Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Review

Inexpensive Titan. Nvidia’s GTX 1080 Ti is the most powerful consumer graphics card and replaces the similar but much more expensive Titan X. We review the Founders Edition with numerous benchmarks as well as noise and consumption measurements.

Klaus Hinum (translated by Andreas Osthoff), Published 03/09/2017 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 ...

For the original German review, see here.

The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is based on the same GP102 chip we found on the Titan X. Compared to the smaller GP104 from the GTX 1080, the transistor count is increased from 7.2 to an impressive 12 billion. Both chips are manufactured in a 16 nm FinFET process at TSMC.

	GeForce GTX 1080 Ti	Titan X Pascal	GeForce GTX 1080
Chip	GP102	GP102	GP104
Shader	3584	3584	2560
Core clock	1481 - 1600	1418 - 1531	1607 - 1733
Memory clock	11 GBps	10 GBps	10 GBps
Bus width	352-Bit	384-Bit	256-Bit
Memory type	GDDR5X	GDDR5X	GDDR5X
memory size	11 GB	12 GB	8 GB

We review the Founders edition of the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, which is equipped with 3x DisplayPort 1.4 and 1x HDMI 2.0 port. Contrary to the Titan X, however, there is no Dual-Link DVI connector. An adapter from DP to DVI is included though.

The design of the graphics card does not really differ from the Founders Edition of the 1080 and 1070 or the Titan X graphics cards, respectively. The combination of silver and black looks sophisticated and the illuminated green GeForce GTX logo is a nice contrast.

Pascal Architecture

Similar to Titan X and the other GPUs from the GTX 1000-series, the GTX 1080 Ti is based on Nvidia’s modern Pascal architecture. You can find detailed information about the Pascal architecture and the improvements compared to the Maxwell generation in our dedicated analysis.

Test System

We primarily used the Core i7-4790K (4-4.4 GHz quad-core) without overclocking in combination with 16 GB DDR3, Asus Z97-Deluxe, Samsung 930 PRO SSD (OS), Toshiba OCZ TR150 (games) for the benchmarks. We also tested the GPU with the new Ryzen CPUs 1800X and 1700 in combination with an Asus Crosshair VI Hero motherboard and 16 GB DDR4-3000 memory from Corsair.

We used the graphics driver 378.78 for the GTX 1080 Ti, which was provided by Nvidia ahead of the official launch.

Clocks

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti reaches slightly higher clocks than the Nvidia Titan X by default. GPU-Z determines 1481 MHz (default) and 1582 MHz (Boost). We saw a maximum GPU frequency of 1898 MHz (Titan X: 1835 MHz) during the GPU-Z Render Test. The Witcher 3 is executed at 1760-1800 MHz. The "Temperature Target" of the 1080 Ti is 84 °C by default, and the GPU starts to reduce the performance when the chip surpasses this limit.

Synthetic Benchmarks

The synthetic benchmarks from Futuremark and Unigine clearly indicate that the 1080 Ti is the most powerful consumer graphics card. There is sometimes a big gap to the Titan X, but this is a result of different processors (especially in the Unigine tests). Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is 25% slower than the "Titanium" model. The 1080 Ti cannot quite match the performance of two GTX 1080 cards in an SLI configuration (in a notebook), but SLI and Crossfire system scale particularly well in synthetic benchmarks.

Performance Rating | 3DMark 11 | 3DMark | Unigine Heaven 4.0 | Unigine Valley 1.0

Performance Rating - Percent
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop) ^-1! Asus GX800VH Prototype, Intel Core i7-6820HK	100 pt ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	83.1 pt ∼83%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) ^-1! MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	70.5 pt ∼71%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile ^-3! Asus G701VIK-BA049T, Intel Core i7-7820HK	69.6 pt ∼70%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	68.9 pt ∼69%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	62.4 pt ∼62%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) ^-2! MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	61.2 pt ∼61%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	52.5 pt ∼53%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	50 pt ∼50%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	40.3 pt ∼40%

