NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with Intel Core i7-7700K benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Complete gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 graphics card with the Intel Core i7-7700K processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with multiple graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is bad or good for gaming by looking at results of all tests. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's take a look at the key parameter. The ordinary 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 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 GPU, you can already draw some conclusions. This will let you to choose the necessary power supply that will fully match the graphics card. We should also not forget about the Intel Core i7-7700K . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the desired power supply should output.A rather powerful power supply is required for the GeForce GTX 980, because it has a fairly high power consumption under loads - 165W. Here is a list of some common games in which the GPU has been tested. Next 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 i7-7700K configuration:
Roblox
Dota 2
Minecraft
League of Legends
Hitman 3
Fortnite Battle Royale
Hogwarts Legacy
Valorant
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Far Cry 6
Genshin Impact
Apex Legends
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Atomic Heart
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
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 GeForce GTX 980 competitors
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 average 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 right choice.
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 i7-7700K. The numbers beside to the names of the games mean the average 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
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
32.4
42.2
55.2
68.1
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
22.5
29.3
38.3
47.3
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
22.0
28.6
37.4
46.2
Overwatch 2
2022
50.2
65.3
85.4
105.5
Homeworld 3
2022
25.6
33.3
43.6
53.9
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
28.3
36.7
48.0
59.3
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
19.4
25.2
32.9
40.7
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
20.4
26.5
34.7
42.9
Saints Row
2022
37.2
48.3
63.2
78.0
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
35.1
45.6
59.6
73.6
Scorn
2022
20.4
26.5
34.7
42.9
Elden ring
2022
19.9
25.9
33.8
41.8
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
27.2
35.4
46.3
57.1
Atomic Heart
2023
12.6
16.3
21.4
26.4
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
30.4
39.5
51.6
63.7
Starfield
2022
18.3
23.8
31.1
38.5
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
33.5
43.5
56.9
70.3
Stray
2022
56.0
72.8
95.2
117.6
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 980 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Gears of War 5
2019
41.8
54.4
71.1
87.8
Monster Hunter: World
2018
44.7
58.1
76.0
93.9
Just Cause 4
2018
41.5
54.0
70.6
87.2
World War Z
2019
51.8
67.3
88.0
108.7
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
51.6
67.1
87.7
108.4
The Division
2016
46.3
60.1
78.6
97.2
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
24.6
32.0
41.8
51.7
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
41.2
53.5
70.0
86.5
Forza Horizon 5
2021
37.7
49.0
64.1
79.1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
23.9
31.1
40.7
50.2
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
33.0
42.9
56.1
69.2
Far Cry 6
2021
39.3
51.0
66.7
82.4
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
38.6
50.2
65.7
81.1
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
52.0
67.6
88.4
109.2
Hitman 2
2018
51.3
66.7
87.2
107.7
The Witcher 3
2015
46.4
60.3
78.8
97.4
Halo Infinite
2021
29.8
38.8
50.7
62.6
Crysis 3
2013
51.4
66.8
87.4
107.9
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
50.8
66.0
86.3
106.6
Godfall
2020
46.3
60.2
78.7
97.3
Death Stranding
2020
47.6
61.8
80.9
99.9
Total War: Warhammer
2016
51.7
67.2
87.8
108.5
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
41.1
53.4
69.8
86.3
Metro Exodus
2019
28.7
37.4
48.8
60.3
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
34.1
44.4
58.0
71.7
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
38.2
49.7
64.9
80.2
Devil May Cry 5
2019
46.6
60.6
79.2
97.8
F1 2021
2020
50.8
66.0
86.3
106.6
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
33.0
42.9
56.1
69.2
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
15.6
20.3
26.6
32.9
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
44.5
57.9
75.7
93.5
Genshin Impact
2020
45.5
59.2
77.4
95.6
F1 22
2020
45.5
59.2
77.4
95.6
Anthem
2019
35.5
46.2
60.4
74.6
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
37.8
49.2
64.3
79.5
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
26.2
34.0
44.5
55.0
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
23.7
30.8
40.2
49.7
Marvel's Avengers
2020
30.9
40.2
52.6
65.0
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
51.3
66.7
87.2
107.7
DOOM Eternal
2020
48.7
63.3
82.7
102.2
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
42.2
54.8
71.7
88.6
Borderlands 3
2019
33.2
43.1
56.4
69.7
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
41.2
53.5
70.0
86.5
Hitman 3
2021
35.6
46.3
60.5
74.7
Final Fantasy XV
2018
44.0
57.1
74.7
92.3
Dishonored 2
2016
39.6
51.4
67.3
83.1
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
51.3
66.7
87.2
107.7
Resident Evil Village
2021
35.6
46.3
60.5
74.7
GreedFall
2019
47.3
61.4
80.3
99.2
Project CARS 3
2020
24.1
31.3
40.9
50.6
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Core i7-7700K gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 980 from the following table are just for reference, because old games are more represented in it and FPS is much more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
153.2
199.2
260.5
321.8
Minecraft
2011
122.5
159.2
208.2
257.2
Rocket League
2015
223.5
290.5
379.9
469.3
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
108.5
141.1
184.5
227.9
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
67.0
87.1
113.9
140.7
Battlefield 4
2013
72.8
94.6
123.8
152.9
Roblox
2006
180.6
234.7
306.9
379.2
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
61.8
80.4
105.1
129.8
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
65.7
85.5
111.7
138.0
Battlefield 1
2016
65.4
85.0
111.1
137.3
Hitman
2016
52.3
68.0
89.0
109.9
Titanfall 2
2016
56.5
73.5
96.1
118.7
F1 2019
2019
53.9
70.1
91.6
113.2
Valorant
2020
105.0
136.5
178.6
220.6
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
63.9
83.1
108.6
134.2
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
52.0
67.6
88.4
109.2
For Honor
2017
76.6
99.6
130.3
160.9
Apex Legends
2019
55.1
71.6
93.7
115.7
Battlefield V
2018
55.1
71.6
93.7
115.7
Dota 2
2013
74.8
97.3
127.2
157.2
Destiny 2
2017
72.4
94.1
123.0
152.0
Project CARS 2
2017
54.3
70.6
92.3
114.0
Fallout 76
2018
67.2
87.4
114.2
141.1
Need For Speed
2015
62.0
80.6
105.3
130.1
DiRT Rally
2015
82.5
107.3
140.3
173.3
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
57.5
74.7
97.7
120.7
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
53.7
69.9
91.4
112.9
Doom
2016
82.3
107.0
139.9
172.8
Strange Brigade
2018
67.4
87.6
114.5
141.4
Dawn of War III
2017
56.3
73.2
95.7
118.3
Resident Evil 2
2019
59.7
77.6
101.4
125.3
League of Legends
2009
287.3
373.5
488.4
603.4
Although you can't dispute 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 with each other. In such cases, FPS is calculated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the Intel Core i7-7700K and the GeForce GTX 980 separately.
