NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

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GeForce GTX 1080 compared with GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1080	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Overview
Released
Released	May 2016	March 2017
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Pascal	Pascal
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,560	3,584
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,733 MHz or 1,759 MHz	1,582 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	GP104; 7.2 billion transistors; 160 texture units and 64 ROPs. Main specifications and photo describe the original Founders Edition; the later 11 Gbps memory version is represented by MSI's GAMING+ 8G in its default Gaming mode.	Founders Edition specifications verified by MSI's retained technical page and datasheet; stock PNY Blower specifications verify memory bandwidth. The photo is the Founders Edition render extracted from MSI's datasheet with its original PDF transparency mask.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	16 nm FinFET	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated RT Cores	No dedicated RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	No Tensor Cores	No Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	No NVIDIA DLSS	No NVIDIA DLSS
Base clock
Base clock	1607 MHz (original Founders Edition); MSI GAMING+ 8G has 1620 MHz base and 1759 MHz boost in Gaming mode, 1632/1771 MHz in OC mode and 1607/1733 MHz in Silent mode.	1480 MHz base and 1582 MHz boost (MSI Founders Edition specification)
Cache
Cache	2048 KB L2	–
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR5X	11 GB GDDR5X (better)
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	352-bit (better)
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s or –	484 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	Original 10 Gbps GDDR5X; MSI GAMING+ 8G lists 11010 MHz effective memory speed. Its bandwidth is not published in the maker's datasheet and is omitted from that configuration.	11 Gbps GDDR5X (PNY stock Blower); MSI lists 11010 MHz memory speed
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	180 W (better)	250 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4, 1 × HDMI 2.0b and 1 × dual-link DVI-D; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2 (MSI Founders Edition). NVIDIA's launch table calls the DVI connector DVI-I; MSI's actual card specification identifies DVI-D.	3 × DisplayPort 1.4, 1 × HDMI 2.0b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2. MSI's datasheet connection illustration names DVI-D despite its output specification omitting it; the Founders Edition has no native DVI connector.
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 (MSI Founders Edition)	7680 × 4320
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin (Founders Edition); 1 × 6-pin and 1 × 8-pin (MSI GAMING+ 8G)	1 × PCIe 6-pin and 1 × PCIe 8-pin
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	500 W	600 W
Slot width
Slot width	–	2-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	269 × 111 × 40 mm and 1100 g (MSI Founders Edition); 277 × 140 × 42 mm and 1100 g (MSI GAMING+ 8G)	266 × 111 × 40 mm (MSI Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	HEVC 10-bit encode and decode	–