3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop) Asus GX800VH Prototype, Intel Core i7-6820HK	50983 Points ∼100% +31%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	38959 Points ∼76%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	33884 Points ∼66% -13%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	32126 Points ∼63% -18%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile Asus G701VIK-BA049T, Intel Core i7-7820HK	31412 Points ∼62% -19%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	30045 Points ∼59% -23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	29443 Points ∼58% -24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	23990 Points ∼47% -38%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	23057 Points ∼45% -41%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	17543 Points ∼34% -55%

3DMark
2560x1440 Time Spy Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop) Asus GX800VH Prototype, Intel Core i7-6820HK	13013 Points ∼100% +37%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	9509 Points ∼73%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	9031 Points ∼69% -5%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	7494 Points ∼58% -21%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	6867 Points ∼53% -28%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	5555 Points ∼43% -42%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	5058 Points ∼39% -47%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	4712 Points ∼36% -50%
3840x2160 Fire Strike Ultra Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop) Asus GX800VH Prototype, Intel Core i7-6820HK	10111 Points ∼100% +50%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	6751 Points ∼67% 0%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	6722 Points ∼66%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	5358 Points ∼53% -20%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	4841 Points ∼48% -28%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	4126 Points ∼41% -39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	3918 Points ∼39% -42%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	3552 Points ∼35% -47%

Unigine Heaven 4.0 - Extreme Preset DX11
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop) Asus GX800VH Prototype, Intel Core i7-6820HK	180.5 fps ∼100% 0%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	180 fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	147.4 fps ∼82% -18%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	140.2 fps ∼78% -22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile Asus G701VIK-BA049T, Intel Core i7-7820HK	140.2 fps ∼78% -22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	137.7 fps ∼76% -23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	129.5 fps ∼72% -28%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	117 fps ∼65% -35%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	110 fps ∼61% -39%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	77.1 fps ∼43% -57%

Unigine Valley 1.0 - 1920x1080 Extreme HD DirectX AA:x8
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	138 fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	109.8 (43^min - 218^max) fps ∼80% -20%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	106.9 fps ∼77% -23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	92.6 fps ∼67% -33%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	91.1 fps ∼66% -34%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	88.5 fps ∼64% -36%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	73.5 fps ∼53% -47%

Gaming Benchmarks

Much more relevant is obviously the actual gaming performance. After numerous gaming tests with different settings, we can say that the performance of the 1080 Ti is on par with the Titan X. Unfortunately, we cannot confirm the advertised advantage of 5% due to different hardware platforms. Nvidia either could not or did not want to provide a sample of the Titan X, so the results are not perfectly comparable. The advantage over the GTX 1080 is similar to the synthetic benchmarks at 28% (compared to the Founders Edition). The overclocked partner cards are a bit faster. We also expect similar performance gains for the partner models for the 1080 Ti (which will be released later).

Performance Rating - Percent
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	96.6 pt ∼97%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	94.4 pt ∼94%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) ^-1! MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	75.8 pt ∼76%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) ^-4! Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	69.3 pt ∼69%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) ^-14! MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	66.2 pt ∼66%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) ^-2! MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	60.4 pt ∼60%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	58.6 pt ∼59%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) ^-4! Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	57.2 pt ∼57%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	50.8 pt ∼51%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 ^-4! Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K	42.1 pt ∼42%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M ^-1! Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	31.2 pt ∼31%

Hitman 2016 - 3840x2160 High / On AA:FX AF:8x
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	72 (58^min - 84^max) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	70 (57^min - 82^max) fps ∼97% -3%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	62.4 (47^min - 73^max) fps ∼87% -13%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	52 fps ∼72% -28%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	42 (34^min - 53^max) fps ∼58% -42%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	39.8 (33^min - 48^max) fps ∼55% -45%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	38.9 (26^min - 46^max) fps ∼54% -46%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	37.7 (26^min - 46^max) fps ∼52% -48%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	35.6 (30^min - 43^max) fps ∼49% -51%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	32.6 (24^min - 42^max) fps ∼45% -55%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K	26.2 (19^min) fps ∼36% -64%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	18.4 (15^min) fps ∼26% -74%

