GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps Benchmark and Specs

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 9.59 TFLOPS.

Based on

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

GPU Chip

GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 (Pascal)

Streaming Multiprocessors

20

Shader

2560

Render Output Units

64

Texture Units

160

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps can use 8 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5X. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 352 GB/s on a 256 bit wide memory interface.

Memory Size

8 GB

Memory Type

GDDR5X

Memory Clock

1.376 GHz

Memory Speed

11.0 Gbps

Memory bandwidth

352 GB/s

Memory Interface

256 bit

The base clock frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps is 1.708 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock

1.708 GHz+6 %

Boost Clock

1.873 GHz+8 %

Avg (Game) Clock

1.847 GHz

Overclocking

Yes

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

TDP

180 W

Tjunction max

94 °C

PCIe-Power

2 x 8-Pin

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps has a total of 3 Axial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type

Axial

Fan 1

3 x 100 mm

Cooler-Type

Air cooling

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps.

Max. Displays

4

HDCP

2.2

HDMI

1x HDMI 2.0b

DisplayPort

3x DP 1.4

DVI

1

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps has a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12_1 standard.

Max. resolution

7680x4320

DirectX

12_1

Raytracing

No

DLSS / FSR

Yes

LED

GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

h264

Decode / Encode

h265 / HEVC

Decode / Encode

VP8

Decode

VP9

Decode

AV1

No

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps is 287 mm long and 140 mm high. With a width of 57 mm, the graphics card requires 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length

287 mm

Height

140 mm

Width

57 mm

Width (Slots)

3 PCIe-Slots

SFF-Ready

No

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps made in 16 nm was published in Q2/2016 for 599 $.

GPU Interface

PCIe 3.0 x 16

Release date

Q2/2016

Launch Price

599 $ (Reference)

Structure size

16 nm

Part-no

GV-N1080AORUS-8GD

Documents

data sheet