
2017
114.2
148.5
194.2
239.9
Strange Brigade
2018
106.3
138.2
180.7
223.2
Hitman
2016
82.6
107.4
140.4
173.5
Minecraft
2011
193.3
251.3
328.6
405.9
Resident Evil 2
2019
94.2
122.4
160.1
197.7
Dawn of War III
2017
88.9
115.5
151.1
186.6
Battlefield V
2018
87.0
113.1
147.9
182.6
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
105.7
137.4
179.7
222.0
Battlefield 4
2013
114.9
149.4
195.3
241.3
League of Legends
2009
453.4
530.5
655.2
714.2
Project CARS 2
2017
85.7
111.3
145.6
179.9
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
171.3
222.7
291.2
359.7
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
103.7
134.9
176.4
217.9
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
82.1
106.7
139.6
172.4
For Honor
2017
120.9
157.2
205.6
253.9
Roblox
2006
285.0
370.4
484.4
598.4
Battlefield 1
2016
103.2
134.1
175.4
216.6
Dota 2
2013
118.1
153.5
200.8
248.0
Apex Legends
2019
87.0
113.1
147.9
182.6
Doom
2016
129.8
168.8
220.7
272.7
Valorant
2020
165.8
215.5
281.8
348.1
Rocket League
2015
352.7
458.5
599.6
740.6
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
241.8
314.4
411.1
507.9
F1 2019
2019
85.1
110.6
144.6
178.7
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
100.8
131.1
171.4
211.8
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
84.8
110.3
144.2
178.1
Titanfall 2
2016
89.2
116.0
151.6
187.3
DiRT Rally
2015
130.3
169.3
221.4
273.5
Need For Speed
2015
97.8
127.1
166.2
205.4
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 able to work together. In such cases, FPS is evaluated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and the GeForce GTX 1080 separately.