The Division - 3840x2160 High Preset AF:8x
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	65 (31^min - 89^max) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	52.4 fps ∼81% -19%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	51.2 (24^min - 62^max) fps ∼79% -21%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	48.5 (19^min - 65^max) fps ∼75% -25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	43 fps ∼66% -34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	39.8 (14^min - 51^max) fps ∼61% -39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	39.7 (17^min - 52^max) fps ∼61% -39%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	34.5 (19^min - 51^max) fps ∼53% -47%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K	27.7 (10^min) fps ∼43% -57%

Far Cry Primal - 3840x2160 High Preset AA:SM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	64 (59^min - 70^max) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	62 (55^min - 68^max) fps ∼97% -3%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	50 (46^min - 54^max) fps ∼78% -22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	49 (46^min - 53^max) fps ∼77% -23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	41 (38^min - 44^max) fps ∼64% -36%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	40 (37^min - 44^max) fps ∼63% -37%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	38 (36^min - 42^max) fps ∼59% -41%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	37 (33^min - 42^max) fps ∼58% -42%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K	29 (27^min) fps ∼45% -55%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	20 (18^min) fps ∼31% -69%

Rise of the Tomb Raider - 3840x2160 High Preset AA:FX AF:4x
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	70.9 (63^min - 78^max) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	68.4 (61^min - 75^max) fps ∼96% -4%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	68.4 (62^min - 76^max) fps ∼96% -4%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	53 fps ∼75% -25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	50 fps ∼71% -29%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	47.8 (43^min - 54^max) fps ∼67% -33%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	43 (39^min - 47^max) fps ∼61% -39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	40.6 (36^min - 46^max) fps ∼57% -43%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	38.9 (35^min - 44^max) fps ∼55% -45%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	32.4 (29^min - 37^max) fps ∼46% -54%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K	27.9 (25^min) fps ∼39% -61%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	20.8 (19^min) fps ∼29% -71%

Fallout 4 - 3840x2160 High Preset AA:T AF:16x
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	74 (60^min - 89^max) fps ∼100% 0%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	74 (58^min - 92^max) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	57 (44^min - 70^max) fps ∼77% -23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	55.6 fps ∼75% -25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	54 (42^min - 66^max) fps ∼73% -27%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	47.1 (37^min - 58^max) fps ∼64% -36%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	46 (37^min - 56^max) fps ∼62% -38%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	45.2 (35^min - 55^max) fps ∼61% -39%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	38.7 (30^min - 49^max) fps ∼52% -48%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	24 (18^min) fps ∼32% -68%

GTA V - 3840x2160 High/On (Advanced Graphics Off) AA:FX AF:8x
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	97.8 fps ∼100%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	95.5 (37.9^min - 174.5^max) fps ∼98% -2%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	79 fps ∼81% -19%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	73.9 (39^min - 222^max) fps ∼76% -24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	71.2 (11.6^min - 170^max) fps ∼73% -27%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	62 fps ∼63% -37%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	59.1 fps ∼60% -40%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	46.6 fps ∼48% -52%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	41.4 (15^min) fps ∼42% -58%

Battlefield 4 - 3840x2160 High Preset
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	126.2 (107^min - 152^max) fps ∼100% +8%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	117 (105^min - 137^max) fps ∼93%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	91.6 fps ∼73% -22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	90 fps ∼71% -23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	75 (66^min - 90^max) fps ∼59% -36%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	70 (63^min - 84^max) fps ∼55% -40%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	69.8 (61^min - 83^max) fps ∼55% -40%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	56 (49^min - 65^max) fps ∼44% -52%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	35.2 (30^min) fps ∼28% -70%

