NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with Intel Core i5-13400 benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Full gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 GPU with the Intel Core i5-13400 processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with multiple graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can find out whether the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is good or bad for gaming from results of all benchmarks. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's look at the key parameter. The medium FPS in games is 34.2 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. So, taking into account 4Gb of memory, we can tell that the GeForce GTX 980 is good even for today's 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 decision. This will let you to choose the needed power supply that will fully match the graphics card. We should also not forget about the Intel Core i5-13400 . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.A very powerful power supply is required 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. Below 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 i5-13400 configuration:
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Far Cry 6
Dota 2
Hitman 3
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Genshin Impact
Atomic Heart
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Hogwarts Legacy
Minecraft
League of Legends
Valorant
Apex Legends
Roblox
Fortnite Battle Royale
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
After looking at the data from the game tests below, you can simply understand how the GeForce GTX 980 is better or worse than competitors in some popular games and choose for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 980.
The closest GeForce GTX 980 opponents
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 famous 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 further help you make the true 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 i5-13400. The numbers beside to the names of the games mean the average FPS gained 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
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
33.0
42.9
56.1
69.3
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
38.1
49.5
64.8
80.0
Overwatch 2
2022
54.6
71.0
92.8
114.6
Stray
2022
60.8
79.1
103.4
127.8
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
21.0
27.3
35.8
44.2
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
29.6
38.4
50.3
62.1
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
36.4
47.3
61.9
76.4
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
35.3
45.8
59.9
74.0
Atomic Heart
2023
13.6
17.7
23.2
28.7
Scorn
2022
22.2
28.8
37.7
46.6
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
23.9
31.0
40.6
50.1
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
24.4
31.8
41.6
51.3
Homeworld 3
2022
27.9
36.2
47.4
58.5
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
22.2
28.8
37.7
46.6
Saints Row
2022
40.4
52.5
68.6
84.8
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
30.7
39.9
52.2
64.5
Starfield
2022
19.9
25.9
33.8
41.8
Elden ring
2022
21.6
28.1
36.7
45.4
To understand how the GeForce GTX 980 behaves in demanding games, you need to look at the numbers from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
35.8
46.6
60.9
75.2
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
41.1
53.4
69.9
86.3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
26.0
33.8
44.2
54.6
Hitman 2
2018
55.7
72.4
94.7
117.0
World War Z
2019
56.2
73.1
95.6
118.1
Death Stranding
2020
51.7
67.2
87.9
108.5
Anthem
2019
38.6
50.2
65.6
81.1
Project CARS 3
2020
26.2
34.0
44.5
54.9
Godfall
2020
50.3
65.4
85.5
105.7
DOOM Eternal
2020
52.9
68.7
89.9
111.0
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
45.8
59.6
77.9
96.2
Far Cry 6
2021
42.6
55.4
72.5
89.6
F1 22
2020
49.5
64.3
84.1
103.9
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
44.7
58.2
76.1
94.0
The Division
2016
50.3
65.3
85.4
105.6
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
41.5
54.0
70.6
87.2
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
55.7
72.4
94.7
117.0
Borderlands 3
2019
36.0
46.9
61.3
75.7
Just Cause 4
2018
45.1
58.6
76.7
94.7
Metro Exodus
2019
31.2
40.6
53.1
65.6
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
44.6
58.0
75.9
93.7
Hitman 3
2021
38.7
50.3
65.7
81.2
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
44.7
58.2
76.1
94.0
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
56.5
73.5
96.1
118.7
Monster Hunter: World
2018
48.6
63.1
82.5
102.0
Devil May Cry 5
2019
50.6
65.8
86.0
106.3
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
25.7
33.4
43.7
54.0
Gears of War 5
2019
45.4
59.1
77.2
95.4
Marvel's Avengers
2020
33.6
43.7
57.1
70.6
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
17.0
22.1
28.9
35.7
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
55.7
72.4
94.7
117.0
Genshin Impact
2020
49.5
64.3
84.1
103.9
Forza Horizon 5
2021
40.9
53.2
69.6
86.0
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
37.1
48.2
63.0
77.9
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
56.1
72.9
95.3
117.7
Crysis 3
2013
55.8
72.6
94.9
117.3
The Witcher 3
2015
50.4
65.5
85.6
105.8
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
48.4
62.9
82.3
101.6
Dishonored 2
2016
43.0
55.9
73.1
90.3
GreedFall
2019
51.3
66.7
87.3
107.8
Total War: Warhammer
2016
56.1
73.0
95.4
117.9
Halo Infinite
2021
32.4
42.1
55.1
68.1
Final Fantasy XV
2018
47.8
62.1
81.2
100.3
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
28.4
37.0
48.3
59.7
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
42.0
54.6
71.3
88.1
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
55.2
71.7
93.8
115.8
Resident Evil Village
2021
38.7
50.3
65.7
81.2
F1 2021
2020
55.2
71.7
93.8
115.8
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
26.7
34.7
45.4
56.1
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
35.8
46.6
60.9
75.2
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Core i5-13400 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 980 from the following table are just for information, since old games are more represented in it and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Battlefield 1
2016
71.0
92.3
120.7
149.1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
166.5
216.4
283.0
349.6
League of Legends
2009
312.2
405.8
530.7
655.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
67.2
87.3
114.2
141.0
Resident Evil 2
2019
64.8
84.3
110.2
136.1
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
71.4
92.8
121.4
150.0
Dota 2
2013
81.3
105.7
138.2
170.7
Valorant
2020
114.1
148.4
194.0
239.6
Dawn of War III
2017
61.2
79.5
104.0
128.5
Doom
2016
89.4
116.2
151.9
187.7
F1 2019
2019
58.6
76.1
99.6
123.0
Project CARS 2
2017
59.0
76.7
100.2
123.8
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
69.4
90.3
118.0
145.8
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
56.5
73.5
96.1
118.7
Minecraft
2011
133.0
173.0
226.2
279.4
Need For Speed
2015
67.3
87.5
114.4
141.4
DiRT Rally
2015
89.7
116.6
152.4
188.3
Battlefield 4
2013
79.1
102.8
134.5
166.1
Roblox
2006
196.2
255.0
333.5
411.9
Battlefield V
2018
59.9
77.8
101.8
125.7
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
117.9
153.3
200.5
247.6
Strange Brigade
2018
73.2
95.1
124.4
153.7
Titanfall 2
2016
61.4
79.8
104.4
129.0
Destiny 2
2017
78.6
102.2
133.7
165.1
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
62.4
81.2
106.1
131.1
Hitman
2016
56.9
73.9
96.7
119.4
Rocket League
2015
242.8
315.6
412.7
509.9
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
72.8
94.6
123.7
152.8
Fallout 76
2018
73.0
94.9
124.1
153.3
Apex Legends
2019
59.9
77.8
101.8
125.7
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
58.4
75.9
99.3
122.6
For Honor
2017
83.2
108.2
141.5
174.8
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 together. In such cases, FPS is calculated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the Intel Core i5-13400 and the GeForce GTX 980 separately.
