NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with AMD Ryzen 7 3700X benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Comprehensive gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 GPU with the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with different graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is good or bad for gaming from testing results. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's take a look at the key parameter. The average FPS in games is 34.2 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. Considering 4Gb of memory, we can tell that the GeForce GTX 980 is good 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 make certain conclusions. With this data, you can already safely select the needed power supply that can meet the demands of the graphics card. We should also not forget about the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.A rather powerful power supply is required for the GeForce GTX 980, since it has a fairly 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 practically all current games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 980 and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X configuration:
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Far Cry 6
Roblox
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Apex Legends
Atomic Heart
Dota 2
Hitman 3
Valorant
Hogwarts Legacy
Fortnite Battle Royale
League of Legends
Genshin Impact
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Minecraft
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
After viewing the data from the game tests below, you can simply understand how the GeForce GTX 980 is better or worse than rivals in some famous games and select for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 980.
The closest competitors 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 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 good choice.
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 AMD Ryzen 7 3700X. The numbers next to the names of the games mean the average FPS gained 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
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
32.2
41.9
54.7
67.6
Saints Row
2022
39.4
51.2
67.0
82.8
Atomic Heart
2023
13.3
17.3
22.7
28.0
Overwatch 2
2022
53.3
69.3
90.6
111.9
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
30.0
39.0
51.0
63.0
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
34.4
44.8
58.5
72.3
Homeworld 3
2022
27.2
35.4
46.2
57.1
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
23.3
30.3
39.6
49.0
Elden ring
2022
21.1
27.4
35.9
44.3
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
37.2
48.4
63.2
78.1
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
21.7
28.1
36.8
45.5
Starfield
2022
19.4
25.3
33.0
40.8
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
20.5
26.7
34.9
43.1
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
28.9
37.5
49.1
60.6
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
35.5
46.2
60.4
74.6
Scorn
2022
21.7
28.1
36.8
45.5
Stray
2022
59.4
77.2
101.0
124.8
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
23.9
31.0
40.6
50.1
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
F1 2021
2020
53.9
70.0
91.6
113.1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
25.4
33.0
43.1
53.3
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
43.6
56.7
74.1
91.5
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
47.2
61.4
80.3
99.2
Death Stranding
2020
50.5
65.6
85.8
106.0
Hitman 3
2021
37.8
49.1
64.2
79.3
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
36.2
47.1
61.5
76.0
The Witcher 3
2015
49.2
63.9
83.6
103.3
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
53.9
70.0
91.6
113.1
Marvel's Avengers
2020
32.8
42.7
55.8
68.9
Hitman 2
2018
54.4
70.7
92.5
114.3
Project CARS 3
2020
25.5
33.2
43.4
53.6
Forza Horizon 5
2021
40.0
52.0
68.0
83.9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
43.7
56.8
74.3
91.8
Anthem
2019
37.7
49.0
64.1
79.2
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
40.5
52.7
68.9
85.1
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
40.1
52.2
68.2
84.3
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
25.1
32.6
42.7
52.7
Gears of War 5
2019
44.4
57.7
75.4
93.2
F1 22
2020
48.3
62.8
82.1
101.4
GreedFall
2019
50.1
65.2
85.2
105.3
Halo Infinite
2021
31.6
41.1
53.8
66.5
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
55.2
71.7
93.8
115.9
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
41.0
53.3
69.7
86.0
Devil May Cry 5
2019
49.4
64.2
84.0
103.8
World War Z
2019
54.9
71.4
93.3
115.3
Metro Exodus
2019
30.5
39.6
51.8
64.0
DOOM Eternal
2020
51.6
67.1
87.8
108.4
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
26.1
33.9
44.4
54.8
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
35.0
45.5
59.5
73.5
Just Cause 4
2018
44.0
57.2
74.8
92.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
43.7
56.8
74.3
91.8
Dishonored 2
2016
42.0
54.6
71.4
88.1
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
27.8
36.1
47.2
58.3
Resident Evil Village
2021
37.8
49.1
64.2
79.3
Monster Hunter: World
2018
47.4
61.6
80.6
99.6
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
54.4
70.7
92.5
114.3
Far Cry 6
2021
41.6
54.1
70.8
87.4
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
54.4
70.7
92.5
114.3
The Division
2016
49.1
63.8
83.4
103.1
Borderlands 3
2019
35.2
45.8
59.8
73.9
Final Fantasy XV
2018
46.6
60.6
79.3
97.9
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
54.7
71.2
93.1
115.0
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
35.0
45.5
59.5
73.5
Genshin Impact
2020
48.3
62.8
82.1
101.4
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
44.8
58.2
76.1
94.0
Godfall
2020
49.1
63.9
83.5
103.2
Total War: Warhammer
2016
54.8
71.2
93.2
115.1
Crysis 3
2013
54.5
70.9
92.7
114.5
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
16.6
21.6
28.2
34.9
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Ryzen 7 3700X 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
58.5
76.0
99.4
122.8
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
57.0
74.1
96.9
119.7
F1 2019
2019
57.2
74.3
97.2
120.1
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
69.7
90.7
118.5
146.4
Dota 2
2013
79.4
103.2
135.0
166.7
Battlefield 4
2013
77.2
100.4
131.3
162.2
Titanfall 2
2016
60.0
78.0
101.9
125.9
League of Legends
2009
304.8
396.3
518.2
640.1
Roblox
2006
191.5
249.0
325.6
402.3
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
65.6
85.2
111.5
137.7
Fallout 76
2018
71.3
92.7
121.2
149.7
DiRT Rally
2015
87.6
113.8
148.8
183.9
Rocket League
2015
237.1
308.2
403.0
497.9
Project CARS 2
2017
57.6
74.8
97.9
120.9
Battlefield V
2018
58.5
76.0
99.4
122.8
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
115.2
149.7
195.8
241.8
Valorant
2020
111.4
144.9
189.4
234.0
Resident Evil 2
2019
63.3
82.3
107.6
132.9
Strange Brigade
2018
71.5
92.9
121.5
150.1
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
55.2
71.7
93.8
115.9
Battlefield 1
2016
69.3
90.1
117.9
145.6
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
71.1
92.4
120.8
149.2
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
67.8
88.1
115.2
142.4
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
162.6
211.3
276.4
341.4
Need For Speed
2015
65.7
85.5
111.8
138.0
Doom
2016
87.3
113.5
148.4
183.3
For Honor
2017
81.3
105.7
138.2
170.7
Hitman
2016
55.5
72.2
94.4
116.6
Dawn of War III
2017
59.7
77.7
101.6
125.5
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
61.0
79.3
103.6
128.0
Destiny 2
2017
76.8
99.8
130.5
161.3
Minecraft
2011
129.9
168.9
220.9
272.8
Although you can't dispute with the figures from this table, but you need to know that in reality some processors and video cards will not be able 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.
