NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with Intel Core i7-7700 benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Complete gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 GPU with the Intel Core i7-7700 processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with different graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is good or bad for gaming by looking at benchmark results. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's take a look at the primary parameter. The medium FPS in games is 34.2 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. Considering 4Gb of memory, we can tell that the GeForce GTX 980 is good even 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 safely select the required power supply that will completely match the graphics card. We should also not forget about the Intel Core i7-7700 . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the required power supply should output.A rather powerful power supply is needed for the GeForce GTX 980, since it has a fairly high power consumption under loads - 165W. Here is a list of some popular 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 i7-7700 configuration:
Hitman 3
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Apex Legends
Atomic Heart
Fortnite Battle Royale
Genshin Impact
Valorant
Far Cry 6
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
League of Legends
Roblox
Hogwarts Legacy
Minecraft
Dota 2
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
After looking at the data from the game tests below, you can easily understand how the GeForce GTX 980 is better or worse than competitors in several popular 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 opponents 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 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 good 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 i7-7700. The numbers beside to the names of the games represent the medium FPS received with Ultra graphics quality settings and different screen resolutions: Full HD, 2K WQHD and 4K UHD. The following table shows the GeForce GTX 980 testing in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Atomic Heart
2023
12.6
16.4
21.5
26.5
Overwatch 2
2022
50.5
65.7
85.9
106.1
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
28.4
36.9
48.3
59.7
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
19.5
25.3
33.1
40.9
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
33.7
43.8
57.2
70.7
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
35.2
45.8
59.9
74.0
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
20.5
26.7
34.9
43.1
Homeworld 3
2022
25.8
33.5
43.8
54.1
Starfield
2022
18.4
23.9
31.3
38.7
Saints Row
2022
37.4
48.6
63.5
78.4
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
32.6
42.4
55.5
68.5
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
27.4
35.6
46.5
57.5
Elden ring
2022
20.0
26.0
34.0
42.0
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
30.5
39.7
51.9
64.1
Scorn
2022
20.5
26.7
34.9
43.1
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
22.1
28.7
37.6
46.4
Stray
2022
56.3
73.2
95.7
118.2
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
22.6
29.4
38.5
47.5
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
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
51.0
66.3
86.8
107.2
Far Cry 6
2021
39.5
51.3
67.1
82.9
F1 22
2020
45.8
59.5
77.8
96.1
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
51.9
67.4
88.2
108.9
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
51.6
67.0
87.6
108.3
Metro Exodus
2019
28.9
37.5
49.1
60.7
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
26.3
34.2
44.7
55.2
Death Stranding
2020
47.8
62.2
81.3
100.4
Final Fantasy XV
2018
44.2
57.5
75.1
92.8
Total War: Warhammer
2016
51.9
67.5
88.3
109.0
Halo Infinite
2021
30.0
39.0
51.0
63.0
World War Z
2019
52.0
67.6
88.5
109.3
Crysis 3
2013
51.7
67.2
87.8
108.5
The Division
2016
46.5
60.5
79.1
97.7
F1 2021
2020
51.0
66.3
86.8
107.2
Monster Hunter: World
2018
44.9
58.4
76.4
94.4
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
33.1
43.1
56.3
69.6
Marvel's Avengers
2020
31.1
40.4
52.9
65.3
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
44.8
58.2
76.1
94.0
Resident Evil Village
2021
35.8
46.5
60.8
75.1
Anthem
2019
35.7
46.4
60.7
75.0
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
33.1
43.1
56.3
69.6
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
34.3
44.6
58.3
72.0
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
38.0
49.4
64.7
79.9
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
41.3
53.7
70.2
86.7
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
38.4
49.9
65.3
80.7
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
52.3
68.0
88.9
109.8
Hitman 2
2018
51.6
67.0
87.6
108.3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
24.0
31.3
40.9
50.5
Dishonored 2
2016
39.8
51.7
67.6
83.5
Genshin Impact
2020
45.8
59.5
77.8
96.1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
41.4
53.8
70.4
86.9
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
15.7
20.4
26.7
33.0
Devil May Cry 5
2019
46.8
60.9
79.6
98.3
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
38.8
50.5
66.0
81.5
Hitman 3
2021
35.8
46.5
60.8
75.1
Godfall
2020
46.6
60.5
79.2
97.8
Just Cause 4
2018
41.7
54.2
70.9
87.6
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
42.4
55.1
72.1
89.0
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
24.7
32.1
42.0
51.9
The Witcher 3
2015
46.6
60.6
79.2
97.9
Forza Horizon 5
2021
37.9
49.2
64.4
79.5
Gears of War 5
2019
42.0
54.6
71.5
88.3
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
41.4
53.8
70.4
86.9
DOOM Eternal
2020
48.9
63.6
83.2
102.7
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
51.6
67.0
87.6
108.3
Borderlands 3
2019
33.4
43.4
56.7
70.0
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
23.8
30.9
40.4
49.9
GreedFall
2019
47.5
61.8
80.8
99.8
Project CARS 3
2020
24.2
31.5
41.1
50.8
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Core i7-7700 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 980 from the following table are just for reference, since old games are more represented in it and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
66.1
85.9
112.3
138.8
Roblox
2006
181.5
236.0
308.6
381.2
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
54.0
70.2
91.9
113.5
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
57.8
75.1
98.2
121.3
Fallout 76
2018
67.6
87.8
114.8
141.9
Apex Legends
2019
55.4
72.0
94.2
116.3
Need For Speed
2015
62.3
81.0
105.9
130.8
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
62.1
80.8
105.6
130.5
Doom
2016
82.7
107.5
140.6
173.7
Minecraft
2011
123.1
160.0
209.3
258.5
Resident Evil 2
2019
60.0
78.0
102.0
125.9
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
67.3
87.5
114.5
141.4
F1 2019
2019
54.2
70.4
92.1
113.8
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
154.0
200.3
261.9
323.5
Hitman
2016
52.6
68.4
89.4
110.5
Project CARS 2
2017
54.6
70.9
92.7
114.6
Valorant
2020
105.6
137.3
179.5
221.7
Battlefield 1
2016
65.7
85.4
111.7
138.0
Battlefield 4
2013
73.2
95.1
124.4
153.7
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
52.3
68.0
88.9
109.8
Titanfall 2
2016
56.8
73.9
96.6
119.3
Battlefield V
2018
55.4
72.0
94.2
116.3
DiRT Rally
2015
83.0
107.9
141.0
174.2
Dota 2
2013
75.2
97.8
127.9
158.0
Strange Brigade
2018
67.7
88.0
115.1
142.2
For Honor
2017
77.0
100.1
130.9
161.7
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
109.1
141.8
185.5
229.1
Rocket League
2015
224.6
292.0
381.9
471.8
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
64.2
83.5
109.2
134.9
Dawn of War III
2017
56.6
73.6
96.2
118.9
League of Legends
2009
288.8
375.5
491.0
606.5
Destiny 2
2017
72.8
94.6
123.7
152.8
Although you can't argue with the numbers from this table, but you need to understand that in fact some processors and video cards will not be capable to work with each other. In such cases, FPS is calculated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the GPU and the CPU.
