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GTX 980

Average Bench: 59.3% (101st of 700)

Based on 167,107 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 13C0 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

The Nvidia GTX 980 is the new top end Maxwell based Nvidia GPU. The Maxwell architecture offers significantly higher clock for clock performance when compared to Kepler based cards from the previous generation. Comparing the GTX 980 and GTX 970 shows that the 970 only lags by around 17% in terms of performance but it's priced nearly 40% lower making the GTX 970 far better value for money card. Even though the GTX 970 beats the 980 in terms of value, the 980 still destroys previous generation cards. Comparing the GTX 980 and 780 Ti shows that the Newer 980 offers around 14% better performance at a 25% price discount. Nvidia have changed the price/performance landscape with their new Maxwell architecture and now pose a serious threat to AMDs high end GPU market share. The new GTX 980/970 cards replace the now discontinued GTX 780 Ti, 780 and 770. [Sep '14 GPUPro]

Poor: 53%Average: 59.3% Great: 66%

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Average average bench

The Nvidia GTX 980 averaged 40.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 73.7fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 65.3fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 980 is just 13.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GTX 980 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 86.4fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 74.8fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 167,107 samples)
Rank 10159.3%
Min Avg Max
64.3 Lighting 73.7 83.9
75.8 Reflection 86.4 113
67.1 Parallax 74.8 83
60.1% 78.3 fps
Min Avg Max
70 MRender 75.9 80.6
65.8 Gravity 72.8 80.9
60 Splatting 65.3 72.3
57.8% 71.3 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 526.98
56.7% Above average
Lighting 69.7
Reflection 81.5
Parallax 72.2
57% 74.5 fps
MRender 75.4
Gravity 70.9
Splatting 63.7
57% 70 fps
Asus(1043 8504) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.94
56.3% Above average
Lighting 69.2
Reflection 81.9
Parallax 72.4
56% 74.5 fps
MRender 75.8
Gravity 69.4
Splatting 63.3
56% 69.5 fps
MSI(1462 3170)
CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 532.03
56.2% Above average
Lighting 68.7
Reflection 114
Parallax 72.7
56% 85 fps
MRender 75.1
Gravity 70.2
Splatting 64.3
57% 69.9 fps
Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 532.03
55.7% Above average
Lighting 68.5
Reflection 78.9
Parallax 68.1
56% 71.8 fps
MRender 74.4
Gravity 68.1
Splatting 62.9
56% 68.5 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $500 @ launch in Sep '14)
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MSI(1462 3170) 16% 59% ± 5%
MSI GTX 980 4GB GAMING
GTX 980 GAMING 4G
Nvidia(10DE 1116) 14% 57% ± 5%
EVGA(3842 2983) 13% 60% ± 2%
EVGA GTX 980 4GB SC ACX 2.0
04G-P4-2983-KR
Asus(1043 8518) 12% 59% ± 3%
Asus(1043 8506) 5% 58% ± 3%
ASUS GTX 980 4GB STRIX OC
STRIX-GTX980-DC2OC-4GD5
Gigabyte(1458 367C) 4% 62% ± 4%
Zotac(19DA 1370) 4% 58% ± 2%
EVGA(3842 2982) 3% 58% ± 4%
EVGA(3842 2981) 3% 56% ± 2%
Asus(1043 850A) 3% 61% ± 3%
Gainward(10B0 13C0) 2% 60% ± 2%
Nvidia(10DE 13C0) 2% 61% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 3669) 2% 63% ± 5%
Zotac(19DA 2368) 2% 65% ± 4%
MSI(1462 3176) 1% 62% ± 2%
MSI(1462 3177) 1% 62% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 3685) 1% 62% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 2989) 1% 65% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 366E) 1% 64% ± 4%
PNY(196E 1116) 1% 58% ± 4%
EVGA(3842 2980) 1% 56% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 3676) 1% 54% ± 3%
EVGA(3842 2986) 1% 62% ± 4%
Asus(1043 8504) 1% 58% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 3696) 1% 63% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 3988) 0% 67% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 5988) 0% 68% ± 1%
HP(103C 2B49) 0% 55% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 3672) 0% 65% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 367D) 0% 64% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 1370) 0% 57% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 36DA) 0% 65% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1989) 0% 66% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8513) 0% 60% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8519) 0% 53% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8533) 0% 69% ± 0%
Asus(1043 86E8) 0% 55% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1982) 0% 61% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3677) 0% 56% ± 0%
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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $284Bench 81%, 588,978 samples5,125x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $124Bench 72%, 342,244 samples2,829x
Core i7-6700Intel  $284Bench 72%, 282,363 samples809x
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GTX 980Nvidia  $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples704x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples627x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $118Bench 112%, 602,853 samples257x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples657x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples437x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples437x
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 Comments

