NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with Intel Core i3-13100 benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Complete gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 GPU with the Intel Core i3-13100 processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with multiple graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is good or bad for gaming by looking at results of all benchmarks. As for the key characteristic, how good is the GPU for games, let's look further. The ordinary FPS in games is 34.2 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. Considering 4Gb of memory, we can state that the GeForce GTX 980 is good for new most demanding games with high-end graphics.
Main specifications
Name
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Release date
September 19, 2014
Price
125 USD
Frequency
1126 MHz
Shaders
2048
TMUs
128
ROPs
64
Graphics Card Power (TDP)
165 W
Memory Size
4 Gb
Memory Bus
256 Bit
GeForce GTX 980 power supply requirements
If you take a closer look at the power consumption of the graphics card, you can already make some decision. With this data, you can already easily select the needed power supply that will fully match the graphics card. We should also not forget about the Intel Core i3-13100 . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the desired power supply should output.A very powerful power supply is necessary for the GeForce GTX 980, since it has a fairly high power consumption under loads - 165W. Here is a list of certain common games in which the graphics card has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of almost all modern games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 980 and Intel Core i3-13100 configuration:
Hitman 3
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Hogwarts Legacy
Minecraft
Roblox
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Atomic Heart
Fortnite Battle Royale
Genshin Impact
Valorant
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
League of Legends
Apex Legends
Far Cry 6
Dota 2
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
After looking at the data from the table below, you can easily understand how the GeForce GTX 980 is better or worse than competitors in several famous games and choose for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 980.
The closest GeForce GTX 980 rivals
Video Card
FPS
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
105.6
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti
101.3
GeForce GTX 1070
100.2
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
97.7
GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile
93
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
93
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
92.4
GeForce RTX 3050
92
GeForce GTX 1660
87.2
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
83
GeForce GTX 980
80
Radeon RX 5500 XT
74.6
Radeon RX 580
74.6
GeForce GTX 1060
71.7
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile
68
Radeon RX 5500
67.3
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
67.2
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
62
GeForce GTX 1650
57.9
GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
52
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
39.3
The closest competitors of the GeForce GTX 980 are GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile and Radeon RX 5500 XT. We compared GeForce GTX 980 (80 FPS) and their medium FPS in popular games at Full HD resolution and with High Quality graphics. As a result, is GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 83 FPS, which 3.8% faster and Radeon RX 5500 XT 74.6 FPS, which is 6.8% slower. These numbers will also help you make the good decision.
How good is GeForce GTX 980 for games?
From the tables below, you can see how comfortable you can play popular games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 980 and Intel Core i3-13100. The numbers next to the names of the games mean the ordinary FPS obtained with Ultra graphics quality settings and different screen resolutions: Full HD, 2K WQHD and 4K UHD. In the following table, testing the GeForce GTX 980 in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
28.3
36.8
48.1
59.4
Elden ring
2022
20.7
26.9
35.2
43.4
Saints Row
2022
38.6
50.2
65.7
81.1
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
29.4
38.2
50.0
61.7
Starfield
2022
19.0
24.8
32.4
40.0
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
36.5
47.4
62.0
76.6
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
20.1
26.2
34.2
42.3
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
23.4
30.4
39.8
49.1
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
22.9
29.7
38.9
48.0
Atomic Heart
2023
13.1
17.0
22.2
27.4
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
33.7
43.9
57.4
70.9
Homeworld 3
2022
26.7
34.7
45.3
56.0
Scorn
2022
21.2
27.6
36.1
44.6
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
31.6
41.0
53.7
66.3
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
