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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.
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti – the most powerful GPU for gamers

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 - Percent
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop) -1!
Asus GX800VH Prototype, Intel Core i7-6820HK
100 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
83.1 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) -1!
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
70.5 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile -3!
Asus G701VIK-BA049T, Intel Core i7-7820HK
69.6 pt
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
68.9 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
62.4 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) -2!
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
61.2 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
52.5 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
50 pt
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
40.3 pt
3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop)
Asus GX800VH Prototype, Intel Core i7-6820HK
50983 Points +31%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
38959 Points
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
33884 Points -13%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
32126 Points -18%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
Asus G701VIK-BA049T, Intel Core i7-7820HK
31412 Points -19%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
30045 Points -23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
29443 Points -24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
23990 Points -38%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
23057 Points -41%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
17543 Points -55%
3DMark
2560x1440 Time Spy Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop)
Asus GX800VH Prototype, Intel Core i7-6820HK
13013 Points +37%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
9509 Points
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
9031 Points -5%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
7494 Points -21%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
6867 Points -28%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
5555 Points -42%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
5058 Points -47%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
4712 Points -50%
3840x2160 Fire Strike Ultra Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop)
Asus GX800VH Prototype, Intel Core i7-6820HK
10111 Points +50%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
6751 Points 0%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
6722 Points
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
5358 Points -20%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
4841 Points -28%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
4126 Points -39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
3918 Points -42%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
3552 Points -47%
Unigine Heaven 4.0 - Extreme Preset DX11
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop)
Asus GX800VH Prototype, Intel Core i7-6820HK
180.5 fps 0%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
180 fps
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
147.4 fps -18%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
140.2 fps -22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
Asus G701VIK-BA049T, Intel Core i7-7820HK
140.2 fps -22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
137.7 fps -23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
129.5 fps -28%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
117 fps -35%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
110 fps -39%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
77.1 fps -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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
109.8 (43min - 218max) fps -20%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
106.9 fps -23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
92.6 fps -33%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
91.1 fps -34%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
88.5 fps -36%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
73.5 fps -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
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
94.4 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) -1!
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
75.8 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) -4!
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
69.3 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) -14!
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
66.2 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) -2!
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
60.4 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
58.6 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) -4!
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
57.2 pt
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
50.8 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 -4!
Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K
42.1 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M -1!
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
31.2 pt
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 (58min - 84max) fps
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
70 (57min - 82max) fps -3%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
62.4 (47min - 73max) fps -13%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
52 fps -28%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
42 (34min - 53max) fps -42%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
39.8 (33min - 48max) fps -45%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
38.9 (26min - 46max) fps -46%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
37.7 (26min - 46max) fps -48%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
35.6 (30min - 43max) fps -51%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
32.6 (24min - 42max) fps -55%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K
26.2 (19min) fps -64%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
18.4 (15min) fps -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 (31min - 89max) fps
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
52.4 fps -19%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
51.2 (24min - 62max) fps -21%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
48.5 (19min - 65max) fps -25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
43 fps -34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
39.8 (14min - 51max) fps -39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
39.7 (17min - 52max) fps -39%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
34.5 (19min - 51max) fps -47%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K
27.7 (10min) fps -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 (59min - 70max) fps
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
62 (55min - 68max) fps -3%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
50 (46min - 54max) fps -22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
49 (46min - 53max) fps -23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
41 (38min - 44max) fps -36%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
40 (37min - 44max) fps -37%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
38 (36min - 42max) fps -41%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
37 (33min - 42max) fps -42%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K
29 (27min) fps -55%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
20 (18min) fps -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 (63min - 78max) fps
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
68.4 (61min - 75max) fps -4%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
68.4 (62min - 76max) fps -4%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
53 fps -25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
50 fps -29%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
47.8 (43min - 54max) fps -33%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
43 (39min - 47max) fps -39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
40.6 (36min - 46max) fps -43%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
38.9 (35min - 44max) fps -45%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
32.4 (29min - 37max) fps -54%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K
27.9 (25min) fps -61%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
20.8 (19min) fps -71%
Fallout 4 - 3840x2160 High Preset AA:T AF:16x
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
74 (60min - 89max) fps 0%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
74 (58min - 92max) fps
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
57 (44min - 70max) fps -23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
55.6 fps -25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
54 (42min - 66max) fps -27%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
47.1 (37min - 58max) fps -36%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
46 (37min - 56max) fps -38%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
45.2 (35min - 55max) fps -39%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
38.7 (30min - 49max) fps -48%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