GPUPro
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1,617

Official site www.geforce.com/...

Added 8 years ago.
USA-User
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9,392

Disliked (edit your comment) Add link

18 days ago.

GBR-User
Avatar level
5,536

Excellent

2 months ago.

Can run most games well or very well but cant run some really demanding games but if you are looking to play something like spiderman (ps4) or the miles morales games it can run them but between 30-60 fps with 8gb of ram

HKG-User
Avatar level
5,296

Good

4 years ago.

Can perform well in nearly all of the games in Ultra or Very High settings

CAN-User
Avatar level
4,742

Excellent

4 months ago.

Great performing card for the actual going price.

BRA-User
Avatar level
4,381

Good

2 months ago.

card too expensive and that delivers a performance similar to a gtx 1050 ti

POL-User
Avatar level
4,376

Poor

3 months ago.

I have this graphics card maded by gigabyte. I love this card i buy this card for 200$ as used. Every game on high settings have stable 60 FPS

ITA-User
Avatar level
3,917

Good

4 months ago.

The price is too high for this old Gpu

ESP-User
Avatar level
3,583

Poor

21 months ago.

it looks very good for its price

CZE-User
Avatar level
3,194

Good

2 years ago.

Its not 500$ its like 250 200 now from second hand compare to others

GRC-User
Avatar level
3,019

Good

12 months ago.

It can compete with the 1600 series gpus from 2019

SRB-User
Avatar level
2,638

Poor

8 months ago.

Better than a GTX 1050 TI or a 1650 for a less price

PRT-User
Avatar level
2,506

Good

2 years ago.

Never has let me down during the last 5 years and counting. No game is able still to stall it.

BEL-User
Avatar level
2,432

Excellent

17 months ago.

is still working after 7 years of use

LTU-User
Avatar level
2,164

Excellent

5 months ago.

best quality price performance support size style and name of oldies 9800gtx like new 10 times better beast !!!

DNK-User
Avatar level
2,108

Good

7 months ago.

i have the graphic card myself and im in love with it

Comment 

The Geforce gtx 980 is an amazing graphics card. in fact, one of the best that i have ever seen. it has outstanding performance and low heat output. i personally have the Asus Strix edition, and cannot recommend this card enough. the only downside is it's high price tag. but, if you have a lot of money to spend on your ultimate computer, i think you should go for this card, or the Ti edition.—Sep '15

NZL-User
Avatar level
1,990

Excellent

2 years ago.

Had mine since 2014, still an amazing card in 2021. Unfortunately, it is time to upgrade soon as the 4gb VRAM is a tad limiting

SAU-User
Avatar level
1,710

Good

4 months ago.

not bad for FPS games and minecraft but it does try it's best to be better at lighting games

GPUPro
Avatar level
1,617

Outstanding

8 years ago.

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
316

Poor

3 years ago.

Why are these always such a bad value?

0306
Avatar level
216

Poor

2 years ago.

WAY too overpriced.

mrdp
Avatar level
52

Poor

7 years ago.