The Witcher 3 - 3840x2160 High Graphics & Postprocessing (Nvidia HairWorks Off)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	72 (61^min - 79^max) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	68.1 (59^min - 77^max) fps ∼95% -5%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	56.5 (49^min - 61^max) fps ∼78% -22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	55 fps ∼76% -24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	51.2 fps ∼71% -29%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	45 (40^min - 49^max) fps ∼63% -37%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	44 (39^min - 49^max) fps ∼61% -39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	43 fps ∼60% -40%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	35.9 (32^min - 39^max) fps ∼50% -50%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	22.8 (19^min) fps ∼32% -68%

Overwatch - 3840x2160 High (Render Scale 100 %) AA:SM AF:4x
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	165.8 (158^min - 234^max) fps ∼100% +16%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	143 (122^min - 164^max) fps ∼86%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	113 (97^min - 127^max) fps ∼68% -21%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	104 (88^min - 121^max) fps ∼63% -27%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	91 (78^min - 104^max) fps ∼55% -36%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	87 (75^min - 101^max) fps ∼52% -39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	85.5 (74^min - 98^max) fps ∼52% -40%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	77 (64^min - 91^max) fps ∼46% -46%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K	62.3 (53^min) fps ∼38% -56%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	47.3 (39^min) fps ∼29% -67%

Deus Ex Mankind Divided - 3840x2160 High Preset AF:4x
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	46 (40^min - 55^max) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	46 (39^min - 55^max) fps ∼100% 0%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	41.1 (35.6^min - 47.6^max) fps ∼89% -11%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	36.9 (31^min - 44^max) fps ∼80% -20%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	30.8 (26^min - 36^max) fps ∼67% -33%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	28.3 (24^min - 34^max) fps ∼62% -38%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	26.2 (23^min - 30^max) fps ∼57% -43%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	25.1 (11^min - 34^max) fps ∼55% -45%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	24.8 (21.3^min - 28.4^max) fps ∼54% -46%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K	18 (15^min) fps ∼39% -61%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	13.3 (12^min) fps ∼29% -71%

Rainbow Six Siege - 3840x2160 High Preset AA:T AF:4x
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	109 (74^min - 202^max) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	106.9 (45.6^min - 206.2^max) fps ∼98% -2%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	85 (62^min - 124^max) fps ∼78% -22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	82 fps ∼75% -25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	71.4 (54^min) fps ∼66% -34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	67.4 (52^min - 88^max) fps ∼62% -38%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	67 (50^min - 95^max) fps ∼61% -39%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	62 (47^min - 76^max) fps ∼57% -43%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	50.2 fps ∼46% -54%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K	50.1 (35^min) fps ∼46% -54%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	35.9 (28^min) fps ∼33% -67%

Doom - 3840x2160 High Preset AA:FX
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	99 fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	96 fps ∼97% -3%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	86.4 (71^min - 112^max) fps ∼87% -13%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	72 (62^min - 91^max) fps ∼73% -27%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	56.5 fps ∼57% -43%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	52.6 (46^min - 66^max) fps ∼53% -47%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	48.6 (42^min - 60^max) fps ∼49% -51%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	46 (41^min - 60^max) fps ∼46% -54%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	38.2 (33^min - 51^max) fps ∼39% -61%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K	34.4 (30^min) fps ∼35% -65%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	22.6 (19^min) fps ∼23% -77%

Battlefield 1 - 3840x2160 High Preset AA:T
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	104 (94^min - 109^max) fps ∼100% +36%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	76.7 (69^min - 80^max) fps ∼74%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	70.7 (66^min - 73^max) fps ∼68% -8%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	70.6 (64^min - 74^max) fps ∼68% -8%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	57.1 (49^min - 60^max) fps ∼55% -26%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	55.1 (51^min - 57^max) fps ∼53% -28%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	46.6 (41^min - 49^max) fps ∼45% -39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K	39.2 (33^min) fps ∼38% -49%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	29.1 (24^min) fps ∼28% -62%

