GPUDesktopReleased May 27, 2016

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

8 GB GDDR5X · 256-bit · 2,560 cores

The card that launched the Pascal architecture and the first GPU to ship with GDDR5X memory. The Founders Edition sold for US$699 at launch. In 2017 NVIDIA refreshed it with 11 Gbps GDDR5X, raising memory bandwidth to 352 GB/s.

General

Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Model: GeForce GTX 1080
Segment: Desktop
GPU chip: GP104-400
Architecture: Pascal
Release date: May 27, 2016
Price: $599Search on Amazon

Memory

Memory size: 8 GB
Memory type: GDDR5X
Bus width: 256-bit
Bandwidth: 320 GB/s
Memory clock: 1,250 MHz

Clocks & silicon

GPU clock: 1,607 MHz
Boost clock: 1,733 MHz
Shader units: 2,560 CUDA Cores
Tensor / AI cores: —
RT cores: —
Transistors: 7.2 billion
Technology (nm): 16 nm
TSMC 16 nm FinFET
TDP / TBP: 180 W

Interface & APIs

Bus interface: PCIe 3.0 x16
SLI / multi-GPU: SLI (2-way, HB bridge)
DirectX: 12 (12_1)
OpenGL: 4.6
Vulkan: 1.3
Other APIs: CUDA 6.1, OpenCL 3.0

AI support

Precisions: FP8FP16BF16INT8INT4TF32FP64
AI accelerator: None (no Tensor Cores / RT Cores)
Peak AI TOPS: —
Notes: No Tensor Cores and no RT Cores. FP16 is supported but runs at 1/64 rate on consumer Pascal (GP102/GP104/GP106/GP107/GP108); FP64 at 1/32. INT8 inference via DP4A/DP2A (CUDA compute capability 6.1). No BF16, TF32 or FP8.

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