MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X
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MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X Benchmark and Specs

Here you will find all technical data as well as various benchmarks of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X. Up to 4 screens with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 can be operated with this graphics card. The maximum turbo clock of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X is 1.683 GHz, so the graphics card achieves an FP32 computing power of 12.06 TFLOPS.
FP32
12.06TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.68GHz
Memory
11GB GDDR5X
TDP
250 W

Technical details

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X is equipped with 28 execution and 3584 shader units. With single precision, a theoretical FP32 computing power of 12.06 TFLOPS is achieved.

GPU Chip
GP102-350-K1-A1 (Pascal)
Streaming Multiprocessors
28
Shader
3584
Render Output Units
88
Texture Units
224

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X has a 352 bit wide memory interface, with which a memory bandwidth of 489 GB/s is achieved. In total, 11 GB GDDR5X graphics memory is available for the graphics card.

Memory Size
11 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5X
Memory Clock
1.391 GHz
Memory Speed
11.1 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
489 GB/s
Memory Interface
352 bit

Clock Speeds

The manufacturer specifies the memory clock of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X with 1.480 GHz (base clock) or with 1.683 GHz (turbo clock). If overclocking is supported (see below), the clock rate can be increased even further.

Base Clock
1.480 GHz
Boost Clock
1.683 GHz+6 %
Avg (Game) Clock
1.657 GHz
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X has 3 x 8-Pin plugs, which supply the graphics card with energy. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 91 °C.

TDP
250 W
Tjunction max
91 °C
PCIe-Power
3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X is equipped with 3 Axial main fans, which are used to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
Fan 2
1 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB / Silent

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X, whereby the backward-compatible HDCP copy protection is supported in the 2.2 version.

Max. Displays
4
HDCP
2.2
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4
DVI
1

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels and the DirectX standard version 12_1.

Max. resolution
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
Raytracing
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
LED
No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

Here is a list of which video codecs can be decoded / encoded by the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X in hardware in order to minimize the processor load.

h264
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
VP9
Decode
AV1
No

Dimensions

The dimensions of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X are 320 mm in length, 140 mm in height and 61 mm in width. Thus 3 PCIe-Slots are needed in a case.

Length
320 mm
Height
140 mm
Width
61 mm
Width (Slots)
3 PCIe-Slots
Weight
1707 g
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X is manufactured in a structure width of 16 nm and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes interface. The graphics card was released in Q1/2017.

GPU Interface
PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release date
Q1/2017
Launch Price
699 $ (Reference)
Structure size
16 nm
Documents
data sheet
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X
1.480 GHz · 11 GB · 250 W TDP
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Benchmark results

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p) Rank 2,259 / 4,595

  1. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING XMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X11 GB GDDR5X
    60 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAverage of gpu group
    66 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 2,243 / 4,594

  1. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING XMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X11 GB GDDR5X
    111 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAverage of gpu group
    115 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 2,253 / 4,601

  1. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING XMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X11 GB GDDR5X
    155 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAverage of gpu group
    147 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL Rank 3,353 / 5,255

  1. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING XMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X11 GB GDDR5X
    65,774
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAverage of gpu group
    61,610

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 2,671 / 5,233

  1. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING XMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X11 GB GDDR5X
    89,595
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAverage of gpu group
    85,192

MonkeyBench 2026.3 · browser GPU test

Average of 19 public MonkeyBench results (WebGPU) for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti.

296GPU points (Ø)
Rank 84 / 456 · in the MonkeyBench GPU ranking

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