Farming Simulator 17 - 3840x2160 High Preset AA:2xMS AF:2x
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	204 (190^min - 250^max) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	179 (167^min - 198^max) fps ∼88% -12%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	160 (147^min - 199^max) fps ∼78% -22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	126 (117^min - 157^max) fps ∼62% -38%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	117 fps ∼57% -43%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K	106 (82^min) fps ∼52% -48%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	103 (95^min - 125^max) fps ∼50% -50%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	73.4 (56^min) fps ∼36% -64%

Titanfall 2 - 3840x2160 High / Enabled AA:TS AF:8x
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	86 (71^min - 108^max) fps ∼100% +10%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	78 fps ∼91%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	65 fps ∼76% -17%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	62 (59^min - 64^max) fps ∼72% -21%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	61.5 (58^min - 64^max) fps ∼72% -21%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	59 (49^min - 73^max) fps ∼69% -24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	45.8 (37^min - 56^max) fps ∼53% -41%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K	34.3 (24^min) fps ∼40% -56%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	24.4 (19^min) fps ∼28% -69%

Call of Duty Infinite Warfare - 3840x2160 High / On AA:FX
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	99 (75^min - 127^max) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	96 (35^min - 127^max) fps ∼97% -3%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	83 (60^min - 123^max) fps ∼84% -16%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	65.4 (46^min - 96^max) fps ∼66% -34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	59.6 (42^min - 90^max) fps ∼60% -40%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	54.8 (36^min - 88^max) fps ∼55% -45%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K	46.9 (34^min) fps ∼47% -53%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	32.9 (23^min) fps ∼33% -67%

Dishonored 2 - 3840x2160 High Preset AA:TX
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	72 (58^min - 83^max) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	70.9 (58^min - 81^max) fps ∼98% -2%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	47.3 (38^min - 56^max) fps ∼66% -34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	38.4 (32^min - 44^max) fps ∼53% -47%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	36.9 (27^min - 43^max) fps ∼51% -49%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K	32.1 (27^min) fps ∼45% -55%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	30.7 (23^min - 38^max) fps ∼43% -57%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	26.4 (22^min) fps ∼37% -63%

Watch Dogs 2 - 3840x2160 High Preset
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	56.1 (50^min - 62^max) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	50 (44^min - 55^max) fps ∼89% -11%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	46.7 (42^min - 52^max) fps ∼83% -17%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	37.1 (33^min - 41^max) fps ∼66% -34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	33.9 (31^min - 37^max) fps ∼60% -40%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	27.9 (25^min - 32^max) fps ∼50% -50%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K	26.4 (23^min) fps ∼47% -53%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ	18.9 (17^min) fps ∼34% -66%

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is an excellent choice for 4K gaming as well as VR applications in general. All tested games ran smoothly in 4K and high settings. Only Mafia 3 and Deus Ex Mankind Divided did not have a lot of headroom. Most other titles were also playable at ultra settings and with anti-aliasing. Users of 120 Hz monitors with slightly lower resolutions can benefit from the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti as well. We still measured three-digit frame rates in many titles with 1080p and ultra settings; the results can even be increased with a faster processor.

