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GeForce GTX 1080

Nvidia graphics card · GeForce 10 series · launched May 2016

Launch price
$599
≈ $826 in 2026 dollars
Blender 4.x render score
577
#75 of 103 scored graphics cards
Memory
8 GB
GDDR5X · 256-bit
Rated power
180 W

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Launch price in today's dollars

The GeForce GTX 1080 launched at $599 in 2016. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $826 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 38% rise over 10 years. At its launch price that is 96 Blender points per $100.

Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2016 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.

Blender rendering score

Median score 577 (middle half of runs 565–600) across 392 community runs on Blender 4.x with the OPTIX backend. That is #75 of 103 graphics cards in our dataset with a score, and #5 of 11 in the GeForce 10 series.

This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.

Specifications

VendorNvidia
SeriesGeForce 10 series
LaunchedMay 2016
Launch price$599
ArchitecturePascal
ChipGP104-400-A1
Memory8 GB
Memory typeGDDR5X
Memory bus256-bit
Memory bandwidth320.3 GB/s
Core clock1,607 MHz (boost 1,733 MHz)
FP32 compute8.87 TFLOPS
Rated power180 W (TDP)
Transistors7.2 billion
Die size314 mm²
Process16 nm
Bus interfacePCIe 3x16
Tier80-class

The Nvidia 80-class over time

Nvidia graphics cards in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.

PartYearLaunch priceIn 2026 $Blender
GeForce GTX 285 X22009$1,399$2,157—
GeForce GTX 4802010$499$757—
GeForce GTX 5802010$499$757—
GeForce GTX 6802012$499$719—
GeForce GTX 7802013$649$922—
GeForce GTX 780 Ti2013$699$993—
GeForce GTX 9802014$549$767296
GeForce GTX 980 Ti2015$649$906505
GeForce GTX 10802016$599$826577
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti2017$699$944828
GeForce RTX 20802018$699$9212,236
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti2018$999$1,3162,835
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER2019$699$9052,321
GeForce RTX 30802020$699$8934,516
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti2021$1,199$1,4645,317
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB2022$799$904—

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