NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with AMD Ryzen 5 4500 benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Detailed gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 GPU with the AMD Ryzen 5 4500 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 testing 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 Ultra settings and 4K resolution. So, taking into account 4Gb of memory, we can say that the GeForce GTX 980 is good even for new 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 graphics card, you can already draw certain decision. With this data, you can already safely buy the required power supply that will completely match the graphics card. We should also not forget about the AMD Ryzen 5 4500 . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the desired power supply should output.A very powerful power supply is needed for the GeForce GTX 980, since it has a pretty high power consumption under loads - 165W. Here is a list of certain common games in which the GPU has been tested. Next 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 4500 configuration:
Hogwarts Legacy
League of Legends
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Minecraft
Genshin Impact
Hitman 3
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Apex Legends
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Fortnite Battle Royale
Far Cry 6
Valorant
Atomic Heart
Roblox
Dota 2
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
After viewing the data from the table below, you can easily understand how the GeForce GTX 980 is better or worse than 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 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 numbers will further help you make the good 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 4500. The numbers near to the names of the games mean the ordinary FPS gained 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
33.7
43.8
57.3
70.8
Overwatch 2
2022
52.2
67.9
88.7
109.6
Atomic Heart
2023
13.0
17.0
22.2
27.4
Stray
2022
58.2
75.6
98.9
122.2
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
23.4
30.4
39.7
49.1
Scorn
2022
21.2
27.6
36.0
44.5
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
36.4
47.4
61.9
76.5
Homeworld 3
2022
26.6
34.6
45.3
56.0
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
31.5
41.0
53.6
66.2
Saints Row
2022
38.6
50.2
65.6
81.1
Elden ring
2022
20.7
26.9
35.1
43.4
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
28.3
36.8
48.1
59.4
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
34.8
45.2
59.2
73.1
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
29.4
38.2
49.9
61.7
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
21.2
27.6
36.0
44.5
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
22.8
29.7
38.8
48.0
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
20.1
26.2
34.2
42.2
Starfield
2022
19.0
24.7
32.4
40.0
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 980 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
53.3
69.3
90.6
111.9
Resident Evil Village
2021
37.0
48.1
62.9
77.6
Dishonored 2
2016
41.1
53.4
69.9
86.3
Far Cry 6
2021
40.8
53.0
69.3
85.6
World War Z
2019
53.8
69.9
91.4
112.9
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
24.6
31.9
41.8
51.6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
42.8
55.6
72.7
89.9
Crysis 3
2013
53.4
69.4
90.8
112.1
GreedFall
2019
49.1
63.8
83.5
103.1
Anthem
2019
36.9
48.0
62.8
77.5
F1 2021
2020
52.7
68.6
89.7
110.8
Final Fantasy XV
2018
45.7
59.4
77.6
95.9
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
46.3
60.2
78.7
97.2
Hitman 3
2021
37.0
48.1
62.9
77.6
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
39.7
51.6
67.5
83.4
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
25.6
33.2
43.4
53.7
DOOM Eternal
2020
50.6
65.7
86.0
106.2
Gears of War 5
2019
43.4
56.5
73.9
91.2
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
54.0
70.3
91.9
113.5
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
40.1
52.2
68.2
84.3
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
35.5
46.1
60.3
74.4
Metro Exodus
2019
29.9
38.8
50.7
62.7
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
43.8
57.0
74.5
92.0
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
39.3
51.1
66.8
82.6
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
53.6
69.7
91.1
112.6
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
52.7
68.6
89.7
110.8
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
24.8
32.3
42.2
52.2
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
34.3
44.5
58.2
71.9
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
16.3
21.1
27.6
34.1
Hitman 2
2018
53.3
69.3
90.6
111.9
Marvel's Avengers
2020
32.1
41.8
54.6
67.5
Halo Infinite
2021
31.0
40.3
52.7
65.1
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
27.2
35.3
46.2
57.1
Borderlands 3
2019
34.5
44.8
58.6
72.4
F1 22
2020
47.3
61.5
80.4
99.3
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
42.7
55.5
72.6
89.6
The Division
2016
48.1
62.5
81.7
100.9
Monster Hunter: World
2018
46.4
60.4
78.9
97.5
The Witcher 3
2015
48.2
62.6
81.9
101.2
Death Stranding
2020
49.4
64.3
84.0
103.8
Devil May Cry 5
2019
48.4
62.9
82.3
101.6
Total War: Warhammer
2016
53.7
69.8
91.2
112.7
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
42.8
55.6
72.7
89.9
Genshin Impact
2020
47.3
61.5
80.4
99.3
Forza Horizon 5
2021
39.1
50.9
66.6
82.2
Just Cause 4
2018
43.1
56.1
73.3
90.5
Godfall
2020
48.1
62.6
81.8
101.1
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
34.3
44.5
58.2
71.9
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
53.3
69.3
90.6
111.9
Project CARS 3
2020
25.0
32.5
42.5
52.5
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Ryzen 5 4500 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 980 from the following table are just for information, because it mainly presents old games and FPS is much higher than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
F1 2019
2019
56.0
72.8
95.2
117.6
Hitman
2016
54.4
70.7
92.4
114.2
League of Legends
2009
298.5
388.1
507.5
626.9
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
69.6
90.5
118.3
146.2
Battlefield 4
2013
75.6
98.3
128.6
158.8
Titanfall 2
2016
58.7
76.3
99.8
123.3
Resident Evil 2
2019
62.0
80.6
105.4
130.2
Dawn of War III
2017
58.5
76.1
99.5
122.9
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
66.4
86.3
112.9
139.4
For Honor
2017
79.6
103.5
135.3
167.2
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
64.2
83.5
109.2
134.9
Valorant
2020
109.1
141.9
185.5
229.2
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
59.7
77.6
101.5
125.4
Battlefield V
2018
57.3
74.4
97.3
120.2
Rocket League
2015
232.2
301.8
394.7
487.6
Apex Legends
2019
57.3
74.4
97.3
120.2
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
55.8
72.6
94.9
117.3
Fallout 76
2018
69.8
90.8
118.7
146.6
Battlefield 1
2016
67.9
88.3
115.5
142.6
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
54.0
70.3
91.9
113.5
Dota 2
2013
77.8
101.1
132.2
163.3
DiRT Rally
2015
85.7
111.5
145.8
180.1
Roblox
2006
187.6
243.9
318.9
393.9
Destiny 2
2017
75.2
97.8
127.8
157.9
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
68.3
88.8
116.1
143.4
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
159.2
207.0
270.6
334.3
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
112.8
146.6
191.7
236.8
Project CARS 2
2017
56.4
73.3
95.9
118.4
Doom
2016
85.5
111.1
145.3
179.5
Strange Brigade
2018
70.0
91.0
119.0
147.0
Minecraft
2011
127.2
165.4
216.3
267.2
Need For Speed
2015
64.4
83.7
109.4
135.2
Though you can't argue with the numbers from this table, however, you need to know that in reality some processors and video cards will not be able to work together. For such cases, FPS is evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the graphics card and the CPU.
