NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with Intel Core i5-10500 benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Comprehensive gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 graphics card with the Intel Core i5-10500 processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with different graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is good or bad for gaming from results of all tests. As for the primary parameter, how good is the GPU for games, let's look beyond. The ordinary FPS in games is 34.2 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. Considering 4Gb of memory, we can say that the GeForce GTX 980 is good for modern 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 GPU, you can already draw some conclusions. With this data, you can already easily buy the required power supply that can meet the needs of the GPU. You also need to remember about the Intel Core i5-10500 . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the desired power supply should output.A rather powerful power supply is needed for the GeForce GTX 980, since it has a pretty high power consumption under loads - 165W. Here is a list of several famous games in which the GPU has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of practically all contemporary games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 980 and Intel Core i5-10500 configuration:
Atomic Heart
Dota 2
Fortnite Battle Royale
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Valorant
Roblox
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
League of Legends
Apex Legends
Far Cry 6
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Hogwarts Legacy
Genshin Impact
Hitman 3
Minecraft
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
After reviewing the data from the table below, you can easily understand how the GeForce GTX 980 is better or worse than rivals in several popular games and choose for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 980.
The closest competitors of the GeForce GTX 980
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 average 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 figures will further help you make the true decision.
How good is GeForce GTX 980 for games?
From the tables below, you can understand how comfortable you can play popular games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 980 and Intel Core i5-10500. The numbers near to the names of the games mean the ordinary FPS achieved 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 Cycle: Frontier
2022
36.5
47.4
62.0
76.6
Overwatch 2
2022
52.3
68.0
88.9
109.8
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
34.8
45.3
59.2
73.2
Starfield
2022
19.1
24.8
32.4
40.0
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
21.2
27.6
36.1
44.6
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
31.6
41.1
53.7
66.3
Stray
2022
58.3
75.7
99.0
122.4
Atomic Heart
2023
13.1
17.0
22.2
27.4
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
28.3
36.8
48.1
59.5
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
33.8
43.9
57.4
70.9
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
20.1
26.2
34.2
42.3
Saints Row
2022
38.7
50.3
65.7
81.2
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
29.4
38.2
50.0
61.7
Elden ring
2022
20.7
26.9
35.2
43.5
Scorn
2022
21.2
27.6
36.1
44.6
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
23.4
30.4
39.8
49.2
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
22.9
29.7
38.9
48.0
Homeworld 3
2022
26.7
34.7
45.4
56.0
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 980 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Hitman 3
2021
37.0
48.1
62.9
77.8
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
16.3
21.2
27.7
34.2
Death Stranding
2020
49.5
64.3
84.1
103.9
Final Fantasy XV
2018
45.7
59.5
77.8
96.1
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
39.7
51.7
67.6
83.5
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
43.9
57.1
74.6
92.2
Borderlands 3
2019
34.5
44.9
58.7
72.5
Project CARS 3
2020
25.0
32.6
42.6
52.6
DOOM Eternal
2020
50.6
65.8
86.1
106.3
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
24.6
32.0
41.8
51.7
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
54.1
70.4
92.0
113.7
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
25.6
33.3
43.5
53.7
Halo Infinite
2021
31.0
40.3
52.8
65.2
Genshin Impact
2020
47.4
61.6
80.5
99.5
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
24.9
32.3
42.3
52.3
Total War: Warhammer
2016
53.7
69.9
91.4
112.9
Hitman 2
2018
53.4
69.4
90.7
112.1
Dishonored 2
2016
41.2
53.5
70.0
86.4
Crysis 3
2013
53.5
69.5
90.9
112.3
Devil May Cry 5
2019
48.5
63.0
82.4
101.8
Marvel's Avengers
2020
32.2
41.8
54.7
67.6
Godfall
2020
48.2
62.6
81.9
101.2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
27.2
35.4
46.3
57.2
Just Cause 4
2018
43.2
56.1
73.4
90.7
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
34.3
44.6
58.3
72.0
F1 2021
2020
52.8
68.7
89.8
110.9
World War Z
2019
53.9
70.0
91.5
113.1
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
42.7
55.6
72.7
89.8
Far Cry 6
2021
40.8
53.1
69.4
85.8
GreedFall
2019
49.2
63.9
83.6
103.3
The Division
2016
48.1
62.6
81.8
101.1
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
40.2
52.2
68.3
84.4
Monster Hunter: World
2018
46.5
60.5
79.1
97.7
Anthem
2019
37.0
48.1
62.9
77.6
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
53.4
69.4
90.7
112.1
Resident Evil Village
2021
37.0
48.1
62.9
77.8
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
52.8
68.7
89.8
110.9
Gears of War 5
2019
43.5
56.6
74.0
91.4
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
53.4
69.4
90.7
112.1
The Witcher 3
2015
48.2
62.7
82.0
101.3
F1 22
2020
47.4
61.6
80.5
99.5
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
53.7
69.8
91.3
112.7
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
35.5
46.2
60.4
74.6
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
42.9
55.7
72.8
90.0
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
34.3
44.6
58.3
72.0
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
39.4
51.2
66.9
82.7
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
42.9
55.7
72.8
90.0
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
46.3
60.2
78.8
97.3
Metro Exodus
2019
29.9
38.9
50.8
62.8
Forza Horizon 5
2021
39.2
51.0
66.6
82.3
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Core i5-10500 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 980 from the following table are just for information, because it mainly presents old games and FPS is much more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
112.9
146.8
192.0
237.2
Project CARS 2
2017
56.5
73.4
96.0
118.6
Fallout 76
2018
69.9
90.9
118.9
146.8
Battlefield 1
2016
68.0
88.4
115.6
142.8
Hitman
2016
54.5
70.8
92.6
114.3
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
64.3
83.6
109.3
135.0
Valorant
2020
109.3
142.1
185.8
229.5
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
69.7
90.6
118.5
146.4
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
54.1
70.4
92.0
113.7
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
55.9
72.7
95.1
117.4
League of Legends
2009
298.9
388.6
508.2
627.8
Dawn of War III
2017
58.6
76.2
99.6
123.0
Battlefield V
2018
57.3
74.5
97.5
120.4
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
159.4
207.3
271.0
334.8
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
66.5
86.4
113.0
139.6
Need For Speed
2015
64.5
83.8
109.6
135.4
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
59.8
77.7
101.6
125.6
Destiny 2
2017
75.3
97.9
128.0
158.1
Dota 2
2013
77.9
101.2
132.4
163.5
Roblox
2006
187.9
244.2
319.4
394.5
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
68.4
88.9
116.3
143.6
Rocket League
2015
232.5
302.3
395.3
488.3
Doom
2016
85.6
111.3
145.5
179.8
DiRT Rally
2015
85.9
111.6
146.0
180.3
Battlefield 4
2013
75.7
98.5
128.8
159.1
Apex Legends
2019
57.3
74.5
97.5
120.4
Minecraft
2011
127.4
165.6
216.6
267.6
Strange Brigade
2018
70.1
91.1
119.1
147.2
F1 2019
2019
56.1
72.9
95.3
117.8
Titanfall 2
2016
58.8
76.4
100.0
123.5
Resident Evil 2
2019
62.1
80.7
105.5
130.4
For Honor
2017
79.7
103.6
135.5
167.4
Though you can't argue with the numbers from this table, however, you need to understand that in reality some processors and video cards will not be able to work in pairs. For such cases, FPS is evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the GPU and the CPU.