	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
Crysis 3 (2013)				122
BioShock Infinite (2013)				215
Metro: Last Light (2013)	167			149
Battlefield 4 (2013)				200		117
Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)				170
GTA V (2015)				85		97.8
Dirt Rally (2015)				129		135
The Witcher 3 (2015)	322			98		72
Dota 2 Reborn (2015)	220	193	191	173		169
World of Warships (2015)				162		124
Fallout 4 (2015)				149		74
Rainbow Six Siege (2015)	338	301	274	247		109
Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)			180	161		70.9
Far Cry Primal (2016)	157	136	129	121		64
The Division (2016)	280	254	160	130		65
Hitman 2016 (2016)				95		72
Ashes of the Singularity (2016)			87.5			58.4
Doom (2016)				200		99
Overwatch (2016)				263		143
Deus Ex Mankind Divided (2016)	151	139	121	73		46
FIFA 17 (2016)						279
Mafia 3 (2016)			91			36.7
Battlefield 1 (2016)	200	196	169	158		76.7
Civilization VI (2016)				88		88
Farming Simulator 17 (2016)				238		204
Titanfall 2 (2016)				144		78
Call of Duty Infinite Warfare (2016)			125			99
Dishonored 2 (2016)				99		72
Watch Dogs 2 (2016)				93		56.1
Resident Evil 7 (2017)				222		76
For Honor (2017)	318	239	229	173		77
Ghost Recon Wildlands (2017)	203	133	125	70.3		52.2
Mass Effect Andromeda (2017)	144	125	102	95		53.4
Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War III (2017)	192	120	98	89		33.8
Prey (2017)	144	143	142	139		95
Rocket League (2017)	250	244	214			132
Dirt 4 (2017)			177	109		77
Team Fortress 2 (2017)				171		166
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) (2017)	127	125	115	110		46
Ark Survival Evolved (2017)				58.5		22.5
Middle-earth: Shadow of War (2017)	167	155	138	117		51
The Evil Within 2 (2017)				87		40.6
ELEX (2017)				120		44.4
Destiny 2 (2017)			156	158		51.5
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2017)				160		65.2
Assassin´s Creed Origins (2017)				79		49
Call of Duty WWII (2017)				160	131	82
Need for Speed Payback (2017)				134	117	65
Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017)	179	167	142	155	110	56.4
Fortnite (2018)			203	163	107	51.4
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)	173	129	92			42.3
Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018)	155	122	96	73	55.3	31
X-Plane 11.11 (2018)	101	90	74.5			67.6

Boost Clock and Performance under Load

We now have a look at the stress test and the performance under sustained workloads. 3DMark’s Time Spy Stress Test shows a good, but not perfect result of 97.6%. The air-cooled Titan X only managed 90.9%. The Witcher 3, however, leaves mixed impressions. The frame rate dropped from 96 to 88 fps after three minutes in combination with the i7-4970K in a first try. Subsequent runs showed a stable framerate, however, and also a Ryzen 1800X ran stable for five minutes at 94 fps.

Compute Performance

The compute performance of the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti in the benchmarks ComputeMark as well as LuxMark is also on par with the Titan X and we can see the usual advantage over the GTX 1080.

Performance Rating | LuxMark v2.0 64Bit | ComputeMark v2.1

Performance Rating - Percent
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	97 pt ∼97%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	96.7 pt ∼97%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	74.1 pt ∼74%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	63.3 pt ∼63%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	59.8 pt ∼60%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	54.9 pt ∼55%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	54.8 pt ∼55%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K	44.8 pt ∼45%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K	33.7 pt ∼34%

LuxMark v2.0 64Bit
Room GPUs-only
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	3660 Samples/s ∼100% +20%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	3050 Samples/s ∼83%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	2991 Samples/s ∼82% -2%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	2490 Samples/s ∼68% -18%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	2474 Samples/s ∼68% -19%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	2327 Samples/s ∼64% -24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K	1938 Samples/s ∼53% -36%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	1566 Samples/s ∼43% -49%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K	1407 Samples/s ∼38% -54%
Sala GPUs-only
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	6920 Samples/s ∼100% +5%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	6600 Samples/s ∼95%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	5814 Samples/s ∼84% -12%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	5012 Samples/s ∼72% -24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	4708 Samples/s ∼68% -29%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	3919 Samples/s ∼57% -41%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	3125 Samples/s ∼45% -53%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K	3077 Samples/s ∼44% -53%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K	2319 Samples/s ∼34% -65%

