NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Full gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 graphics card with the AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can find out whether the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is good or bad for gaming by looking at benchmark results. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's take a look at the main parameter. The medium 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 for today's 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 decision. With this data, you can already easily buy the necessary power supply that will completely match the graphics card. You also need to remember about the AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.A highly 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 GPU has been tested. Below is the table with a large number of practically all modern games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 980 and AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT configuration:
League of Legends
Fortnite Battle Royale
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Minecraft
Far Cry 6
Atomic Heart
Genshin Impact
Hogwarts Legacy
Roblox
Valorant
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Apex Legends
Dota 2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Hitman 3
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
After looking at the data from the game tests below, you can easily compare the GeForce GTX 980 with competitors in some popular 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 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 true decision.
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 9 3900XT. The numbers beside 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
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
31.0
40.3
52.7
65.0
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
38.4
50.0
65.3
80.7
Elden ring
2022
21.8
28.3
37.1
45.8
Starfield
2022
20.1
26.1
34.1
42.2
Overwatch 2
2022
55.1
71.6
93.6
115.6
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
35.6
46.2
60.5
74.7
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
33.3
43.2
56.6
69.9
Stray
2022
61.4
79.8
104.3
128.9
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
29.8
38.8
50.7
62.6
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
36.7
47.7
62.4
77.1
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
24.1
31.3
41.0
50.6
Homeworld 3
2022
28.1
36.5
47.8
59.0
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
24.7
32.1
41.9
51.8
Atomic Heart
2023
13.8
17.9
23.4
28.9
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
22.4
29.1
38.0
47.0
Saints Row
2022
40.7
52.9
69.2
85.5
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
21.2
27.6
36.1
44.6
Scorn
2022
22.4
29.1
38.0
47.0
To find out how good the graphics card is for demanding games, you need to look at the numbers from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Total War: Warhammer
2016
56.6
73.6
96.2
118.9
Death Stranding
2020
52.1
67.8
88.6
109.5
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
45.0
58.5
76.5
94.6
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
37.4
48.6
63.6
78.5
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
26.2
34.1
44.6
55.0
Devil May Cry 5
2019
51.1
66.4
86.8
107.2
F1 22
2020
49.9
64.9
84.8
104.8
The Division
2016
50.7
65.9
86.2
106.5
DOOM Eternal
2020
53.3
69.3
90.7
112.0
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
41.9
54.4
71.2
87.9
Monster Hunter: World
2018
49.0
63.7
83.3
102.9
Forza Horizon 5
2021
41.3
53.7
70.2
86.7
Gears of War 5
2019
45.8
59.6
77.9
96.2
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
48.8
63.5
83.0
102.5
Anthem
2019
38.9
50.6
66.2
81.8
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
36.1
47.0
61.4
75.9
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
42.3
55.0
72.0
88.9
Halo Infinite
2021
32.7
42.5
55.6
68.7
Crysis 3
2013
56.3
73.2
95.8
118.3
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
45.1
58.7
76.7
94.8
Marvel's Avengers
2020
33.9
44.1
57.6
71.2
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
55.6
72.3
94.6
116.8
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
56.2
73.1
95.6
118.0
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
56.6
73.5
96.1
118.8
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
45.1
58.7
76.7
94.8
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
41.5
53.9
70.5
87.1
Resident Evil Village
2021
39.0
50.7
66.3
81.9
Genshin Impact
2020
49.9
64.9
84.8
104.8
Borderlands 3
2019
36.4
47.3
61.8
76.4
The Witcher 3
2015
50.8
66.1
86.4
106.7
Dishonored 2
2016
43.4
56.4
73.7
91.1
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
56.2
73.1
95.6
118.0
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
27.0
35.0
45.8
56.6
Just Cause 4
2018
45.5
59.1
77.3
95.5
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
46.2
60.1
78.6
97.1
Hitman 2
2018
56.2
73.1
95.6
118.0
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
28.7
37.3
48.8
60.2
Metro Exodus
2019
31.5
40.9
53.5
66.1
World War Z
2019
56.7
73.7
96.4
119.1
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
57.0
74.1
96.9
119.7
GreedFall
2019
51.8
67.3
88.1
108.8
Hitman 3
2021
39.0
50.7
66.3
81.9
Godfall
2020
50.8
66.0
86.3
106.6
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
25.9
33.7
44.1
54.4
Final Fantasy XV
2018
48.2
62.6
81.9
101.2
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
17.2
22.3
29.2
36.0
Far Cry 6
2021
43.0
55.9
73.1
90.3
F1 2021
2020
55.6
72.3
94.6
116.8
Project CARS 3
2020
26.4
34.3
44.9
55.4
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
36.1
47.0
61.4
75.9
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Ryzen 9 3900XT 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
Resident Evil 2
2019
65.4
85.0
111.2
137.3
Titanfall 2
2016
61.9
80.5
105.3
130.1
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
73.4
95.4
124.8
154.2
Valorant
2020
115.1
149.7
195.7
241.8
Fallout 76
2018
73.7
95.7
125.2
154.7
Destiny 2
2017
79.3
103.1
134.9
166.6
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
58.9
76.6
100.1
123.7
Rocket League
2015
244.9
318.4
416.4
514.3
Apex Legends
2019
60.4
78.5
102.7
126.8
Battlefield V
2018
60.4
78.5
102.7
126.8
Need For Speed
2015
67.9
88.3
115.5
142.6
Dawn of War III
2017
61.7
80.2
104.9
129.6
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
119.0
154.7
202.2
249.8
Hitman
2016
57.4
74.6
97.5
120.5
Doom
2016
90.2
117.2
153.3
189.4
Project CARS 2
2017
59.5
77.3
101.1
124.9
Roblox
2006
197.9
257.3
336.4
415.6
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
70.0
91.0
119.1
147.1
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
57.0
74.1
96.9
119.7
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
72.0
93.7
122.5
151.3
DiRT Rally
2015
90.5
117.6
153.8
190.0
For Honor
2017
84.0
109.2
142.8
176.3
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
63.0
81.9
107.1
132.3
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
167.9
218.3
285.5
352.7
Battlefield 1
2016
71.6
93.1
121.8
150.4
League of Legends
2009
314.9
409.4
535.3
661.3
Minecraft
2011
134.2
174.5
228.2
281.9
Dota 2
2013
82.0
106.6
139.4
172.3
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
67.7
88.1
115.2
142.3
F1 2019
2019
59.1
76.8
100.4
124.1
Battlefield 4
2013
79.8
103.7
135.6
167.6
Strange Brigade
2018
73.8
96.0
125.5
155.0
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 in pairs. In such cases, FPS is evaluated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT and the GeForce GTX 980 separately.
