NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 with AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 benchmark
Benchmark 25-02-2023 Comprehensive gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 graphics card with the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 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 good or bad for gaming by looking at results of all benchmarks. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's take a look at the key characteristic. The medium 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 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 decision. This will allow you to choose the needed power supply that will fully match the graphics card. We should also not forget about the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the desired power supply should output.A highly powerful power supply is needed for the GeForce GTX 980, since it has a fairly high power consumption under loads - 165W. Here is a list of some famous games in which the GPU has been tested. Next 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 PRO 3900 configuration:
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Fortnite Battle Royale
Dota 2
Valorant
Genshin Impact
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Hitman 3
Apex Legends
Atomic Heart
Minecraft
League of Legends
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Roblox
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
After looking at the data from the table below, you can simply 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 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 competitors 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 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 famous games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 980 and AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900. The numbers next to the names of the games mean the ordinary FPS gained 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
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
21.0
27.2
35.6
44.0
Elden ring
2022
21.5
28.0
36.6
45.2
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
37.9
49.3
64.5
79.7
Scorn
2022
22.1
28.7
37.5
46.4
Stray
2022
60.6
78.8
103.0
127.2
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
32.8
42.7
55.8
69.0
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
36.2
47.1
61.6
76.1
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
35.1
45.6
59.7
73.7
Overwatch 2
2022
54.4
70.7
92.4
114.2
Homeworld 3
2022
27.7
36.1
47.2
58.3
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
24.3
31.7
41.4
51.1
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
22.1
28.7
37.5
46.4
Starfield
2022
19.8
25.8
33.7
41.6
Saints Row
2022
40.2
52.3
68.3
84.4
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
29.4
38.3
50.1
61.8
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
30.6
39.8
52.0
64.2
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
23.8
30.9
40.4
49.9
Atomic Heart
2023
13.6
17.7
23.1
28.5
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 980 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Monster Hunter: World
2018
48.4
62.9
82.2
101.6
DOOM Eternal
2020
52.7
68.5
89.5
110.6
Hitman 3
2021
38.5
50.1
65.5
80.9
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
44.5
57.8
75.6
93.4
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
54.9
71.4
93.4
115.4
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
45.6
59.3
77.6
95.8
F1 2021
2020
54.9
71.4
93.4
115.4
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
55.8
72.6
94.9
117.3
Marvel's Avengers
2020
33.5
43.5
56.9
70.3
Godfall
2020
50.1
65.1
85.2
105.2
Project CARS 3
2020
26.0
33.9
44.3
54.7
Resident Evil Village
2021
38.5
50.1
65.5
80.9
Devil May Cry 5
2019
50.4
65.5
85.7
105.8
The Division
2016
50.1
65.1
85.1
105.1
Anthem
2019
38.5
50.0
65.4
80.7
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
41.3
53.7
70.3
86.8
Halo Infinite
2021
32.3
42.0
54.9
67.8
Death Stranding
2020
51.5
66.9
87.5
108.1
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
26.6
34.6
45.2
55.9
GreedFall
2019
51.1
66.5
86.9
107.4
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
36.9
48.0
62.8
77.5
Total War: Warhammer
2016
55.9
72.7
95.0
117.4
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
16.9
22.0
28.8
35.6
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
44.6
57.9
75.8
93.6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
44.6
57.9
75.8
93.6
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
25.9
33.6
44.0
54.3
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
41.8
54.3
71.0
87.8
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
35.7
46.4
60.6
74.9
World War Z
2019
56.0
72.8
95.2
117.6
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
25.6
33.3
43.5
53.8
Hitman 2
2018
55.5
72.1
94.3
116.5
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
40.9
53.2
69.6
86.0
The Witcher 3
2015
50.2
65.2
85.3
105.4
Just Cause 4
2018
44.9
58.4
76.3
94.3
Genshin Impact
2020
49.3
64.0
83.8
103.5
Forza Horizon 5
2021
40.8
53.0
69.3
85.6
Dishonored 2
2016
42.8
55.7
72.8
89.9
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
55.5
72.1
94.3
116.5
Borderlands 3
2019
35.9
46.7
61.0
75.4
F1 22
2020
49.3
64.0
83.8
103.5
Far Cry 6
2021
42.5
55.2
72.2
89.2
Metro Exodus
2019
31.1
40.4
52.9
65.3
Gears of War 5
2019
45.2
58.8
76.9
95.0
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
56.3
73.2
95.7
118.2
Crysis 3
2013
55.6
72.3
94.5
116.8
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
28.3
36.8
48.1
59.5
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
35.7
46.4
60.6
74.9
Final Fantasy XV
2018
47.6
61.8
80.9
99.9
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
48.2
62.6
81.9
101.2
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
55.5
72.1
94.3
116.5
GeForce GTX 980 4Gb with Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 980 from the following table are just for reference, because it mainly presents old games and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Battlefield 1
2016
70.7
91.9
120.2
148.5
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
165.8
215.5
281.9
348.2
League of Legends
2009
310.9
404.2
528.5
652.9
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
66.9
86.9
113.7
140.4
Battlefield V
2018
59.6
77.5
101.4
125.2
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
58.2
75.6
98.9
122.1
Titanfall 2
2016
61.2
79.5
104.0
128.4
F1 2019
2019
58.3
75.8
99.2
122.5
Doom
2016
89.0
115.7
151.3
186.9
Battlefield 4
2013
78.8
102.4
133.9
165.4
Valorant
2020
113.7
147.7
193.2
238.7
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
69.1
89.9
117.5
145.2
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
56.3
73.2
95.7
118.2
DiRT Rally
2015
89.3
116.1
151.8
187.5
Hitman
2016
56.6
73.6
96.3
118.9
Need For Speed
2015
67.0
87.2
114.0
140.8
Project CARS 2
2017
58.7
76.3
99.8
123.3
Dawn of War III
2017
60.9
79.2
103.6
128.0
Resident Evil 2
2019
64.6
83.9
109.7
135.6
Roblox
2006
195.4
254.0
332.1
410.3
Strange Brigade
2018
72.9
94.7
123.9
153.0
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
62.2
80.8
105.7
130.6
Fallout 76
2018
72.7
94.5
123.6
152.7
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
71.1
92.5
120.9
149.4
Rocket League
2015
241.8
314.3
411.1
507.8
Dota 2
2013
81.0
105.3
137.7
170.1
Minecraft
2011
132.5
172.3
225.3
278.3
Destiny 2
2017
78.3
101.8
133.1
164.5
For Honor
2017
82.9
107.8
140.9
174.1
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
72.5
94.2
123.2
152.2
Apex Legends
2019
59.6
77.5
101.4
125.2
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
117.4
152.7
199.7
246.6
Although you can't dispute with the numbers from this table, but you need to understand that in reality some processors and video cards will not be able to work in pairs. For such cases, FPS is evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the CPU and the GPU.