24 (18min) fps -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
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
95.5 (37.9min - 174.5max) fps -2%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
79 fps -19%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
73.9 (39min - 222max) fps -24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
71.2 (11.6min - 170max) fps -27%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
62 fps -37%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
59.1 fps -40%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
46.6 fps -52%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
41.4 (15min) fps -58%
Battlefield 4 - 3840x2160 High Preset
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
126.2 (107min - 152max) fps +8%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
117 (105min - 137max) fps
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
91.6 fps -22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
90 fps -23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
75 (66min - 90max) fps -36%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
70 (63min - 84max) fps -40%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
69.8 (61min - 83max) fps -40%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
56 (49min - 65max) fps -52%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
35.2 (30min) fps -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 (61min - 79max) fps
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
68.1 (59min - 77max) fps -5%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
56.5 (49min - 61max) fps -22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
55 fps -24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
51.2 fps -29%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
45 (40min - 49max) fps -37%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
44 (39min - 49max) fps -39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
43 fps -40%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
35.9 (32min - 39max) fps -50%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
22.8 (19min) fps -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 (158min - 234max) fps +16%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
143 (122min - 164max) fps
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
113 (97min - 127max) fps -21%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
104 (88min - 121max) fps -27%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
91 (78min - 104max) fps -36%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
87 (75min - 101max) fps -39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
85.5 (74min - 98max) fps -40%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
77 (64min - 91max) fps -46%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K
62.3 (53min) fps -56%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
47.3 (39min) fps -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 (40min - 55max) fps
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
46 (39min - 55max) fps 0%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
41.1 (35.6min - 47.6max) fps -11%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
36.9 (31min - 44max) fps -20%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
30.8 (26min - 36max) fps -33%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
28.3 (24min - 34max) fps -38%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
26.2 (23min - 30max) fps -43%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
25.1 (11min - 34max) fps -45%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
24.8 (21.3min - 28.4max) fps -46%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K
18 (15min) fps -61%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
13.3 (12min) fps -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 (74min - 202max) fps
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
106.9 (45.6min - 206.2max) fps -2%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
85 (62min - 124max) fps -22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
82 fps -25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
71.4 (54min) fps -34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
67.4 (52min - 88max) fps -38%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
67 (50min - 95max) fps -39%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
62 (47min - 76max) fps -43%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
50.2 fps -54%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K
50.1 (35min) fps -54%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
35.9 (28min) fps -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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
96 fps -3%
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
86.4 (71min - 112max) fps -13%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
72 (62min - 91max) fps -27%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
56.5 fps -43%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
52.6 (46min - 66max) fps -47%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
48.6 (42min - 60max) fps -51%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
46 (41min - 60max) fps -54%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
38.2 (33min - 51max) fps -61%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K
34.4 (30min) fps -65%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
22.6 (19min) fps -77%
Battlefield 1 - 3840x2160 High Preset AA:T
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
104 (94min - 109max) fps +36%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
76.7 (69min - 80max) fps
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
70.7 (66min - 73max) fps -8%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
70.6 (64min - 74max) fps -8%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
57.1 (49min - 60max) fps -26%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
55.1 (51min - 57max) fps -28%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
46.6 (41min - 49max) fps -39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K
39.2 (33min) fps -49%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
29.1 (24min) fps -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 (190min - 250max) fps
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
179 (167min - 198max) fps -12%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
160 (147min - 199max) fps -22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
126 (117min - 157max) fps -38%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
117 fps -43%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K
106 (82min) fps -48%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
103 (95min - 125max) fps -50%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
73.4 (56min) fps -64%
Titanfall 2 - 3840x2160 High / Enabled AA:TS AF:8x
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
86 (71min - 108max) fps +10%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
78 fps
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
65 fps -17%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
62 (59min - 64max) fps -21%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
61.5 (58min - 64max) fps -21%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
59 (49min - 73max) fps -24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
45.8 (37min - 56max) fps -41%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K
34.3 (24min) fps -56%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
24.4 (19min) fps -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 (75min - 127max) fps
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
96 (35min - 127max) fps -3%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
83 (60min - 123max) fps -16%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
65.4 (46min - 96max) fps -34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
59.6 (42min - 90max) fps -40%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
54.8 (36min - 88max) fps -45%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K
46.9 (34min) fps -53%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
32.9 (23min) fps -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 (58min - 83max) fps
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
70.9 (58min - 81max) fps -2%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
47.3 (38min - 56max) fps -34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
38.4 (32min - 44max) fps -47%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
36.9 (27min - 43max) fps -49%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K
32.1 (27min) fps -55%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
30.7 (23min - 38max) fps -57%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
26.4 (22min) fps -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 (50min - 62max) fps
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
50 (44min - 55max) fps -11%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
46.7 (42min - 52max) fps -17%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
37.1 (33min - 41max) fps -34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
33.9 (31min - 37max) fps -40%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
27.9 (25min - 32max) fps -50%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-6700K
26.4 (23min) fps -53%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Schenker W504, Intel Core i7-4700MQ
18.9 (17min) fps -66%
VRMark Orange Room
VRMark Orange Room
VRMark Blue Room
VRMark Blue Room

