NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with AMD Ryzen 5 2600 benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Full gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 GPU with the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with multiple graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can find out whether the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is good or bad for gaming from benchmark results. As for the key characteristic, how good is the GPU for games, let's look further. The average 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 for today's 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 make certain decision. With this data, you can already easily buy the needed power supply that can meet the needs of the graphics card. You also need to remember about the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the required power supply should output.A very powerful power supply is needed for the GeForce GTX 980, because it has a pretty high power consumption under loads - 165W. Here is a list of certain famous games in which the graphics card 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 AMD Ryzen 5 2600 configuration:
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Roblox
Genshin Impact
Atomic Heart
Minecraft
Valorant
Apex Legends
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
League of Legends
Far Cry 6
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Dota 2
Fortnite Battle Royale
Hitman 3
Hogwarts Legacy
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
After reviewing the data from the game tests below, you can easily understand how the GeForce GTX 980 is better or worse than rivals in some popular games and choose for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 980.
The closest GeForce GTX 980 opponents
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 average 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 true decision.
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 AMD Ryzen 5 2600. The numbers next to the names of the games mean the ordinary 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
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
34.7
45.1
58.9
72.8
Saints Row
2022
38.5
50.0
65.4
80.8
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
31.4
40.8
53.4
66.0
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
36.3
47.2
61.7
76.2
Homeworld 3
2022
26.5
34.5
45.1
55.7
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
29.2
38.0
49.7
61.4
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
22.7
29.6
38.7
47.8
Starfield
2022
19.0
24.6
32.2
39.8
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
21.1
27.5
35.9
44.4
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
20.0
26.1
34.1
42.1
Elden ring
2022
20.6
26.8
35.0
43.2
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
33.6
43.7
57.1
70.5
Scorn
2022
21.1
27.5
35.9
44.4
Stray
2022
57.9
75.3
98.5
121.7
Atomic Heart
2023
13.0
16.9
22.1
27.3
Overwatch 2
2022
52.0
67.6
88.4
109.2
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
28.2
36.6
47.9
59.1
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
23.3
30.3
39.6
48.9
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 980 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
F1 22
2020
47.1
61.3
80.1
98.9
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
42.6
55.4
72.5
89.5
DOOM Eternal
2020
50.4
65.5
85.6
105.8
F1 2021
2020
52.5
68.3
89.3
110.3
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
53.1
69.0
90.2
111.5
GreedFall
2019
48.9
63.6
83.1
102.7
Monster Hunter: World
2018
46.3
60.1
78.6
97.1
Devil May Cry 5
2019
48.2
62.7
81.9
101.2
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
39.5
51.4
67.2
83.0
Halo Infinite
2021
30.9
40.1
52.5
64.8
Genshin Impact
2020
47.1
61.3
80.1
98.9
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
39.2
50.9
66.6
82.2
Metro Exodus
2019
29.7
38.7
50.5
62.4
Dishonored 2
2016
40.9
53.2
69.6
86.0
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
27.1
35.2
46.0
56.9
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
52.5
68.3
89.3
110.3
Project CARS 3
2020
24.9
32.4
42.4
52.3
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
42.6
55.4
72.5
89.5
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
16.2
21.1
27.5
34.0
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
53.4
69.4
90.8
112.1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
24.8
32.2
42.1
52.0
Borderlands 3
2019
34.3
44.6
58.4
72.1
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
40.0
52.0
67.9
83.9
Hitman 3
2021
36.8
47.9
62.6
77.3
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
35.3
45.9
60.0
74.2
Godfall
2020
47.9
62.3
81.5
100.7
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
42.5
55.3
72.3
89.3
The Division
2016
47.9
62.2
81.4
100.5
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
34.1
44.4
58.0
71.7
Gears of War 5
2019
43.3
56.3
73.6
90.9
Anthem
2019
36.8
47.8
62.5
77.2
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
25.5
33.1
43.3
53.5
Death Stranding
2020
49.2
64.0
83.7
103.4
Far Cry 6
2021
40.6
52.8
69.1
85.3
Final Fantasy XV
2018
45.5
59.1
77.3
95.5
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
43.7
56.7
74.2
91.7
Marvel's Avengers
2020
32.0
41.6
54.4
67.2
World War Z
2019
53.6
69.6
91.1
112.5
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
53.1
69.0
90.2
111.5
Forza Horizon 5
2021
39.0
50.7
66.3
81.9
Resident Evil Village
2021
36.8
47.9
62.6
77.3
Just Cause 4
2018
42.9
55.8
73.0
90.2
Crysis 3
2013
53.2
69.1
90.4
111.7
Total War: Warhammer
2016
53.5
69.5
90.9
112.3
The Witcher 3
2015
48.0
62.4
81.6
100.8
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
34.1
44.4
58.0
71.7
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
53.8
70.0
91.5
113.1
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
46.1
59.9
78.4
96.8
Hitman 2
2018
53.1
69.0
90.2
111.5
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
24.5
31.8
41.6
51.4
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Ryzen 5 2600 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
Apex Legends
2019
57.0
74.1
96.9
119.8
Need For Speed
2015
64.1
83.4
109.0
134.7
Rocket League
2015
231.3
300.6
393.1
485.6
Titanfall 2
2016
58.5
76.0
99.4
122.8
Dota 2
2013
77.4
100.7
131.7
162.6
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
53.8
70.0
91.5
113.1
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
64.0
83.1
108.7
134.3
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
59.5
77.3
101.1
124.9
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
68.0
88.4
115.6
142.8
Strange Brigade
2018
69.7
90.6
118.5
146.4
Destiny 2
2017
74.9
97.4
127.3
157.3
Project CARS 2
2017
56.2
73.0
95.5
117.9
DiRT Rally
2015
85.4
111.0
145.2
179.4
Doom
2016
85.1
110.7
144.7
178.8
Battlefield 4
2013
75.3
97.9
128.1
158.2
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
66.1
86.0
112.4
138.9
Valorant
2020
108.7
141.3
184.8
228.3
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
69.3
90.1
117.8
145.6
Battlefield V
2018
57.0
74.1
96.9
119.8
Minecraft
2011
126.7
164.8
215.4
266.1
Fallout 76
2018
69.5
90.4
118.2
146.0
For Honor
2017
79.3
103.1
134.8
166.5
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
112.3
146.0
191.0
235.9
Roblox
2006
186.8
242.9
317.6
392.4
Hitman
2016
54.2
70.4
92.1
113.7
Dawn of War III
2017
58.3
75.8
99.1
122.4
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
55.6
72.3
94.6
116.8
Resident Evil 2
2019
61.7
80.3
105.0
129.7
Battlefield 1
2016
67.6
87.9
115.0
142.1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
158.6
206.1
269.6
333.0
F1 2019
2019
55.8
72.5
94.8
117.1
League of Legends
2009
297.3
386.5
505.5
624.4
Although you can't argue with the figures 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 evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the CPU and the graphics card.
