NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with AMD Ryzen 9 5800X benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Complete gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 GPU with the AMD Ryzen 9 5800X processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with multiple graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is bad or good for gaming from results of all benchmarks. As for the main parameter, how good is the graphics card for games, let's look further. The medium 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 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 make some decision. With this data, you can already easily buy the needed power supply that will completely match the GPU. We should also not forget about the AMD Ryzen 9 5800X . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the required power supply should output.A very 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 common games in which the GPU has been tested. Next 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 9 5800X configuration:
Hitman 3
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Genshin Impact
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Fortnite Battle Royale
Valorant
Roblox
Atomic Heart
Apex Legends
League of Legends
Far Cry 6
Minecraft
Dota 2
Hogwarts Legacy
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
After looking at the data from the game tests below, you can simply understand how the GeForce GTX 980 is better or worse than rivals 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 competitors
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 numbers will further help you make the good 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 5800X. The numbers near to the names of the games mean the ordinary FPS received 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
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
22.2
28.9
37.8
46.7
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
35.3
46.0
60.1
74.2
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
24.5
31.9
41.7
51.5
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
38.2
49.7
64.9
80.2
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
36.5
47.4
62.0
76.6
Stray
2022
61.0
79.3
103.7
128.1
Atomic Heart
2023
13.7
17.8
23.3
28.7
Overwatch 2
2022
54.7
71.2
93.0
114.9
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
30.8
40.0
52.3
64.7
Homeworld 3
2022
27.9
36.3
47.5
58.7
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
33.1
43.0
56.2
69.4
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
23.9
31.1
40.7
50.3
Scorn
2022
22.2
28.9
37.8
46.7
Starfield
2022
20.0
25.9
33.9
41.9
Saints Row
2022
40.5
52.6
68.8
85.0
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
29.6
38.5
50.4
62.3
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
21.1
27.4
35.9
44.3
Elden ring
2022
21.7
28.2
36.8
45.5
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 980 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
41.6
54.1
70.8
87.4
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
55.3
71.9
94.0
116.1
The Witcher 3
2015
50.5
65.7
85.9
106.1
Final Fantasy XV
2018
47.9
62.3
81.4
100.6
Total War: Warhammer
2016
56.3
73.2
95.7
118.2
Monster Hunter: World
2018
48.7
63.3
82.8
102.2
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
25.8
33.5
43.8
54.1
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
17.0
22.2
29.0
35.8
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
35.9
46.7
61.1
75.4
Genshin Impact
2020
49.6
64.5
84.3
104.2
Just Cause 4
2018
45.2
58.8
76.9
94.9
Hitman 3
2021
38.8
50.4
65.9
81.4
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
44.9
58.3
76.3
94.2
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
56.2
73.1
95.6
118.1
World War Z
2019
56.4
73.3
95.9
118.4
Project CARS 3
2020
26.2
34.1
44.6
55.1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
44.9
58.3
76.3
94.2
Anthem
2019
38.7
50.3
65.8
81.3
The Division
2016
50.4
65.5
85.7
105.8
Hitman 2
2018
55.9
72.6
95.0
117.3
Forza Horizon 5
2021
41.0
53.4
69.8
86.2
Crysis 3
2013
56.0
72.8
95.2
117.6
Halo Infinite
2021
32.5
42.2
55.2
68.2
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
44.8
58.2
76.1
94.0
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
46.0
59.7
78.1
96.5
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
35.9
46.7
61.1
75.4
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
28.5
37.1
48.5
59.9
Far Cry 6
2021
42.8
55.6
72.7
89.8
Metro Exodus
2019
31.3
40.7
53.2
65.7
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
56.7
73.7
96.3
119.0
Gears of War 5
2019
45.6
59.2
77.4
95.7
Dishonored 2
2016
43.1
56.0
73.3
90.5
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
55.9
72.6
95.0
117.3
Godfall
2020
50.5
65.6
85.8
106.0
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
48.5
63.1
82.5
101.9
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
26.8
34.8
45.6
56.3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
26.1
33.9
44.3
54.7
GreedFall
2019
51.5
66.9
87.5
108.1
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
41.2
53.6
70.1
86.6
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
42.1
54.7
71.5
88.4
Borderlands 3
2019
36.1
47.0
61.4
75.9
Death Stranding
2020
51.8
67.4
88.1
108.8
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
55.9
72.6
95.0
117.3
Marvel's Avengers
2020
33.7
43.8
57.3
70.8
Resident Evil Village
2021
38.8
50.4
65.9
81.4
Devil May Cry 5
2019
50.7
66.0
86.3
106.6
F1 22
2020
49.6
64.5
84.3
104.2
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
37.2
48.3
63.2
78.1
DOOM Eternal
2020
53.0
68.9
90.1
111.3
F1 2021
2020
55.3
71.9
94.0
116.1
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Ryzen 9 5800X 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 significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Strange Brigade
2018
73.4
95.4
124.7
154.1
Destiny 2
2017
78.8
102.5
134.0
165.6
For Honor
2017
83.5
108.5
141.9
175.3
Valorant
2020
114.4
148.8
194.5
240.3
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
58.6
76.1
99.5
123.0
Roblox
2006
196.7
255.7
334.4
413.1
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
118.2
153.7
201.0
248.3
Project CARS 2
2017
59.1
76.9
100.5
124.2
Rocket League
2015
243.4
316.5
413.9
511.2
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
73.0
94.9
124.1
153.3
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
56.7
73.7
96.3
119.0
Minecraft
2011
133.4
173.4
226.8
280.2
DiRT Rally
2015
89.9
116.9
152.8
188.8
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
62.6
81.4
106.4
131.5
Battlefield 4
2013
79.3
103.1
134.8
166.5
Dawn of War III
2017
61.3
79.8
104.3
128.8
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
71.6
93.1
121.7
150.4
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
67.3
87.5
114.5
141.4
Titanfall 2
2016
61.6
80.0
104.7
129.3
Need For Speed
2015
67.5
87.8
114.8
141.8
Dota 2
2013
81.5
106.0
138.6
171.2
Fallout 76
2018
73.2
95.2
124.4
153.7
Hitman
2016
57.0
74.1
96.9
119.7
F1 2019
2019
58.7
76.3
99.8
123.3
Apex Legends
2019
60.0
78.0
102.1
126.1
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
69.6
90.5
118.3
146.2
Battlefield 1
2016
71.2
92.6
121.1
149.5
Resident Evil 2
2019
65.0
84.5
110.5
136.5
Doom
2016
89.6
116.5
152.4
188.2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
166.9
217.0
283.8
350.6
League of Legends
2009
313.0
406.9
532.1
657.3
Battlefield V
2018
60.0
78.0
102.1
126.1
Although you can't dispute with the numbers from this table, however, you need to understand that in fact some processors and video cards will not be capable to work together. For such cases, FPS is evaluated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the AMD Ryzen 9 5800X and the GeForce GTX 980 separately.
