NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 benchmark
Benchmark 25-02-2023 Comprehensive gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 graphics card with the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 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 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 characteristic. The average 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 new 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 graphics card, you can already make some conclusions. This will let 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 PRO 3700 . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the required power supply should output.A highly powerful power supply is needed for the GeForce GTX 980, because it has a pretty high power consumption under loads - 165W. Here is a list of several common games in which the graphics card has been tested. Below is the table with a large number of practically all contemporary games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 980 and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 configuration:
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Apex Legends
Minecraft
Dota 2
Hitman 3
Atomic Heart
Roblox
League of Legends
Hogwarts Legacy
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Far Cry 6
Fortnite Battle Royale
Valorant
Genshin Impact
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
After viewing the data from the game tests below, you can easily understand how the GeForce GTX 980 is better or worse than rivals in some popular games and select 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 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 figures 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 PRO 3700. The numbers near to the names of the games represent 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
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
37.5
48.8
63.8
78.8
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
24.1
31.3
40.9
50.6
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
23.5
30.6
40.0
49.4
Atomic Heart
2023
13.4
17.5
22.8
28.2
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
34.7
45.1
59.0
72.9
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
21.8
28.4
37.1
45.9
Homeworld 3
2022
27.4
35.7
46.7
57.6
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
20.7
26.9
35.2
43.5
Overwatch 2
2022
53.8
69.9
91.4
112.9
Stray
2022
59.9
77.9
101.9
125.8
Elden ring
2022
21.3
27.7
36.2
44.7
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
29.1
37.9
49.5
61.2
Scorn
2022
21.8
28.4
37.1
45.9
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
32.5
42.2
55.2
68.2
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
30.2
39.3
51.4
63.5
Starfield
2022
19.6
25.5
33.3
41.2
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
35.8
46.6
60.9
75.3
Saints Row
2022
39.8
51.7
67.6
83.5
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
Final Fantasy XV
2018
47.0
61.2
80.0
98.8
Far Cry 6
2021
42.0
54.6
71.4
88.2
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
55.7
72.4
94.6
116.9
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
26.3
34.2
44.7
55.3
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
44.1
57.3
74.9
92.6
Metro Exodus
2019
30.7
40.0
52.3
64.6
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
25.3
32.9
43.0
53.2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
28.0
36.4
47.6
58.8
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
35.3
45.9
60.0
74.1
Forza Horizon 5
2021
40.3
52.4
68.5
84.7
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
41.3
53.7
70.3
86.8
Genshin Impact
2020
48.7
63.3
82.8
102.3
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
40.9
53.1
69.5
85.9
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
16.7
21.8
28.5
35.2
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
36.5
47.5
62.1
76.7
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
47.7
62.0
81.0
100.1
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
44.1
57.3
74.9
92.6
Borderlands 3
2019
35.5
46.2
60.4
74.6
Resident Evil Village
2021
38.1
49.5
64.7
80.0
Crysis 3
2013
55.0
71.5
93.5
115.5
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
55.2
71.8
93.9
116.0
Monster Hunter: World
2018
47.8
62.2
81.3
100.4
Halo Infinite
2021
31.9
41.5
54.3
67.0
Marvel's Avengers
2020
33.1
43.0
56.3
69.5
Godfall
2020
49.6
64.4
84.3
104.1
Just Cause 4
2018
44.4
57.7
75.5
93.3
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
35.3
45.9
60.0
74.1
Hitman 3
2021
38.1
49.5
64.7
80.0
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
40.5
52.6
68.8
85.0
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
54.9
71.3
93.3
115.3
World War Z
2019
55.4
72.0
94.2
116.3
Gears of War 5
2019
44.7
58.2
76.1
94.0
GreedFall
2019
50.6
65.7
86.0
106.2
DOOM Eternal
2020
52.1
67.7
88.5
109.4
Total War: Warhammer
2016
55.3
71.9
94.0
116.1
The Witcher 3
2015
49.6
64.5
84.4
104.2
Hitman 2
2018
54.9
71.3
93.3
115.3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
25.6
33.3
43.5
53.7
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
54.3
70.6
92.3
114.1
Dishonored 2
2016
42.3
55.0
72.0
88.9
F1 2021
2020
54.3
70.6
92.3
114.1
Anthem
2019
38.0
49.4
64.6
79.9
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
45.1
58.7
76.7
94.8
Death Stranding
2020
50.9
66.2
86.5
106.9
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
44.0
57.2
74.7
92.3
The Division
2016
49.5
64.4
84.2
104.0
Project CARS 3
2020
25.8
33.5
43.8
54.1
Devil May Cry 5
2019
49.8
64.8
84.7
104.7
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
54.9
71.3
93.3
115.3
F1 22
2020
48.7
63.3
82.8
102.3
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 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 much more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Fallout 76
2018
71.9
93.5
122.2
151.0
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
57.5
74.8
97.8
120.8
Titanfall 2
2016
60.5
78.6
102.8
127.0
Roblox
2006
193.2
251.2
328.5
405.7
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
71.7
93.2
121.9
150.5
Destiny 2
2017
77.5
100.7
131.7
162.6
For Honor
2017
82.0
106.6
139.4
172.2
Strange Brigade
2018
72.1
93.7
122.5
151.4
F1 2019
2019
57.7
75.0
98.1
121.1
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
55.7
72.4
94.6
116.9
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
164.0
213.2
278.8
344.3
Valorant
2020
112.4
146.1
191.1
236.0
Resident Evil 2
2019
63.8
83.0
108.5
134.1
Dawn of War III
2017
60.3
78.3
102.4
126.5
Doom
2016
88.0
114.4
149.7
184.9
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
61.5
79.9
104.5
129.1
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
116.1
151.0
197.5
243.9
Project CARS 2
2017
58.1
75.5
98.7
122.0
Minecraft
2011
131.0
170.4
222.8
275.2
League of Legends
2009
307.5
399.7
522.7
645.7
Apex Legends
2019
59.0
76.7
100.3
123.8
Dota 2
2013
80.1
104.1
136.1
168.2
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
66.1
86.0
112.4
138.9
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
70.3
91.4
119.6
147.7
Battlefield 1
2016
69.9
90.9
118.9
146.9
Battlefield 4
2013
77.9
101.3
132.4
163.6
Need For Speed
2015
66.3
86.2
112.7
139.2
DiRT Rally
2015
88.3
114.8
150.1
185.5
Hitman
2016
56.0
72.8
95.2
117.6
Battlefield V
2018
59.0
76.7
100.3
123.8
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
68.4
88.9
116.2
143.6
Rocket League
2015
239.1
310.9
406.5
502.2
Although you can't dispute with the numbers from this table, but you need to understand that in fact some processors and video cards will not be capable to work with each other. For such cases, FPS is calculated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 and the GeForce GTX 980 separately.
