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

All technical data and various benchmarks of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z are listed on this page. The graphics card is based on the GP102-350-K1-A1 (Pascal) graphics chip, which is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nm. The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z can operate up to 4 screens with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 become.
FP32
12.34TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.72GHz
Memory
11GB GDDR5X
TDP
250 W

Technical details

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z has 28 execution units with 3584 shaders. This gives the graphics card a theoretical FP32 computing power of 12.34 TFLOPS.

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 Z is equipped with 11 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5X. The memory clock of the graphics card is 1.391 GHz and the speed is 11.1 Gbps.

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 base frequency of this graphics card is 1.480 GHz and the manufacturer specifies the maximum turbo clock as 1.721 GHz. If supported (see below), the performance can be further increased by overclocking.

Base Clock
1.480 GHz
Boost Clock
1.721 GHz+9 %
Avg (Game) Clock
1.695 GHz
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z is powered by 3 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

Graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z are cooled by a Air cooling.

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 monitors can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z.

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

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z it is possible to operate a screen with a resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels. Furthermore, the DirectX standard version 12_1 is supported.

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists the video codecs that the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z can decode or encode in hardware in order to minimize the processor load, which leads to lower power consumption.

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in a case. It is 320 mm long, 140 mm high and 61 mm wide.

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 Z was released in Q1/2017 at a price of 699 $. The graphics card manufactured in 16 nm is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes.

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 Z
1.480 GHz · 11 GB · 250 W TDP
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Benchmark results

Battlefield 5

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3840x2160 (2160p) Rank 2,231 / 4,595

  1. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING ZMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z11 GB GDDR5X
    61 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAverage of gpu group
    66 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 2,148 / 4,594

  1. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING ZMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z11 GB GDDR5X
    113 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAverage of gpu group
    115 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 2,202 / 4,601

  1. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING ZMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z11 GB GDDR5X
    159 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 3,246 / 5,255

  1. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING ZMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z11 GB GDDR5X
    67,301
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAverage of gpu group
    61,610

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 2,599 / 5,233

  1. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING ZMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z11 GB GDDR5X
    91,675
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAverage of gpu group
    85,192

MonkeyBench 2026.3 · browser GPU test

Average of 2 public MonkeyBench results (WebGPU) for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti.

303GPU points (Ø)
Rank 38 / 172 · in the MonkeyBench GPU ranking

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