NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Complete gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 GPU with the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with multiple graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is bad or good for gaming by looking at results of all tests. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's look at the main parameter. The ordinary FPS in games is 34.2 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. So, taking into account 4Gb of memory, we can tell that the GeForce GTX 980 is good even for new 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 select the required power supply that will completely match the GPU. You also need to remember about the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the desired power supply should output.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 certain popular games in which the GPU has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of almost all modern games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 980 and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D configuration:
Genshin Impact
Apex Legends
Minecraft
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Fortnite Battle Royale
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Valorant
Dota 2
Hitman 3
Atomic Heart
Hogwarts Legacy
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Roblox
Far Cry 6
League of Legends
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
After looking at the data from the game tests below, you can easily understand how the GeForce GTX 980 is better or worse than rivals in some famous games and select for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 980.
The closest GeForce GTX 980 opponents
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 numbers will further help you make the true decision.
How good is GeForce GTX 980 for games?
From the tables below, you can see how comfortable you can play popular games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 980 and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D. The numbers near to the names of the games represent the average FPS obtained 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
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
38.1
49.5
64.7
80.0
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
25.6
33.3
43.5
53.7
Elden ring
2022
22.6
29.4
38.4
47.5
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
34.5
44.9
58.7
72.5
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
36.9
47.9
62.7
77.5
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
22.0
28.6
37.4
46.2
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
32.1
41.8
54.6
67.5
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
25.0
32.5
42.5
52.5
Homeworld 3
2022
29.1
37.9
49.6
61.2
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
23.2
30.2
39.4
48.7
Stray
2022
63.7
82.7
108.2
133.7
Atomic Heart
2023
14.3
18.6
24.3
30.0
Overwatch 2
2022
57.1
74.2
97.1
119.9
Scorn
2022
23.2
30.2
39.4
48.7
Saints Row
2022
42.2
54.9
71.8
88.7
Starfield
2022
20.8
27.1
35.4
43.7
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
30.9
40.2
52.6
65.0
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
39.9
51.8
67.8
83.7
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 980 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
37.5
48.7
63.7
78.7
Death Stranding
2020
54.1
70.3
91.9
113.6
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
43.0
55.9
73.1
90.3
Borderlands 3
2019
37.7
49.0
64.1
79.2
Metro Exodus
2019
32.7
42.5
55.5
68.6
F1 22
2020
51.8
67.3
88.0
108.7
Far Cry 6
2021
44.6
58.0
75.8
93.7
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
46.8
60.9
79.6
98.3
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
43.9
57.1
74.6
92.2
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
46.8
60.9
79.6
98.3
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
29.7
38.7
50.6
62.5
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
58.3
75.8
99.1
122.4
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
58.3
75.8
99.1
122.4
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
26.9
35.0
45.7
56.5
Final Fantasy XV
2018
50.0
65.0
84.9
104.9
Halo Infinite
2021
33.9
44.1
57.6
71.2
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
17.8
23.1
30.2
37.4
Project CARS 3
2020
27.4
35.6
46.5
57.5
Hitman 2
2018
58.3
75.8
99.1
122.4
Anthem
2019
40.4
52.5
68.7
84.8
Marvel's Avengers
2020
35.2
45.7
59.8
73.8
Devil May Cry 5
2019
52.9
68.8
90.0
111.2
Forza Horizon 5
2021
42.8
55.7
72.8
89.9
Gears of War 5
2019
47.5
61.8
80.8
99.8
World War Z
2019
58.8
76.5
100.0
123.6
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
47.9
62.3
81.5
100.7
Total War: Warhammer
2016
58.7
76.3
99.8
123.3
Monster Hunter: World
2018
50.8
66.0
86.4
106.7
Resident Evil Village
2021
40.5
52.6
68.8
84.9
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
27.2
35.3
46.2
57.1
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
58.7
76.3
99.7
123.2
DOOM Eternal
2020
55.3
71.9
94.1
116.2
Crysis 3
2013
58.4
75.9
99.3
122.7
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
43.4
56.5
73.8
91.2
Genshin Impact
2020
51.8
67.3
88.0
108.7
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
59.1
76.9
100.5
124.2
F1 2021
2020
57.7
75.0
98.1
121.2
Godfall
2020
52.6
68.4
89.5
110.6
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
28.0
36.3
47.5
58.7
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
46.7
60.7
79.4
98.1
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
37.5
48.7
63.7
78.7
GreedFall
2019
53.7
69.8
91.3
112.8
Dishonored 2
2016
45.0
58.5
76.5
94.4
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
57.7
75.0
98.1
121.2
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
50.6
65.8
86.1
106.3
Just Cause 4
2018
47.2
61.3
80.2
99.1
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
38.8
50.4
65.9
81.5
The Division
2016
52.6
68.4
89.4
110.4
The Witcher 3
2015
52.7
68.5
89.6
110.7
Hitman 3
2021
40.5
52.6
68.8
84.9
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Ryzen 9 7900X3D gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 980 from the following table are just for information, since old games are more represented in it and FPS is much higher than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
74.7
97.1
127.0
156.9
Titanfall 2
2016
64.2
83.5
109.2
134.9
DiRT Rally
2015
93.8
122.0
159.5
197.0
Dota 2
2013
85.1
110.6
144.6
178.6
Strange Brigade
2018
76.6
99.5
130.2
160.8
Fallout 76
2018
76.4
99.3
129.9
160.4
Hitman
2016
59.5
77.3
101.1
124.9
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
59.1
76.9
100.5
124.2
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
76.1
99.0
129.4
159.9
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
174.2
226.4
296.1
365.8
Resident Evil 2
2019
67.8
88.2
115.3
142.4
Rocket League
2015
254.0
330.2
431.8
533.4
Destiny 2
2017
82.3
107.0
139.9
172.8
League of Legends
2009
326.6
424.6
555.2
685.8
Battlefield 4
2013
82.7
107.6
140.7
173.8
Doom
2016
93.5
121.6
159.0
196.4
Valorant
2020
119.4
155.2
203.0
250.7
Battlefield V
2018
62.6
81.4
106.5
131.5
F1 2019
2019
61.3
79.7
104.2
128.7
Project CARS 2
2017
61.7
80.2
104.9
129.5
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
123.4
160.4
209.7
259.1
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
72.6
94.4
123.5
152.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
70.3
91.3
119.4
147.5
Roblox
2006
205.2
266.8
348.9
431.0
For Honor
2017
87.1
113.2
148.1
182.9
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
65.3
84.9
111.0
137.2
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
61.1
79.4
103.9
128.3
Dawn of War III
2017
64.0
83.2
108.8
134.4
Apex Legends
2019
62.6
81.4
106.5
131.5
Battlefield 1
2016
74.3
96.6
126.3
156.0
Minecraft
2011
139.2
181.0
236.6
292.3
Need For Speed
2015
70.4
91.6
119.7
147.9
Though you can't dispute with the numbers from this table, but you need to know that in reality some processors and video cards will not be capable to work together. In such cases, FPS is evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the CPU and the graphics card.