ComputeMark v2.1
1024x600 Normal, QJuliaRayTrace
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	7938 Points ∼100%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	7847 Points ∼99% -1%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	6191 Points ∼78% -22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	4761 Points ∼60% -40%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	4270 Points ∼54% -46%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K	3229 Points ∼41% -59%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	3091 Points ∼39% -61%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	3082 Points ∼39% -61%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K	2418 Points ∼30% -70%
1024x600 Normal, Mandel Scalar
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	5096 Points ∼100% +3%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	4949 Points ∼97%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	3646 Points ∼72% -26%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	3233 Points ∼63% -35%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	2861 Points ∼56% -42%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	2710 Points ∼53% -45%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K	1960 Points ∼38% -60%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	1854 Points ∼36% -63%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K	1461 Points ∼29% -70%
1024x600 Normal, Mandel Vector
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	4391 Points ∼100%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	4284 Points ∼98% -2%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	3284 Points ∼75% -25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	2706 Points ∼62% -38%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	2602 Points ∼59% -41%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	2479 Points ∼56% -44%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K	1926 Points ∼44% -56%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	1856 Points ∼42% -58%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K	1564 Points ∼36% -64%
1024x600 Normal, Fluid 2DTexArr
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	2092 Points ∼100%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	2032 Points ∼97% -3%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	1758 Points ∼84% -16%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	1390 Points ∼66% -34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	1382 Points ∼66% -34%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	1114 Points ∼53% -47%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K	1031 Points ∼49% -51%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	1020 Points ∼49% -51%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K	760 Points ∼36% -64%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	2275 Points ∼100%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	2254 Points ∼99% -1%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	1860 Points ∼82% -18%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	1730 Points ∼76% -24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	1531 Points ∼67% -33%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	1402 Points ∼62% -38%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	1070 Points ∼47% -53%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K	1059 Points ∼47% -53%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K	783 Points ∼34% -66%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	21646 Points ∼100%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	21512 Points ∼99% -1%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	16610 Points ∼77% -23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K	13121 Points ∼61% -39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K	12373 Points ∼57% -43%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K	11890 Points ∼55% -45%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K	9204 Points ∼43% -57%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK	8892 Points ∼41% -59%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K	6986 Points ∼32% -68%

Performance Rating | LuxMark v2.0 64Bit | ComputeMark v2.1

Emissions and Noise

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition cannot completely convince us in terms of emissions. The fan is always spinning at 1100 rpm even while idling at a core clock of 139 MHz. Partner cards of the GTX 1080 (like MSI, for example) deactivate their fans in this case. The cooler, which was optimized for the 1080 Ti, reaches a noise level of ~51 dB(A) from a distance of 15 cm under load (open chassis). It is therefore slightly louder than our 1080 Founders Edition, which was just below 50 dB(A). The noise itself is not inconvenient, though. We noticed coil whining for the new card as well, but similar to the 1080 only in combination with very high frame rates of more than 200 fps.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition audio analysis

(-) | not very loud speakers (50.9 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(+) | good bass - only 1.5% away from median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (10.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 2.7% away from median
(±) | linearity of mids is average (11.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(±) | reduced highs - on average 9.2% lower than median
(±) | linearity of highs is average (14% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(-) | overall sound is not linear (34.1% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 91% of all tested devices in this class were better, 1% similar, 8% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 26%, worst was 134%
Compared to all devices tested
» 91% of all tested devices were better, 1% similar, 8% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 26%, worst was 134%

The Witcher 3 power consumption — Both the power consumption as well as the performance drop after three minutes in The Witcher 3 (1080p ultra).

Nvidia says the power consumption is similar to the Titan X Pascal and specifies the TDP at 250 Watts. We can measure 70.3 Watts when our test system is idling on the desktop. This is slightly more compared to the 1080 Founders Edition at 68.3 and slightly less compared to the MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G. The most efficient GPU in this test was the Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 at just 64.5 Watts, while the iGPU HD Graphics 4600 from the processor consumed about 61 Watts.

