NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Full gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 GPU with the AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 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 bad or good for gaming from benchmark data. As for the primary characteristic, how good is the GPU for games, let's look further. 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 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 GPU, you can already make certain conclusions. This will allow you to choose the required power supply that can meet the demands of the graphics card. We should also not forget about the AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the desired power supply should output.A rather powerful power supply is necessary for the GeForce GTX 980, since it has a fairly high power consumption under loads - 165W. Here is a list of some popular games in which the graphics card has been tested. Below is the table with a large number of almost all current games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 980 and AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT configuration:
Dota 2
Roblox
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Fortnite Battle Royale
Far Cry 6
Atomic Heart
Apex Legends
Genshin Impact
Valorant
League of Legends
Hogwarts Legacy
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Hitman 3
Minecraft
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
After looking at the data from the table below, you can simply understand how the GeForce GTX 980 is better or worse than competitors in several popular games and select 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 ordinary 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 figures 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 7 3800XT. The numbers next to the names of the games represent the ordinary 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
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
34.8
45.2
59.1
73.1
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
21.9
28.5
37.2
46.0
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
23.6
30.6
40.1
49.5
Atomic Heart
2023
13.5
17.5
22.9
28.3
Overwatch 2
2022
53.9
70.0
91.6
113.1
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
30.3
39.4
51.5
63.6
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
35.9
46.7
61.1
75.4
Elden ring
2022
21.3
27.7
36.3
44.8
Homeworld 3
2022
27.5
35.7
46.7
57.7
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
20.8
27.0
35.3
43.6
Saints Row
2022
39.8
51.8
67.7
83.7
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
37.6
48.9
63.9
79.0
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
24.1
31.4
41.0
50.7
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
29.2
37.9
49.6
61.3
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
32.5
42.3
55.3
68.4
Starfield
2022
19.6
25.5
33.4
41.2
Scorn
2022
21.9
28.5
37.2
46.0
Stray
2022
60.0
78.1
102.1
126.1
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 980 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Resident Evil Village
2021
38.2
49.6
64.9
80.1
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
55.0
71.5
93.5
115.5
The Witcher 3
2015
49.7
64.6
84.5
104.4
The Division
2016
49.6
64.5
84.3
104.2
Metro Exodus
2019
30.8
40.1
52.4
64.7
GreedFall
2019
50.7
65.9
86.1
106.4
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
55.3
71.9
94.1
116.2
F1 2021
2020
54.4
70.8
92.5
114.3
DOOM Eternal
2020
52.2
67.8
88.7
109.6
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
41.4
53.8
70.4
87.0
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
16.8
21.8
28.5
35.2
Anthem
2019
38.1
49.5
64.8
80.0
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
44.2
57.4
75.1
92.7
Far Cry 6
2021
42.1
54.7
71.6
88.4
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
36.6
47.6
62.2
76.8
Death Stranding
2020
51.0
66.3
86.7
107.1
Hitman 3
2021
38.2
49.6
64.9
80.1
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
35.4
46.0
60.1
74.2
World War Z
2019
55.5
72.2
94.4
116.6
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
55.8
72.5
94.8
117.1
Devil May Cry 5
2019
49.9
64.9
84.9
104.9
Crysis 3
2013
55.1
71.6
93.7
115.7
Marvel's Avengers
2020
33.2
43.1
56.4
69.6
Final Fantasy XV
2018
47.1
61.3
80.1
99.0
Godfall
2020
49.7
64.6
84.4
104.3
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
40.6
52.7
69.0
85.2
Forza Horizon 5
2021
40.4
52.5
68.7
84.9
Gears of War 5
2019
44.8
58.3
76.2
94.2
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
44.1
57.3
74.9
92.5
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
55.0
71.5
93.5
115.5
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
47.8
62.1
81.2
100.3
Total War: Warhammer
2016
55.4
72.0
94.2
116.3
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
35.4
46.0
60.1
74.2
Monster Hunter: World
2018
47.9
62.3
81.5
100.6
Halo Infinite
2021
32.0
41.6
54.4
67.2
F1 22
2020
48.8
63.5
83.0
102.5
Hitman 2
2018
55.0
71.5
93.5
115.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
44.2
57.4
75.1
92.7
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
45.2
58.8
76.9
95.0
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
54.4
70.8
92.5
114.3
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
25.4
33.0
43.1
53.3
Dishonored 2
2016
42.4
55.2
72.1
89.1
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
26.4
34.3
44.8
55.4
Genshin Impact
2020
48.8
63.5
83.0
102.5
Borderlands 3
2019
35.6
46.3
60.5
74.7
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
28.1
36.5
47.7
58.9
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
25.6
33.3
43.6
53.9
Project CARS 3
2020
25.8
33.6
43.9
54.2
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
41.0
53.3
69.6
86.0
Just Cause 4
2018
44.5
57.9
75.7
93.5
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Ryzen 7 3800XT gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 980 from the following table are just for information, because old games are more represented in it and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Minecraft
2011
131.3
170.7
223.2
275.8
Hitman
2016
56.1
73.0
95.4
117.8
Battlefield 4
2013
78.1
101.5
132.7
163.9
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
61.6
80.1
104.8
129.4
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
116.4
151.3
197.9
244.4
Titanfall 2
2016
60.6
78.8
103.0
127.3
Dota 2
2013
80.2
104.3
136.4
168.5
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
57.6
74.9
98.0
121.0
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
55.8
72.5
94.8
117.1
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
71.8
93.4
122.1
150.8
Battlefield V
2018
59.1
76.8
100.5
124.1
League of Legends
2009
308.1
400.5
523.8
647.0
Fallout 76
2018
72.1
93.7
122.5
151.3
F1 2019
2019
57.8
75.1
98.3
121.4
Project CARS 2
2017
58.2
75.7
98.9
122.2
Battlefield 1
2016
70.1
91.1
119.2
147.2
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
66.3
86.2
112.7
139.2
Resident Evil 2
2019
64.0
83.2
108.8
134.3
DiRT Rally
2015
88.5
115.0
150.4
185.8
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
164.3
213.6
279.3
345.1
Need For Speed
2015
66.4
86.4
113.0
139.5
Destiny 2
2017
77.6
100.9
131.9
163.0
Valorant
2020
112.6
146.4
191.5
236.5
For Honor
2017
82.2
106.8
139.7
172.5
Apex Legends
2019
59.1
76.8
100.5
124.1
Dawn of War III
2017
60.4
78.5
102.7
126.8
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
68.5
89.1
116.5
143.9
Doom
2016
88.2
114.7
150.0
185.3
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
70.5
91.6
119.8
148.0
Roblox
2006
193.6
251.7
329.1
406.6
Strange Brigade
2018
72.2
93.9
122.8
151.7
Rocket League
2015
239.6
311.5
407.4
503.2
Though you can't dispute with the figures from this table, however, you need to understand that in reality some processors and video cards will not be capable to work in pairs. For such cases, FPS is evaluated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the GeForce GTX 980 and the AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT separately.