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 ultraQHD4K
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.

The Witcher 3 frame rate
The Witcher 3 frame rate
The Witcher 3 emissions
The Witcher 3 emissions
Time Spy Stress Test
Time Spy Stress Test

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 - Percent
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
97 pt
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
96.7 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
74.1 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
63.3 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
59.8 pt
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
54.9 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
54.8 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K
44.8 pt
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K
33.7 pt
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit
Room GPUs-only
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
3660 Samples/s +20%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
3050 Samples/s
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
2991 Samples/s -2%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
2490 Samples/s -18%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
2474 Samples/s -19%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
2327 Samples/s -24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K
1938 Samples/s -36%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
1566 Samples/s -49%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K
1407 Samples/s -54%
Sala GPUs-only
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
6920 Samples/s +5%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
6600 Samples/s
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
5814 Samples/s -12%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
5012 Samples/s -24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
4708 Samples/s -29%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
3919 Samples/s -41%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
3125 Samples/s -53%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K
3077 Samples/s -53%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K
2319 Samples/s -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
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
7847 Points -1%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
6191 Points -22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
4761 Points -40%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
4270 Points -46%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K
3229 Points -59%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
3091 Points -61%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
3082 Points -61%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K
2418 Points -70%
1024x600 Normal, Mandel Scalar
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
5096 Points +3%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
4949 Points
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
3646 Points -26%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
3233 Points -35%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
2861 Points -42%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
2710 Points -45%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K
1960 Points -60%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
1854 Points -63%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K
1461 Points -70%
1024x600 Normal, Mandel Vector
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
4391 Points
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
4284 Points -2%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
3284 Points -25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
2706 Points -38%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
2602 Points -41%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
2479 Points -44%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K
1926 Points -56%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
1856 Points -58%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K
1564 Points -64%
1024x600 Normal, Fluid 2DTexArr
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
2092 Points
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
2032 Points -3%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
1758 Points -16%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
1390 Points -34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
1382 Points -34%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
1114 Points -47%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K
1031 Points -51%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
1020 Points -51%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K
760 Points -64%
1024x600 Normal, Fluid 3DTex
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
2275 Points
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
2254 Points -1%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
1860 Points -18%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
1730 Points -24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
1531 Points -33%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
1402 Points -38%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
1070 Points -53%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K
1059 Points -53%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K
783 Points -66%
1024x600 Normal, Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
21646 Points
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal), Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
21512 Points -1%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
16610 Points -23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, Intel Core i7-4790K
13121 Points -39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4790K
12373 Points -43%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro, Intel Core i7-4790K
11890 Points -45%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
Eurocom Sky DLX7, Intel Core i7-6700K
9204 Points -57%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
MSI GT80S 6QF, Intel Core i7-6820HK
8892 Points -59%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
DogHouse Systems Mobius SS, Intel Core i7-6700K
6986 Points -68%

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. 

dB(A) 0102030405060708090Deep BassMiddle BassHigh BassLower RangeMidsHigher MidsLower HighsMid HighsUpper HighsSuper Highs2037.942.638.139.92533.637.534.135.13135.337.133.136.1403536.933.836.6503437.230.239.66339.241.829.741.28037.638.430.74010038.239.635.839.412537.542.327.440.916036.338.429.438.12003035.924.237.325033.140.827.641.831531.139.423.139.340028.137.421.73850029.840.820.840.563029.240.720.140.580029.645.119.743.9100029.74518.845.7125024.440.617.940.5160025.237.617.838.6200023.638.617.641.3250019.737.417.539.9315018.633.717.436.5400017.832.319.634.4500018.127.817.52863001824.817.525.7800017.922.517.6221000018.125.617.722.11250018.324.517.821.3160001826.517.725.6SPL37.550.931.251.5N2.97.41.67.8median 25.2median 37.6median 18.8median 38.6Delta6.75.83.35.9hearing rangehide median Fan NoiseNvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
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, 7% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Compared to all devices tested
» 91% of all tested devices were better, 1% similar, 7% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, 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 *
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC (242 fps, Idle: 71.1 W)
357 Watt * +3%
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro (158 fps, Idle: 80 W)
340 Watt * +7%
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC (203 fps, Idle: 73.5 W)
303 Watt * +17%
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition (228 fps, Idle: 68.3 W)
292 Watt * +20%
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition (186 fps, Idle: 68 W)
253 Watt * +31%
AMD Radeon RX 480 8 GB Reference (127 fps, Idle: 79.2 W)
244 Watt * +34%
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (71 fps, Idle: 65.6 W)
164 Watt * +55%
Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 2GB (15 fps, Idle: 64.5 W)
152 Watt * +59%
1920x1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition (88 fps, Idle: 70.3 W)
358 Watt *
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080 Desktop PC (Idle: 71.1 W)
331 Watt * +8%
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition (Idle: 68.3 W)
294 Watt * +18%
MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC (Idle: 73.5 W)
268 Watt * +25%
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition (Idle: 68 W)
243 Watt * +32%
AMD Radeon RX 480 8 GB Reference (Idle: 79.2 W)
240 Watt * +33%
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Idle: 65.6 W)
155 Watt * +57%
Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 2GB (22 fps, Idle: 64.5 W)
155 Watt * +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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Klaus Hinum, 2017-03- 9 (Update: 2017-03-11)