NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with Intel Core i5-9400 benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Complete gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 GPU with the Intel Core i5-9400 processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is bad or good for gaming from testing results. As for the main characteristic, how good is the GPU for games, let's look beyond. The ordinary FPS in games is 34.2 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. 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 make certain decision. This will allow you to choose the needed power supply that will completely match the graphics card. We should also not forget about the Intel Core i5-9400 . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the required power supply should output.A very powerful power supply is necessary for the GeForce GTX 980, because it has a fairly 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 practically all current games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 980 and Intel Core i5-9400 configuration:
Far Cry 6
Fortnite Battle Royale
Roblox
Apex Legends
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Genshin Impact
Hitman 3
Dota 2
Minecraft
Atomic Heart
Hogwarts Legacy
League of Legends
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Valorant
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 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 rivals of the GeForce GTX 980 are GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile and Radeon RX 5500 XT. We compared GeForce GTX 980 (80 FPS) and their ordinary 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 right choice.
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 i5-9400. The numbers next to the names of the games represent the average 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
Elden ring
2022
19.8
25.8
33.7
41.6
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
30.2
39.3
51.4
63.5
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
22.4
29.2
38.1
47.1
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
21.9
28.5
37.2
46.0
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
32.3
42.0
55.0
67.9
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
20.3
26.4
34.6
42.7
Atomic Heart
2023
12.5
16.3
21.3
26.3
Homeworld 3
2022
25.6
33.2
43.4
53.7
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
33.4
43.4
56.7
70.1
Overwatch 2
2022
50.1
65.1
85.1
105.1
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
28.2
36.6
47.9
59.1
Scorn
2022
20.3
26.4
34.6
42.7
Stray
2022
55.8
72.5
94.9
117.2
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
34.9
45.4
59.4
73.4
Saints Row
2022
37.0
48.1
62.9
77.8
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
27.1
35.3
46.1
57.0
Starfield
2022
18.3
23.7
31.0
38.3
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
19.3
25.1
32.8
40.5
To find out how good the graphics card is for demanding games, you need to look at the numbers from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Crysis 3
2013
51.2
66.6
87.1
107.5
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
38.5
50.0
65.4
80.8
Halo Infinite
2021
29.7
38.6
50.5
62.4
World War Z
2019
51.6
67.1
87.7
108.3
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
23.6
30.6
40.1
49.5
Just Cause 4
2018
41.4
53.8
70.3
86.9
DOOM Eternal
2020
48.5
63.1
82.5
101.9
F1 2021
2020
50.6
65.8
86.0
106.2
Hitman 3
2021
35.5
46.1
60.3
74.5
Total War: Warhammer
2016
51.5
66.9
87.5
108.1
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
51.1
66.4
86.9
107.3
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
42.0
54.6
71.5
88.3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
23.8
31.0
40.5
50.1
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
40.9
53.2
69.6
86.0
F1 22
2020
45.4
59.0
77.1
95.3
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
41.0
53.4
69.8
86.2
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
44.4
57.7
75.4
93.2
Genshin Impact
2020
45.4
59.0
77.1
95.3
Dishonored 2
2016
39.4
51.3
67.0
82.8
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
24.5
31.9
41.7
51.5
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
51.1
66.4
86.9
107.3
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
38.1
49.5
64.7
80.0
Devil May Cry 5
2019
46.4
60.3
78.9
97.5
Resident Evil Village
2021
35.5
46.1
60.3
74.5
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
15.6
20.3
26.5
32.7
Death Stranding
2020
47.4
61.6
80.6
99.6
Hitman 2
2018
51.1
66.4
86.9
107.3
Borderlands 3
2019
33.1
43.0
56.2
69.4
The Division
2016
46.1
59.9
78.4
96.8
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
51.4
66.8
87.4
108.0
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
32.9
42.7
55.9
69.0
Forza Horizon 5
2021
37.6
48.8
63.8
78.9
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
37.7
49.0
64.1
79.2
Godfall
2020
46.2
60.0
78.5
96.9
Final Fantasy XV
2018
43.8
57.0
74.5
92.0
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
32.9
42.7
55.9
69.0
Far Cry 6
2021
39.1
50.8
66.5
82.1
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
34.0
44.2
57.8
71.4
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
26.1
33.9
44.3
54.8
Gears of War 5
2019
41.7
54.2
70.8
87.5
Marvel's Avengers
2020
30.8
40.1
52.4
64.7
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
41.0
53.4
69.8
86.2
Monster Hunter: World
2018
44.5
57.9
75.7
93.5
Project CARS 3
2020
24.0
31.2
40.8
50.4
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
51.8
67.4
88.1
108.9
The Witcher 3
2015
46.2
60.1
78.6
97.0
Anthem
2019
35.4
46.0
60.2
74.4
GreedFall
2019
47.1
61.2
80.1
98.9
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
50.6
65.8
86.0
106.2
Metro Exodus
2019
28.6
37.2
48.7
60.1
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Core i5-9400 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 980 from the following table are just for reference, since it mainly presents old games and FPS is much higher than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
DiRT Rally
2015
82.2
106.9
139.8
172.7
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
63.7
82.8
108.3
133.7
Strange Brigade
2018
67.1
87.3
114.1
141.0
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
108.2
140.6
183.9
227.1
Need For Speed
2015
61.7
80.3
105.0
129.7
Titanfall 2
2016
56.3
73.2
95.8
118.3
F1 2019
2019
53.7
69.8
91.3
112.8
Apex Legends
2019
54.9
71.4
93.4
115.3
Dawn of War III
2017
56.1
73.0
95.4
117.8
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
53.6
69.6
91.1
112.5
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
57.3
74.4
97.3
120.3
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
51.8
67.4
88.1
108.9
Minecraft
2011
122.0
158.6
207.5
256.3
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
61.6
80.1
104.7
129.3
Resident Evil 2
2019
59.5
77.3
101.1
124.9
Roblox
2006
179.9
233.9
305.9
377.8
Doom
2016
82.0
106.6
139.4
172.2
Dota 2
2013
74.6
97.0
126.8
156.6
Destiny 2
2017
72.1
93.8
122.6
151.5
Battlefield 1
2016
65.1
84.7
110.7
136.8
Battlefield V
2018
54.9
71.4
93.4
115.3
Project CARS 2
2017
54.1
70.3
91.9
113.6
Rocket League
2015
222.7
289.5
378.6
467.7
Fallout 76
2018
67.0
87.1
113.8
140.6
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
66.8
86.8
113.5
140.2
Valorant
2020
104.7
136.1
177.9
219.8
League of Legends
2009
286.3
372.2
486.7
601.3
Battlefield 4
2013
72.5
94.3
123.3
152.3
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
152.7
198.5
259.6
320.7
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
65.5
85.2
111.4
137.6
Hitman
2016
52.2
67.8
88.7
109.5
For Honor
2017
76.4
99.3
129.8
160.3
Though you can't argue with the figures from this table, however, you need to know that in reality 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 i5-9400 and the GeForce GTX 980 separately.
