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Average Bench: 74.9% (30th of 597)

Based on 78,385 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]

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Poor: 61%Average: 74.9% Great: 85%

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Good average bench

The Nvidia GTX 980 averaged 25.1% 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) 238fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 216fps

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 980 is 24.1%. 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) 212fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 149fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 78,385 samples)
Rank 3074.9%
Min Avg Max
172 Lighting 238 274
175 Reflection 212 239
178 Parallax 235 269
73.3% 228 fps
Min Avg Max
143 MRender 163 178
182 Gravity 216 244
132 Splatting 149 168
76.1% 176 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35
79% Very good
Lighting 244
Reflection 231
Parallax 249
76% 241 fps
MRender 174
Gravity 230
Splatting 162
81% 188 fps
Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.22
78.8% Very good
Lighting 256
Reflection 222
Parallax 239
77% 239 fps
MRender 170
Gravity 228
Splatting 156
80% 185 fps
EVGA(3842 2983)
CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.22
78.6% Very good
Lighting 246
Reflection 230
Parallax 249
76% 242 fps
MRender 170
Gravity 228
Splatting 160
80% 186 fps
Asus(1043 86E8) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1492 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35
73.6% Very good
Lighting 227
Reflection 213
Parallax 230
70% 223 fps
MRender 166
Gravity 212
Splatting 150
76% 176 fps
78,385 MORE »

 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 12 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 185 fps Grand Theft Auto V: 64 fps PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: 71 fps Overwatch: 104 fps League of Legends: 196 fps Fortnite: 102 fps Battlefield 1: 75 fps The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 61 fps DOTA 2: 143 fps World of Warcraft: 74 fps World of Tanks: 109 fps Battlefield 4: 100 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 12,769,557 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 78,385 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $500 @ launch in Sep '14)
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MSI(1462 3170) 17% 75% ± 9%
MSI GTX 980 4GB GAMING
GTX 980 GAMING 4G
EVGA(3842 2983) 14% 77% ± 9%
EVGA GTX 980 4GB SC ACX 2.0
04G-P4-2983-KR
Nvidia(10DE 1116) 13% 75% ± 7%
Asus(1043 8518) 11% 71% ± 12%
Gigabyte(1458 367C) 5% 77% ± 8%
Asus(1043 8506) 4% 73% ± 6%
ASUS GTX 980 4GB STRIX OC
STRIX-GTX980-DC2OC-4GD5
EVGA(3842 2982) 4% 77% ± 4%
Zotac(19DA 2368) 3% 79% ± 6%
MSI(1462 3177) 2% 74% ± 4%
Gainward(10B0 13C0) 2% 75% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 3672) 2% 78% ± 4%
Nvidia(10DE 13C0) 2% 72% ± 11%
Gigabyte(1458 3669) 2% 76% ± 11%
EVGA(3842 2986) 2% 75% ± 19%
EVGA(3842 2981) 1% 68% ± 18%
Gigabyte(1458 3685) 1% 73% ± 12%
Asus(1043 850A) 1% 78% ± 3%
Palit(1569 13C0) 1% 76% ± 2%
Zotac(19DA 1370) 1% 75% ± 6%
MSI(1462 3176) 1% 76% ± 1%
Asus(1043 8504) 1% 74% ± 7%
EVGA(3842 2980) 1% 72% ± 10%
Asus(1043 8583) 1% 72% ± 2%
EVGA(3842 3988) 1% 82% ± 1%
Asus(1043 8519) 1% 70% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 367D) 1% 80% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 3686) 1% 77% ± 2%
EVGA(3842 5987) 1% 79% ± 6%
Asus(1043 8513) 1% 76% ± 1%
PNY(196E 1116) 1% 71% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 36DA) 0% 77% ± 8%
Gigabyte(1458 366E) 0% 79% ± 1%
Asus(1043 86E8) 0% 61% ± 13%
EVGA(3842 1982) 0% 79% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 3696) 0% 76% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 3673) 0% 77% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3698) 0% 73% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 3677) 0% 72% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 36CC) 0% 86% ± 11%
EVGA(3842 5988) 0% 81% ± 0%
Device(0000 0000) 0% 9% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1980) 0% 84% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 2988) 0% 79% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3697) 0% 76% ± 0%
MSI(1462 3178) 0% 74% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 2984) 0% 73% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 36CE) 0% 56% ± 0%
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Gaming 72%
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Desktop 81%
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Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $365Bench 85%, 175,102 samples5,434x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $232Bench 81%, 101,466 samples1,019x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $451Bench 77%, 68,836 samples491x
GPU
GTX 980Nvidia  $500Bench 75%, 78,385 samples719x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $63Bench 104%, 346,052 samples760x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $98Bench 113%, 258,435 samples738x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $199Bench 96%, 82,708 samples461x
RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 10,012 samples436x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 59%, 18,343 samples428x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 40,554 samples282x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $928

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 Comments

GPUPro
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923

Official site www.geforce.com/...

Added 4 years ago.
USA-User
Avatar level
4,600

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 days ago.

problem in 4k - blue screen and not periodically snowing on the screen

HKG-User
Avatar level
2,988

Good

1 month ago.

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

CAN-User
Avatar level
2,518

Excellent

10 days ago.

Honestly, I'm guessing you already know this amazing Legendary Card is amazing In the meantime I'm going to go buy one for $150 from this deal I got.

ITA-User
Avatar level
2,189

Terrible

13 days ago.

The price is too high for this old Gpu

ESP-User
Avatar level
2,129

Poor

1 month ago.

it looks very good for its price

NLD-User
Avatar level
1,840

Excellent

13 days ago.

Perhaps a bit expensive when I first got it, but so so worth it. Great video card.

SWE-User
Avatar level
1,516

Good

10 days ago.

Perfect! bought one new for 200$ and it delivers :)

PRT-User
Avatar level
1,506

Excellent

1 month ago.

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

ZAF-User
Avatar level
1,326

Good

10 days ago.

cause .. you know

LTU-User
Avatar level
1,290

Good

1 month ago.

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

DNK-User
Avatar level
1,288

Liked

15 days ago.

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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

NOR-User
Avatar level
1,202

Good

7 days ago.

try gtx 980 gtx 1060 and look at the price or try gtx 980 vs gtx 1070 and look at the price and perfomance

NZL-User
Avatar level
1,170

Excellent

8 days ago.

Amazing card still passing even new cards

GPUPro
Avatar level
923

Outstanding

4 years ago.

gvrax
Avatar level
360

Terrible

15 months ago.

very high price & low energy efficiency

GamingEliot
Avatar level
286

Good

7 months ago.

Still holds it's value today at around $250 used.

mrdp
Avatar level
48

Poor

2 years ago.

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

_LTG_
Avatar level
16

Excellent

1 month ago.

Amazing performance, looks, and temperatures for the money.

ISnortFlour
Avatar level
12

Excellent

13 months 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

3 years ago.

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

J65536
Avatar level
8

Excellent

6 months ago.

Haven't used it yet lmao

SUpstone5
Avatar level
4

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

orikoo6
Avatar level
4

Excellent

13 months 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.

mikel1982
Avatar level
4

Excellent

8 days 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..

yakor21
Avatar level
2

Excellent

3 months ago.

good gpu

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