NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with AMD Ryzen 9 5950X benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Detailed gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 graphics card with the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various 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 main parameter, how good is the graphics card for games, let's look beyond. The average FPS in games is 34.2 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. Considering 4Gb of memory, we can tell that the GeForce GTX 980 is good 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 9 5950X . 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 some famous games in which the GPU 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 9 5950X configuration:
Valorant
Minecraft
Far Cry 6
Genshin Impact
Dota 2
League of Legends
Apex Legends
Hitman 3
Hogwarts Legacy
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Atomic Heart
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Roblox
Fortnite Battle Royale
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
After reviewing the data from the game tests below, you can simply understand how the GeForce GTX 980 is better or worse than rivals in some popular games and choose for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 980.
The closest rivals of the GeForce GTX 980
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 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 also help you make the true 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 9 5950X. The numbers near to the names of the games represent the medium 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
Stray
2022
63.2
82.2
107.5
132.8
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
24.8
32.3
42.2
52.1
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
23.0
30.0
39.2
48.4
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
21.9
28.4
37.2
45.9
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
39.6
51.5
67.3
83.2
Overwatch 2
2022
56.7
73.8
96.5
119.1
Homeworld 3
2022
29.0
37.6
49.2
60.8
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
37.8
49.2
64.3
79.4
Saints Row
2022
42.0
54.6
71.3
88.1
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
34.3
44.6
58.3
72.0
Atomic Heart
2023
14.2
18.4
24.1
29.8
Elden ring
2022
22.5
29.2
38.2
47.2
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
31.9
41.5
54.3
67.0
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
30.7
40.0
52.2
64.5
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
25.4
33.0
43.2
53.4
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
36.6
47.6
62.3
77.0
Scorn
2022
23.0
30.0
39.2
48.4
Starfield
2022
20.7
26.9
35.2
43.4
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
Death Stranding
2020
53.7
69.8
91.3
112.8
GreedFall
2019
53.4
69.4
90.7
112.1
Total War: Warhammer
2016
58.3
75.8
99.2
122.5
Devil May Cry 5
2019
52.6
68.4
89.4
110.5
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
43.6
56.7
74.1
91.6
DOOM Eternal
2020
55.0
71.5
93.4
115.4
Anthem
2019
40.1
52.2
68.2
84.3
F1 22
2020
51.4
66.8
87.4
108.0
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
27.0
35.1
45.9
56.7
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
46.4
60.3
78.9
97.4
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
27.8
36.1
47.2
58.3
Marvel's Avengers
2020
34.9
45.4
59.4
73.4
Forza Horizon 5
2021
42.6
55.3
72.3
89.4
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
46.5
60.5
79.1
97.7
Hitman 2
2018
57.9
75.3
98.5
121.6
Final Fantasy XV
2018
49.6
64.5
84.4
104.3
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
42.7
55.6
72.6
89.7
Gears of War 5
2019
47.2
61.4
80.3
99.2
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
58.7
76.4
99.9
123.4
Metro Exodus
2019
32.4
42.2
55.2
68.1
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
29.6
38.4
50.2
62.1
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
57.3
74.5
97.5
120.4
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
43.1
56.1
73.3
90.6
Godfall
2020
52.3
68.0
88.9
109.8
Far Cry 6
2021
44.3
57.6
75.4
93.1
F1 2021
2020
57.3
74.5
97.5
120.4
Just Cause 4
2018
46.9
60.9
79.7
98.4
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
17.7
23.0
30.0
37.1
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
38.5
50.1
65.5
80.9
The Division
2016
52.2
67.9
88.8
109.7
Genshin Impact
2020
51.4
66.8
87.4
108.0
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
37.2
48.4
63.3
78.2
Borderlands 3
2019
37.5
48.7
63.7
78.7
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
47.6
61.9
81.0
100.0
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
37.2
48.4
63.3
78.2
Resident Evil Village
2021
40.2
52.2
68.3
84.4
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
58.3
75.8
99.1
122.4
World War Z
2019
58.5
76.0
99.4
122.7
Dishonored 2
2016
44.7
58.1
76.0
93.8
Hitman 3
2021
40.2
52.2
68.3
84.4
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
57.9
75.3
98.5
121.6
The Witcher 3
2015
52.4
68.1
89.0
110.0
Monster Hunter: World
2018
50.5
65.6
85.8
106.0
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
50.3
65.4
85.5
105.6
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
26.7
34.7
45.4
56.1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
46.5
60.5
79.1
97.7
Crysis 3
2013
58.0
75.4
98.7
121.9
Halo Infinite
2021
33.7
43.8
57.3
70.7
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
57.9
75.3
98.5
121.6
Project CARS 3
2020
27.2
35.3
46.2
57.1
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Ryzen 9 5950X 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
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
60.7
78.9
103.2
127.5
Strange Brigade
2018
76.1
98.9
129.3
159.7
Battlefield 1
2016
73.8
96.0
125.5
155.0
For Honor
2017
86.5
112.5
147.1
181.7
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
58.7
76.4
99.9
123.4
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
75.7
98.3
128.6
158.9
Dota 2
2013
84.5
109.9
143.7
177.5
Titanfall 2
2016
63.8
83.0
108.5
134.0
Battlefield 4
2013
82.2
106.9
139.8
172.6
Project CARS 2
2017
61.3
79.7
104.2
128.7
F1 2019
2019
60.9
79.1
103.5
127.8
League of Legends
2009
324.5
421.8
551.6
681.4
Destiny 2
2017
81.7
106.3
139.0
171.7
Doom
2016
92.9
120.8
157.9
195.1
Need For Speed
2015
70.0
91.0
119.0
147.0
Fallout 76
2018
75.9
98.7
129.0
159.4
Minecraft
2011
138.3
179.8
235.1
290.4
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
74.2
96.5
126.2
155.9
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
122.6
159.4
208.4
257.4
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
72.2
93.8
122.7
151.5
DiRT Rally
2015
93.2
121.2
158.4
195.7
Dawn of War III
2017
63.6
82.7
108.1
133.5
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
173.1
225.0
294.2
363.4
Apex Legends
2019
62.2
80.9
105.8
130.7
Roblox
2006
203.9
265.1
346.6
428.2
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
69.8
90.7
118.7
146.6
Hitman
2016
59.1
76.8
100.5
124.1
Rocket League
2015
252.4
328.1
429.0
530.0
Battlefield V
2018
62.2
80.9
105.8
130.7
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
64.9
84.4
110.3
136.3
Resident Evil 2
2019
67.4
87.6
114.5
141.5
Valorant
2020
118.6
154.2
201.7
249.1
Although you can't dispute with the numbers from this table, however, you need to know that in fact some processors and video cards will not be capable to work in pairs. For such cases, FPS is evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the GPU and the CPU.