Guys, Ebay US shown weird prices, $59.99 please fix that

lachietg
Avatar level
40

Excellent

2 years ago.

epic

Dogecoins44
Avatar level
24

Excellent

2 months ago.

perfect for 1080p in 2023

Nissdrive
Avatar level
20

Excellent

3 years ago.

This GPU might as well be called crazy. At the time, it was a very powerful card and did its job like all other cards. The reason people still consider these cards is because it was such a groundbreaking card at launch that people thought it was just incredible. Indeed, it does perform very well, and is still a great card to buy today in the used market at a good price. As for how it would perform compared to a 1080, despite what many believe, it's not as good as a 1080. Overall an amazing card to fully wrap up the 900 series of NVIDIA cards.

Strelka
Avatar level
18

Excellent

2 years ago.

A treat to game with, but the only really holding it back now is its sad 4GB of VRAM.

_LTG_
Avatar level
16

Excellent

4 years ago.

Amazing performance, looks, and temperatures for the money.

ISnortFlour
Avatar level
12

Excellent

5 years ago.

Still a great card for today and tomorrow. This cards true potential is never seen known of by almost all users and needs to be unlocked with time, patience, power, custom bios and nvflash which also allows you to finally delete them horrible software overclockers as software overclocking is a joke at best. For example my evga 980 ftw v1 benched at 76% @ 1080p when I first got it and with a little and a lot of cussing I've tweaked my bios with nvflash which has it running a game stable 91% @ 4k aka 2160p. Now with the right settings on pubg (I use NVidia dsr 2x or 4x over their screen scaling and shadows on ultra low as it not only looks the best but that setting drops you 20 fps alone for some reason) and NVidia container (set up for highest quality along with highest aliasing and override any app settings) I'm able to game in 4k @ 30+ fps or 1440p @ 80+ fps. I would recommend picking up the 980ti on ebay however because a month or so after I got mine they started bidding out close to the same price especially now gfx card prices have dropped. If you bid you should be able to snag a ti under $300 while I was impatient and bought this 1 bin for $275. With a custom bios I have no doubt a 980ti could game 4k at 40+ fps no problem and 2 in sli should easily give you 60+ if that's what your going for as for me I notice almost no difference between 1440p and 2160p other than frame rate so I stick to 1440p using 4x dsr which is 8192 x 4320 which is then downscaled to 1440p to produce a crisper nicer looking image allowing me to take off that frame rate killer known as screen scaling and looks about just as good or if you are running a 60hz tv or monitor you can even add a little screen scaling to it until it drops you down to that 60fps as you are only truly getting anyways and sharpen up your image that much more. If I remember correctly you take it from the 70 mark up to 80 and that puts you at 60fps in game if your settings are like mine and your game will look amazing.

AT0MAC
Avatar level
8

Outstanding

7 years ago.

Best GFX I ever have had! Much much better than R9 290X

J65536
Avatar level
8

Excellent

4 years ago.

Haven't used it yet lmao

mikel1982
Avatar level
6

Excellent

4 years ago.

Great card. I have kingpin edition from evga, it’s deceptively quiet even at full load, and will oc above most 980ti scores in pass mark on air... have not tried with LN2 cooling but it is set up for that if it’s your thing..

SUpstone5
Avatar level
4

Excellent

6 years ago.

Get one of these used - very powerful and capable GPU. Rocks my Nuclear Submarine!

orikoo6
Avatar level
4

Excellent

5 years ago.

U can oc this card to 980ti and the price today is amazing dont even hesitate to buy it. it can run 4k 30fps and ultra 1080p in every game more then 60fps. if u have 144hz monitor i would still recommend it because half of the game it can hit 144fps in some secrufice to a little bit graphics.

Blachony
Avatar level
4

Good

2 years ago.

Still does good work

yakor21
Avatar level
2

Excellent

4 years ago.

good gpu

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