NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with Intel Core i7-6700K benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Comprehensive gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 graphics card with the Intel Core i7-6700K processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with different graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can find out whether the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is good or bad for gaming by looking at testing results. As for the key parameter, how good is the GPU for games, let's look further. The average FPS in games is 34.2 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. Considering 4Gb of memory, we can tell that the GeForce GTX 980 is good for modern 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 graphics card, you can already draw some conclusions. With this data, you can already safely select the needed power supply that will completely match the graphics card. You also need to remember about the Intel Core i7-6700K . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the required power supply should output.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 certain famous games in which the GPU has been tested. Below is the table with a large number of almost all current games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 980 and Intel Core i7-6700K configuration:
Roblox
Hitman 3
Genshin Impact
Hogwarts Legacy
Far Cry 6
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Atomic Heart
Valorant
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Fortnite Battle Royale
Apex Legends
Minecraft
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
League of Legends
Dota 2
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
After looking at the data from the table below, you can simply compare the GeForce GTX 980 with competitors 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 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 figures will further help you make the good 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 i7-6700K. The numbers next to the names of the games mean the medium FPS received 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
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
22.5
29.2
38.2
47.2
Saints Row
2022
37.1
48.2
63.0
77.9
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
20.4
26.5
34.6
42.8
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
30.3
39.4
51.5
63.6
Homeworld 3
2022
25.6
33.3
43.5
53.7
Stray
2022
55.9
72.7
95.0
117.4
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
27.2
35.3
46.2
57.0
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
35.0
45.5
59.5
73.5
Elden ring
2022
19.8
25.8
33.7
41.7
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
33.4
43.5
56.8
70.2
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
19.3
25.1
32.9
40.6
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
32.4
42.1
55.1
68.0
Overwatch 2
2022
50.1
65.2
85.2
105.3
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
21.9
28.5
37.3
46.1
Starfield
2022
18.3
23.8
31.1
38.4
Scorn
2022
20.4
26.5
34.6
42.8
Atomic Heart
2023
12.5
16.3
21.3
26.3
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
28.2
36.7
48.0
59.2
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
Anthem
2019
35.5
46.1
60.3
74.5
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
32.9
42.8
55.9
69.1
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
44.5
57.8
75.6
93.3
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
37.8
49.1
64.2
79.3
Halo Infinite
2021
29.8
38.7
50.6
62.5
Hitman 2
2018
51.2
66.5
87.0
107.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
41.1
53.4
69.9
86.3
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
34.1
44.3
57.9
71.5
Marvel's Avengers
2020
30.9
40.1
52.5
64.8
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
50.7
65.9
86.1
106.4
Total War: Warhammer
2016
51.6
67.0
87.6
108.3
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
41.0
53.3
69.7
86.1
Far Cry 6
2021
39.2
50.9
66.6
82.3
Genshin Impact
2020
45.4
59.1
77.3
95.4
Gears of War 5
2019
41.7
54.3
70.9
87.6
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
23.6
30.7
40.1
49.6
Just Cause 4
2018
41.4
53.8
70.4
87.0
Metro Exodus
2019
28.7
37.3
48.7
60.2
F1 22
2020
45.4
59.1
77.3
95.4
Resident Evil Village
2021
35.5
46.2
60.4
74.6
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
38.5
50.1
65.5
81.0
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
51.5
67.0
87.6
108.2
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
24.5
31.9
41.7
51.6
World War Z
2019
51.7
67.2
87.8
108.5
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
26.1
34.0
44.4
54.8
Crysis 3
2013
51.3
66.7
87.2
107.7
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
38.1
49.6
64.8
80.1
F1 2021
2020
50.7
65.9
86.1
106.4
Godfall
2020
46.2
60.1
78.6
97.1
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
51.2
66.5
87.0
107.5
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
41.1
53.4
69.9
86.3
Forza Horizon 5
2021
37.6
48.9
63.9
79.0
Dishonored 2
2016
39.5
51.3
67.1
82.9
Death Stranding
2020
47.5
61.7
80.7
99.7
Borderlands 3
2019
33.1
43.1
56.3
69.5
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
15.6
20.3
26.6
32.8
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
51.2
66.5
87.0
107.5
GreedFall
2019
47.2
61.3
80.2
99.1
The Division
2016
46.2
60.0
78.5
97.0
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
42.1
54.7
71.6
88.4
Devil May Cry 5
2019
46.5
60.4
79.0
97.6
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
23.9
31.0
40.6
50.1
Monster Hunter: World
2018
44.6
58.0
75.8
93.7
Hitman 3
2021
35.5
46.2
60.4
74.6
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
32.9
42.8
55.9
69.1
The Witcher 3
2015
46.3
60.2
78.7
97.2
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
51.9
67.5
88.3
109.0
DOOM Eternal
2020
48.6
63.2
82.6
102.0
Project CARS 3
2020
24.0
31.2
40.8
50.5
Final Fantasy XV
2018
43.9
57.0
74.6
92.1
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Core i7-6700K 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
Doom
2016
82.1
106.7
139.6
172.4
Dawn of War III
2017
56.2
73.1
95.5
118.0
Apex Legends
2019
55.0
71.5
93.5
115.5
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
57.4
74.6
97.5
120.4
Battlefield 1
2016
65.2
84.8
110.9
137.0
Roblox
2006
180.2
234.3
306.3
378.4
Titanfall 2
2016
56.4
73.3
95.9
118.5
Fallout 76
2018
67.1
87.2
114.0
140.8
Dota 2
2013
74.7
97.1
127.0
156.9
League of Legends
2009
286.8
372.8
487.5
602.2
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
63.8
82.9
108.4
133.9
Destiny 2
2017
72.2
93.9
122.8
151.7
Need For Speed
2015
61.8
80.4
105.1
129.9
Battlefield 4
2013
72.7
94.5
123.5
152.6
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
66.9
86.9
113.7
140.4
Project CARS 2
2017
54.2
70.4
92.1
113.7
Valorant
2020
104.8
136.3
178.2
220.1
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
65.6
85.3
111.5
137.8
For Honor
2017
76.5
99.4
130.0
160.6
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
53.6
69.7
91.2
112.7
Hitman
2016
52.2
67.9
88.8
109.7
Battlefield V
2018
55.0
71.5
93.5
115.5
Minecraft
2011
122.2
158.9
207.8
256.7
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
61.7
80.2
104.9
129.5
Strange Brigade
2018
67.2
87.4
114.3
141.2
Rocket League
2015
223.0
289.9
379.2
468.4
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
108.3
140.8
184.2
227.5
F1 2019
2019
53.8
69.9
91.5
113.0
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
152.9
198.8
260.0
321.2
DiRT Rally
2015
82.4
107.1
140.0
173.0
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
51.9
67.5
88.3
109.0
Resident Evil 2
2019
59.5
77.4
101.2
125.0
Although you can't argue with the figures from this table, but 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 theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the Intel Core i7-6700K and the GeForce GTX 980 separately.
