NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with Intel Core i5-8500 benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Full gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 GPU with the Intel Core i5-8500 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 bad or good for gaming from results of all tests. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's look at the main parameter. The average FPS in games is 34.2 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. Considering 4Gb of memory, we can state that the GeForce GTX 980 is good even for new most exacting 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 certain decision. This will allow you to choose the required power supply that will fully match the graphics card. You also need to remember about the Intel Core i5-8500 . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.A rather powerful power supply is necessary for the GeForce GTX 980, since it has a pretty high power consumption under loads - 165W. Here is a list of several popular games in which the graphics card has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of almost all contemporary games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 980 and Intel Core i5-8500 configuration:
Minecraft
Valorant
Roblox
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Hitman 3
Atomic Heart
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Dota 2
League of Legends
Genshin Impact
Fortnite Battle Royale
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Apex Legends
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
After reviewing the data from the table below, you can easily compare the GeForce GTX 980 with rivals in several famous games and choose for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 980.
The closest opponents 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 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 figures will further help you make the good choice.
How good is GeForce GTX 980 for games?
From the tables below, you can see how comfortable you can play famous games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 980 and Intel Core i5-8500. The numbers beside to the names of the games represent the ordinary 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
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
33.4
43.4
56.8
70.2
Scorn
2022
20.4
26.5
34.6
42.8
Saints Row
2022
37.1
48.2
63.0
77.9
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
28.2
36.7
47.9
59.2
Elden ring
2022
19.8
25.8
33.7
41.7
Homeworld 3
2022
25.6
33.3
43.5
53.7
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
19.3
25.1
32.8
40.6
Atomic Heart
2023
12.5
16.3
21.3
26.3
Stray
2022
55.9
72.6
95.0
117.3
Starfield
2022
18.3
23.8
31.1
38.4
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
35.0
45.5
59.5
73.5
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
30.3
39.4
51.5
63.6
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
32.4
42.1
55.0
68.0
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
21.9
28.5
37.3
46.1
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
27.2
35.3
46.2
57.0
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
20.4
26.5
34.6
42.8
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
22.5
29.2
38.2
47.2
Overwatch 2
2022
50.1
65.2
85.2
105.3
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 980 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
23.9
31.0
40.6
50.1
Hitman 3
2021
35.5
46.2
60.4
74.6
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
42.1
54.7
71.5
88.4
F1 22
2020
45.4
59.1
77.2
95.4
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
41.1
53.4
69.9
86.3
GreedFall
2019
47.2
61.3
80.2
99.0
DOOM Eternal
2020
48.6
63.1
82.6
102.0
Genshin Impact
2020
45.4
59.1
77.2
95.4
Crysis 3
2013
51.3
66.7
87.2
107.7
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
41.0
53.3
69.7
86.1
Just Cause 4
2018
41.4
53.8
70.4
87.0
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
23.6
30.7
40.1
49.6
World War Z
2019
51.6
67.1
87.8
108.4
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
51.9
67.5
88.2
109.0
Resident Evil Village
2021
35.5
46.2
60.4
74.6
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
50.7
65.8
86.1
106.4
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
32.9
42.8
55.9
69.1
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
15.6
20.3
26.5
32.8
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
51.2
66.5
87.0
107.5
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
24.5
31.9
41.7
51.5
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
38.1
49.6
64.8
80.0
F1 2021
2020
50.7
65.8
86.1
106.4
Hitman 2
2018
51.2
66.5
87.0
107.5
Monster Hunter: World
2018
44.6
58.0
75.8
93.6
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
51.2
66.5
87.0
107.5
Final Fantasy XV
2018
43.9
57.0
74.6
92.1
Death Stranding
2020
47.5
61.7
80.7
99.7
Gears of War 5
2019
41.7
54.2
70.9
87.6
Metro Exodus
2019
28.7
37.3
48.7
60.2
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
44.4
57.8
75.5
93.3
Dishonored 2
2016
39.5
51.3
67.1
82.9
Total War: Warhammer
2016
51.5
67.0
87.6
108.2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
26.1
33.9
44.4
54.8
Borderlands 3
2019
33.1
43.0
56.3
69.5
Godfall
2020
46.2
60.1
78.6
97.0
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
41.1
53.4
69.9
86.3
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
34.0
44.3
57.9
71.5
Forza Horizon 5
2021
37.6
48.9
63.9
79.0
Project CARS 3
2020
24.0
31.2
40.8
50.4
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
38.5
50.1
65.5
80.9
Marvel's Avengers
2020
30.9
40.1
52.5
64.8
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
32.9
42.8
55.9
69.1
The Witcher 3
2015
46.3
60.1
78.6
97.2
Devil May Cry 5
2019
46.5
60.4
79.0
97.6
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
37.8
49.1
64.2
79.3
Far Cry 6
2021
39.2
50.9
66.6
82.2
Halo Infinite
2021
29.8
38.7
50.6
62.5
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
51.5
66.9
87.5
108.1
Anthem
2019
35.5
46.1
60.3
74.5
The Division
2016
46.2
60.0
78.5
96.9
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Core i5-8500 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 980 from the following table are just for information, since it mainly presents old games and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
57.3
74.5
97.5
120.4
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
108.3
140.8
184.1
227.4
Titanfall 2
2016
56.4
73.3
95.9
118.4
Roblox
2006
180.1
234.2
306.3
378.3
Project CARS 2
2017
54.1
70.4
92.1
113.7
Minecraft
2011
122.2
158.8
207.7
256.6
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
61.7
80.2
104.8
129.5
Rocket League
2015
223.0
289.9
379.0
468.2
Fallout 76
2018
67.0
87.2
114.0
140.8
DiRT Rally
2015
82.3
107.0
140.0
172.9
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
53.6
69.7
91.2
112.6
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
65.6
85.3
111.5
137.7
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
152.9
198.8
259.9
321.1
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
63.8
82.9
108.4
133.9
Battlefield 1
2016
65.2
84.8
110.9
137.0
League of Legends
2009
286.7
372.7
487.3
602.0
Hitman
2016
52.2
67.9
88.8
109.7
Destiny 2
2017
72.2
93.9
122.8
151.7
Battlefield V
2018
55.0
71.5
93.5
115.5
Resident Evil 2
2019
59.5
77.4
101.2
125.0
Need For Speed
2015
61.8
80.4
105.1
129.8
Dota 2
2013
74.7
97.1
126.9
156.8
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
51.9
67.5
88.2
109.0
For Honor
2017
76.4
99.4
130.0
160.5
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
66.8
86.9
113.6
140.4
F1 2019
2019
53.8
69.9
91.4
112.9
Apex Legends
2019
55.0
71.5
93.5
115.5
Doom
2016
82.1
106.7
139.5
172.4
Strange Brigade
2018
67.2
87.4
114.2
141.1
Dawn of War III
2017
56.2
73.0
95.5
118.0
Battlefield 4
2013
72.6
94.4
123.5
152.5
Valorant
2020
104.8
136.2
178.2
220.1
Although you can't argue with the numbers from this table, but you need to know that in reality some processors and video cards will not be able to work in pairs. In such cases, FPS is evaluated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the GeForce GTX 980 and the Intel Core i5-8500 separately.
