NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with AMD Ryzen 5 3600X benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Complete gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 graphics card with the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 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 bad or good for gaming by looking at benchmark data. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's look at the main characteristic. The ordinary FPS in games is 34.2 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. Considering 4Gb of memory, we can state that the GeForce GTX 980 is good even for today's 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 conclusions. With this data, you can already safely select the needed power supply that will fully match the GPU. You also need to remember about the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the desired power supply should output.A highly powerful power supply is required 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 GPU has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of almost all contemporary games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 980 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600X configuration:
Hitman 3
Atomic Heart
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Valorant
Minecraft
Hogwarts Legacy
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Apex Legends
Fortnite Battle Royale
Far Cry 6
Roblox
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
League of Legends
Dota 2
Genshin Impact
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
After looking at the data from the table below, you can easily compare the GeForce GTX 980 with competitors 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 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 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 good choice.
How good is GeForce GTX 980 for games?
From the tables below, you can understand how comfortable you can play famous games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 980 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600X. The numbers next to the names of the games represent the medium 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
Overwatch 2
2022
52.6
68.4
89.5
110.5
Homeworld 3
2022
26.9
34.9
45.7
56.4
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
20.3
26.4
34.5
42.6
Stray
2022
58.7
76.3
99.7
123.2
Elden ring
2022
20.8
27.1
35.4
43.7
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
28.5
37.1
48.5
59.9
Atomic Heart
2023
13.2
17.1
22.4
27.6
Starfield
2022
19.2
24.9
32.6
40.3
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
23.6
30.6
40.1
49.5
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
35.1
45.6
59.6
73.7
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
29.6
38.5
50.3
62.2
Saints Row
2022
38.9
50.6
66.2
81.7
Scorn
2022
21.4
27.8
36.3
44.9
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
31.8
41.3
54.1
66.8
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
23.0
29.9
39.1
48.4
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
36.7
47.7
62.4
77.1
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
21.4
27.8
36.3
44.9
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
34.0
44.2
57.8
71.4
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
47.7
62.0
81.1
100.2
Far Cry 6
2021
41.1
53.4
69.9
86.3
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
27.4
35.6
46.6
57.6
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
16.4
21.3
27.9
34.4
Forza Horizon 5
2021
39.5
51.3
67.1
82.9
Halo Infinite
2021
31.2
40.6
53.1
65.6
Gears of War 5
2019
43.8
56.9
74.5
92.0
Crysis 3
2013
53.8
70.0
91.5
113.0
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
25.1
32.6
42.6
52.6
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
44.2
57.4
75.1
92.8
Anthem
2019
37.2
48.4
63.3
78.2
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
35.7
46.5
60.8
75.1
Devil May Cry 5
2019
48.8
63.4
82.9
102.5
World War Z
2019
54.2
70.5
92.2
113.9
Total War: Warhammer
2016
54.1
70.3
92.0
113.6
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
34.5
44.9
58.7
72.5
Borderlands 3
2019
34.8
45.2
59.1
73.0
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
54.1
70.3
91.9
113.5
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
43.1
56.1
73.3
90.6
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
54.5
70.8
92.6
114.4
Monster Hunter: World
2018
46.8
60.9
79.6
98.3
Hitman 3
2021
37.3
48.5
63.4
78.3
Resident Evil Village
2021
37.3
48.5
63.4
78.3
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
46.7
60.6
79.3
98.0
GreedFall
2019
49.5
64.4
84.2
104.0
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
53.2
69.1
90.4
111.7
Final Fantasy XV
2018
46.0
59.9
78.3
96.7
Dishonored 2
2016
41.4
53.9
70.5
87.0
Metro Exodus
2019
30.1
39.1
51.2
63.2
Project CARS 3
2020
25.2
32.8
42.9
53.0
Marvel's Avengers
2020
32.4
42.1
55.1
68.0
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
24.8
32.2
42.1
52.0
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
40.5
52.6
68.8
85.0
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
25.8
33.5
43.8
54.1
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
40.0
52.0
68.0
84.0
The Witcher 3
2015
48.6
63.1
82.6
102.0
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
43.0
55.9
73.2
90.4
Godfall
2020
48.5
63.1
82.5
101.9
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
43.1
56.1
73.3
90.6
F1 2021
2020
53.2
69.1
90.4
111.7
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
34.5
44.9
58.7
72.5
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
53.7
69.8
91.3
112.8
Genshin Impact
2020
47.7
62.0
81.1
100.2
Death Stranding
2020
49.8
64.8
84.7
104.6
Hitman 2
2018
53.7
69.8
91.3
112.8
DOOM Eternal
2020
51.0
66.3
86.7
107.1
The Division
2016
48.5
63.0
82.4
101.8
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
39.6
51.5
67.4
83.2
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
53.7
69.8
91.3
112.8
Just Cause 4
2018
43.5
56.5
73.9
91.3
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Ryzen 5 3600X gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 980 from the following table are just for reference, because it mainly presents old games and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
F1 2019
2019
56.5
73.4
96.0
118.6
Fallout 76
2018
70.4
91.5
119.7
147.8
Battlefield 4
2013
76.3
99.1
129.6
160.1
Minecraft
2011
128.3
166.8
218.1
269.4
Resident Evil 2
2019
62.5
81.2
106.2
131.2
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
64.7
84.2
110.1
136.0
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
66.9
87.0
113.8
140.6
Strange Brigade
2018
70.6
91.7
119.9
148.2
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
70.2
91.2
119.3
147.4
Dota 2
2013
78.4
101.9
133.3
164.6
Doom
2016
86.2
112.0
146.5
181.0
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
160.5
208.7
272.9
337.1
Apex Legends
2019
57.7
75.0
98.1
121.2
For Honor
2017
80.3
104.3
136.4
168.5
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
54.5
70.8
92.6
114.4
Project CARS 2
2017
56.8
73.9
96.6
119.4
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
113.7
147.8
193.3
238.8
Roblox
2006
189.1
245.9
321.5
397.2
Battlefield V
2018
57.7
75.0
98.1
121.2
Titanfall 2
2016
59.2
77.0
100.6
124.3
Dawn of War III
2017
59.0
76.7
100.3
123.9
Destiny 2
2017
75.8
98.6
128.9
159.2
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
60.2
78.2
102.3
126.4
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
56.3
73.2
95.7
118.2
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
68.9
89.5
117.0
144.6
Valorant
2020
110.0
143.0
187.0
231.0
League of Legends
2009
301.0
391.2
511.6
632.0
Hitman
2016
54.8
71.3
93.2
115.1
Battlefield 1
2016
68.5
89.0
116.4
143.8
Rocket League
2015
234.1
304.3
397.9
491.6
Need For Speed
2015
64.9
84.4
110.3
136.3
DiRT Rally
2015
86.4
112.4
147.0
181.5
Although you can't dispute with the figures from this table, however, you need to understand that in fact some processors and video cards will not be capable to work together. For such cases, FPS is evaluated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X and the GeForce GTX 980 separately.