34.8
45.3
59.2
73.1
Overwatch 2
2022
52.2
67.9
88.8
109.7
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
21.2
27.6
36.1
44.6
Stray
2022
58.2
75.7
99.0
122.3
To understand how the GeForce GTX 980 behaves in demanding games, you can read the figures from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
16.3
21.2
27.7
34.2
Godfall
2020
48.2
62.6
81.9
101.1
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
53.3
69.3
90.7
112.0
F1 2021
2020
52.8
68.6
89.7
110.9
DOOM Eternal
2020
50.6
65.8
86.0
106.3
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
42.8
55.7
72.8
89.9
Hitman 3
2021
37.0
48.1
62.9
77.7
Crysis 3
2013
53.4
69.5
90.8
112.2
Borderlands 3
2019
34.5
44.9
58.7
72.5
Hitman 2
2018
53.3
69.3
90.7
112.0
Resident Evil Village
2021
37.0
48.1
62.9
77.7
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
34.3
44.6
58.3
72.0
GreedFall
2019
49.1
63.9
83.5
103.2
F1 22
2020
47.3
61.5
80.5
99.4
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
52.8
68.6
89.7
110.9
Genshin Impact
2020
47.3
61.5
80.5
99.4
Anthem
2019
37.0
48.0
62.8
77.6
The Division
2016
48.1
62.5
81.8
101.0
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
42.8
55.7
72.8
89.9
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
53.7
69.8
91.2
112.7
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
39.3
51.1
66.9
82.6
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
43.9
57.0
74.6
92.1
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
39.7
51.6
67.5
83.4
Total War: Warhammer
2016
53.7
69.8
91.3
112.8
Project CARS 3
2020
25.0
32.5
42.6
52.6
Gears of War 5
2019
43.5
56.5
73.9
91.3
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
24.6
32.0
41.8
51.7
World War Z
2019
53.8
70.0
91.5
113.0
The Witcher 3
2015
48.2
62.7
82.0
101.3
Dishonored 2
2016
41.1
53.5
69.9
86.4
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
25.6
33.3
43.5
53.7
Death Stranding
2020
49.5
64.3
84.1
103.9
Marvel's Avengers
2020
32.2
41.8
54.7
67.5
Monster Hunter: World
2018
46.5
60.4
79.0
97.6
Devil May Cry 5
2019
48.4
63.0
82.3
101.7
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
27.2
35.4
46.3
57.1
Just Cause 4
2018
43.2
56.1
73.4
90.6
Forza Horizon 5
2021
39.2
50.9
66.6
82.3
Halo Infinite
2021
31.0
40.3
52.7
65.1
Metro Exodus
2019
29.9
38.8
50.8
62.7
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
46.3
60.2
78.7
97.3
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
35.5
46.1
60.3
74.5
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
40.2
52.2
68.3
84.3
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
53.3
69.3
90.7
112.0
Far Cry 6
2021
40.8
53.1
69.4
85.7
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
34.3
44.6
58.3
72.0
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
24.9
32.3
42.3
52.2
Final Fantasy XV
2018
45.7
59.4
77.7
96.0
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
42.7
55.5
72.6
89.7
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
54.1
70.3
92.0
113.6
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Core i3-13100 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 980 from the following table are just for reference, because old games are more represented in it and FPS is much more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
69.7
90.6
118.4
146.3
Strange Brigade
2018
70.0
91.0
119.1
147.1
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
66.4
86.4
113.0
139.5
Project CARS 2
2017
56.4
73.4
95.9
118.5
Hitman
2016
54.4
70.7
92.5
114.3
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
159.3
207.1
270.9
334.6
Valorant
2020
109.2
142.0
185.7
229.4
Minecraft
2011
127.3
165.5
216.5
267.4
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
68.4
88.9
116.2
143.5
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
55.9
72.7
95.0
117.4
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
59.8
77.7
101.6
125.5
Battlefield V
2018
57.3
74.5
97.4
120.3
Resident Evil 2
2019
62.0
80.6
105.5
130.3
For Honor
2017
79.7
103.6
135.4
167.3
Titanfall 2
2016
58.8
76.4
99.9
123.4
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
64.3
83.6
109.3
135.0
Battlefield 1
2016
68.0
88.4
115.5
142.7
DiRT Rally
2015
85.8
111.6
145.9
180.2
Dawn of War III
2017
58.6
76.1
99.5
123.0
Roblox
2006
187.7
244.1
319.2
394.3
Dota 2
2013
77.8
101.2
132.3
163.4
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
54.1
70.3
92.0
113.6
Apex Legends
2019
57.3
74.5
97.4
120.3
Destiny 2
2017
75.3
97.8
127.9
158.1
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
112.9
146.7
191.9
237.0
F1 2019
2019
56.1
72.9
95.3
117.7
Battlefield 4
2013
75.7
98.4
128.7
159.0
Rocket League
2015
232.4
302.1
395.0
488.0
Fallout 76
2018
69.9
90.8
118.8
146.7
League of Legends
2009
298.8
388.4
507.9
627.4
Doom
2016
85.5
111.2
145.4
179.7
Need For Speed
2015
64.4
83.8
109.5
135.3
Although you can't argue with the figures from this table, but you need to understand that in fact some processors and video cards will not be able to work with each other. For such cases, FPS is calculated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the CPU and the GPU.
