NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with AMD Ryzen 7 7700X benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Complete gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 graphics card with the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is bad or good for gaming by looking at results of all benchmarks. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's look at the key parameter. The ordinary FPS in games is 34.2 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. Considering 4Gb of memory, we can state that the GeForce GTX 980 is good even for modern 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 draw certain conclusions. This will let you to choose the needed power supply that will fully match the GPU. You also need to remember about the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the desired power supply should output.A rather powerful power supply is required for the GeForce GTX 980, since 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. 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 7 7700X configuration:
Valorant
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Minecraft
League of Legends
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Fortnite Battle Royale
Genshin Impact
Apex Legends
Atomic Heart
Hitman 3
Roblox
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Dota 2
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 rivals in some famous games and choose for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 980.
The closest GeForce GTX 980 rivals
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 competitors of the GeForce GTX 980 are GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile and Radeon RX 5500 XT. We compared GeForce GTX 980 (80 FPS) and their medium 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 7 7700X. The numbers next to the names of the games represent the ordinary FPS obtained 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
Saints Row
2022
42.2
54.9
71.8
88.6
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
22.0
28.6
37.4
46.2
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
25.0
32.5
42.4
52.4
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
23.2
30.1
39.4
48.7
Overwatch 2
2022
57.1
74.2
97.0
119.9
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
30.9
40.2
52.6
64.9
Scorn
2022
23.2
30.1
39.4
48.7
Homeworld 3
2022
29.1
37.9
49.5
61.2
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
38.0
49.5
64.7
79.9
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
39.8
51.8
67.7
83.7
Atomic Heart
2023
14.3
18.5
24.3
30.0
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
36.9
47.9
62.7
77.4
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
25.6
33.2
43.5
53.7
Elden ring
2022
22.6
29.4
38.4
47.4
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
34.5
44.8
58.6
72.4
Stray
2022
63.6
82.7
108.1
133.6
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
32.1
41.7
54.6
67.4
Starfield
2022
20.8
27.1
35.4
43.7
To understand how the GeForce GTX 980 behaves in demanding games, you can read the figures from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
46.8
60.8
79.5
98.3
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
50.6
65.8
86.0
106.2
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
58.6
76.2
99.7
123.1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
27.2
35.3
46.2
57.1
Genshin Impact
2020
51.7
67.2
87.9
108.6
Borderlands 3
2019
37.7
49.0
64.1
79.2
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
37.5
48.7
63.7
78.7
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
58.3
75.7
99.0
122.4
GreedFall
2019
53.7
69.8
91.3
112.7
Project CARS 3
2020
27.3
35.6
46.5
57.4
Hitman 2
2018
58.3
75.7
99.0
122.4
Just Cause 4
2018
47.1
61.3
80.1
99.0
Anthem
2019
40.4
52.5
68.6
84.8
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
43.4
56.4
73.8
91.1
Forza Horizon 5
2021
42.8
55.6
72.8
89.9
Marvel's Avengers
2020
35.1
45.7
59.7
73.8
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
43.0
55.9
73.1
90.3
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
38.8
50.4
65.9
81.4
DOOM Eternal
2020
55.3
71.9
94.0
116.1
Resident Evil Village
2021
40.4
52.6
68.7
84.9
Total War: Warhammer
2016
58.7
76.3
99.8
123.2
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
27.9
36.3
47.5
58.7
Gears of War 5
2019
47.5
61.8
80.8
99.8
Far Cry 6
2021
44.6
58.0
75.8
93.6
Crysis 3
2013
58.4
75.9
99.3
122.6
The Division
2016
52.6
68.3
89.3
110.4
F1 22
2020
51.7
67.2
87.9
108.6
F1 2021
2020
57.7
75.0
98.0
121.1
Monster Hunter: World
2018
50.8
66.0
86.3
106.6
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
47.9
62.3
81.5
100.6
Hitman 3
2021
40.4
52.6
68.7
84.9
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
57.7
75.0
98.0
121.1
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
46.7
60.7
79.3
98.0
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
29.7
38.6
50.5
62.4
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
46.8
60.8
79.5
98.3
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
59.1
76.8
100.5
124.1
Metro Exodus
2019
32.6
42.4
55.5
68.5
Halo Infinite
2021
33.9
44.1
57.6
71.2
World War Z
2019
58.8
76.4
100.0
123.5
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
43.9
57.0
74.6
92.1
The Witcher 3
2015
52.7
68.5
89.5
110.6
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
17.8
23.1
30.2
37.3
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
58.3
75.7
99.0
122.4
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
37.5
48.7
63.7
78.7
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
26.9
34.9
45.7
56.4
Death Stranding
2020
54.0
70.3
91.9
113.5
Devil May Cry 5
2019
52.9
68.8
90.0
111.1
Dishonored 2
2016
44.9
58.4
76.4
94.4
Final Fantasy XV
2018
49.9
64.9
84.9
104.9
Godfall
2020
52.6
68.4
89.4
110.5
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Ryzen 7 7700X gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 980 from the following table are just for reference, because old games are more represented in it and FPS is much higher than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Hitman
2016
59.5
77.3
101.1
124.9
Resident Evil 2
2019
67.8
88.1
115.2
142.3
For Honor
2017
87.0
113.2
148.0
182.8
Doom
2016
93.5
121.5
158.9
196.3
Destiny 2
2017
82.2
106.9
139.8
172.7
Battlefield 1
2016
74.3
96.5
126.2
155.9
F1 2019
2019
61.2
79.6
104.1
128.6
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
76.1
98.9
129.4
159.8
Titanfall 2
2016
64.2
83.5
109.2
134.8
Rocket League
2015
253.9
330.0
431.6
533.1
Strange Brigade
2018
76.5
99.5
130.1
160.7
Project CARS 2
2017
61.7
80.1
104.8
129.5
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
74.7
97.1
126.9
156.8
Valorant
2020
119.3
155.1
202.8
250.6
Roblox
2006
205.1
266.6
348.7
430.7
Battlefield 4
2013
82.7
107.5
140.6
173.7
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
174.1
226.3
295.9
365.6
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
123.3
160.3
209.6
258.9
Minecraft
2011
139.1
180.9
236.5
292.2
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
59.1
76.8
100.5
124.1
Battlefield V
2018
62.6
81.4
106.4
131.5
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
61.1
79.4
103.8
128.2
Need For Speed
2015
70.4
91.5
119.7
147.8
DiRT Rally
2015
93.8
121.9
159.4
196.9
Dota 2
2013
85.0
110.5
144.5
178.5
League of Legends
2009
326.4
424.3
554.9
685.4
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
72.6
94.4
123.4
152.4
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
65.3
84.9
111.0
137.1
Dawn of War III
2017
64.0
83.2
108.8
134.3
Apex Legends
2019
62.6
81.4
106.4
131.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
70.2
91.3
119.4
147.4
Fallout 76
2018
76.3
99.2
129.8
160.3
Although you can't dispute with the numbers from this table, but you need to understand that in reality some processors and video cards will not be able to work with each other. For such cases, FPS is evaluated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X and the GeForce GTX 980 separately.
