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GeForce GTX 980

Price and performance details for the GeForce GTX 980 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the videocard compared to the 10 other common videocards in terms of PassMark G3D Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the G3DMark per dollar.

GeForce GTX 980

Bus Interface: PCIe 3.0 x16

Max Memory Size: 4096 MB

Core Clock(s): 1126 MHz

Memory Clock(s): 1752.5 MHz

DirectX: 12

OpenGL: 4.5

Max TDP: 165 W

Videocard Category: Desktop

Other names: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Mobile)

Videocard First Benchmarked: 2014-09-19

G3DMark/Price: 44.75

Overall Rank:  270

Last Price Change:  $247.35 USD (2022-04-15)

Average G3D Mark
11070

Average G2D Mark: 790
Samples: 13977

Videocard Test Suite Average Results for GeForce GTX 980

DirectX 9164 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1053 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1183 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1246 Frames/Sec
GPU Compute4744 Ops/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest as of 17th of December 2025.

G3D Mark Distribution for GeForce GTX 980

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of December 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of December 2025.

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Pricing History

Machines with this Videocard (or similar)

Evounic RGB Gaming PC Computer Desktop – i5-10600KF up to 4.8GHz, GeForce GTX 980, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD, WiFi 6 & Bluetooth 5.4, Windows 11, RGB Lighting Gaming Tower Evounic RGB Gaming PC Computer Desktop – i5-10600KF up to 4.8GHz, GeForce GTX 980, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD, WiFi 6 & Bluetooth 5.4, Windows 11, RGB Lighting Gaming Tower $519.88
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G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 17th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 25,062
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,158
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,305
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,545
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,775
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,114
GeForce GTX 980
 		11,070
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,867
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,350
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,041
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 4060
 65.15
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 57.85
GeForce RTX 2060
 46.39
GeForce GTX 980
 		44.75
GeForce RTX 3070
 34.09
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 29.09
GeForce GTX 1650
 28.77
GeForce RTX 3080
 21.08
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 16.33
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 NA
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Last 5 Baselines for GeForce GTX 980
Most recent listed first
Videocard Average G3D Mark
BL3137497 - Dec 15 2025
12130
BL3137404 - Dec 15 2025
9510
BL3134293 - Dec 14 2025
10956
BL3132868 - Dec 14 2025
13512
BL3132507 - Dec 14 2025
12405
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Popular comparisons for GeForce GTX 980
As of 17th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce GTX 980
 		11,070
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition vs GeForce GTX 980
 42,223 (+281.4%)
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs GeForce GTX 980
 41,059 (+270.9%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs GeForce GTX 980
 38,848 (+250.9%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce GTX 980
 38,108 (+244.2%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs GeForce GTX 980
 36,034 (+225.5%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce GTX 980
 35,847 (+223.8%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce GTX 980
 34,453 (+211.2%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs GeForce GTX 980
 34,235 (+209.3%)
L40-48Q vs GeForce GTX 980
 33,270 (+200.5%)
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs GeForce GTX 980
 33,025 (+198.3%)
L40-4Q vs GeForce GTX 980
 32,601 (+194.5%)
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