The 1080 Ti consumes between 358 Watts (The Witcher 3) and 367 Watts (FurMark) and 399 Watts (short-term The Witcher 3), respectively. This corresponds with a delta of 288-329 Watts at the socket including higher CPU load, so the TDP of 250 Watts is not unrealistic by any means.

The performance curve of The Witcher 3 was conspicuous though. The power consumption dropped after one to three minutes from 390 to 360 Watt. A performance decrease was visible in the first run with the i7, later runs did not show an fps drop and also our Ryzen test system was stable.

Power Consumption
1280x720 FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition (252 fps, Idle: 70.3 W)	367 Watt * ∼100%
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC (242 fps, Idle: 71.1 W)	357 Watt * ∼97% +3%
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro (158 fps, Idle: 80 W)	340 Watt * ∼93% +7%
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC (203 fps, Idle: 73.5 W)	303 Watt * ∼83% +17%
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition (228 fps, Idle: 68.3 W)	292 Watt * ∼80% +20%
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition (186 fps, Idle: 68 W)	253 Watt * ∼69% +31%
AMD Radeon RX 480 8 GB Reference (127 fps, Idle: 79.2 W)	244 Watt * ∼66% +34%
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (71 fps, Idle: 65.6 W)	164 Watt * ∼45% +55%
Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 2GB (15 fps, Idle: 64.5 W)	152 Watt * ∼41% +59%
1920x1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition (88 fps, Idle: 70.3 W)	358 Watt * ∼100%
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC (Idle: 71.1 W)	331 Watt * ∼92% +8%
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition (Idle: 68.3 W)	294 Watt * ∼82% +18%
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC (Idle: 73.5 W)	268 Watt * ∼75% +25%
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition (Idle: 68 W)	243 Watt * ∼68% +32%
AMD Radeon RX 480 8 GB Reference (Idle: 79.2 W)	240 Watt * ∼67% +33%
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Idle: 65.6 W)	155 Watt * ∼43% +57%
Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 2GB (22 fps, Idle: 64.5 W)	155 Watt * ∼43% +57%

Legend

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition Intel Core i7-4790K, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop), Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB MZ7PD256HAFV-0Z000

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition Intel Core i7-4790K, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop), Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB MZ7PD256HAFV-0Z000

MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC Intel Core i7-4790K, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop), Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB MZ7PD256HAFV-0Z000

MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC Intel Core i7-4790K, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop), Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB MZ7PD256HAFV-0Z000

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition Intel Core i7-4790K, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop), Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB MZ7PD256HAFV-0Z000

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Intel Core i7-4790K, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop), Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB MZ7PD256HAFV-0Z000

Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Intel Core i7-4790K, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop), Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB MZ7PD256HAFV-0Z000

XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro Intel Core i7-4790K, AMD Radeon R9 Fury, Intel SSD 530 Series SSDSC2BW240A

AMD Radeon RX 480 8 GB Reference Intel Core i7-4790K, AMD Radeon RX 480 (Desktop), Intel SSD 530 Series SSDSC2BW240A

* ... smaller is better

Verdict

At 819 Euros (~$866, MSRP in Germany), the GTX 1080 Ti is an annoyance for buyers of the much more expensive Nvidia Titan X (1299 Euros, ~$1373) in particular. The latter is just beaten by the new GPU. There is still a significant price difference compared to the smaller Pascal chips thanks to the price cut for the GTX 1080 (partner models starting at 579 Euros (~$612), Founders Edition for 635 Euros (~$671)).

However, you also get 25% more performance and therefore the most powerful graphics card for private users right now. The 1080 Ti is particularly interesting for gamers with 4K monitors or VR equipment and the 1080 Ti is also very future-proof thanks to the enormous amount of VRAM (11 GB GDDR5X). However, there is no reason to get anything faster than the GeForce GTX 1080 for users with 60 Hz 1080p screens.

We can only criticize the high noise development of our test card; but the upcoming partner models will probably take care of this problem.

More benchmarks for the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti are listed on our steadily growing benchmark page.

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