NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

Blender score 605

Pascal GPU best suited to lighter Blender scenes, learning workflows, and budget-conscious rendering setups.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

Blender benchmark score

605

Entry-level speed — fine for learning and lighter scenes.

VRAM

8 GB

Enough for moderate scenes; heavy assets may push against the limit.

CUDA cores

2,560

Lower core count — adequate for lighter rendering workloads.

Architecture

Pascal

Older architecture — check benchmark scores for a practical performance picture.

Memory bandwidth

320.3 GB/s

Lower bandwidth may become a bottleneck in texture-heavy or complex scenes.

Boost clock

1733 MHz

Lower clock speed — typical of older or workstation-class GPUs.

Render support

OptiX, CUDA

OptiX is typically the fastest option; CUDA provides a reliable fallback.

TDP

180 W

Relatively efficient — manageable in most desktop builds.

Release year

2016

More technical details

Core specs

Base clock: 1607 MHz
Process size: 16 nm

Memory specs

Memory type: GDDR5X
Memory bus: 256-bit

Benchmark performance

This chart gives a compact estimate of how this GPU handles Blender benchmark scenes, so you can compare practical rendering speed without reading raw benchmark tables.

Blender score 605

These timings are derived from Blender Open Data benchmark medians and should be treated as comparative estimates, not guaranteed real-project render times.

View Blender Open Data source