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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: 44.59

Overall Rank:  266

Last Price Change:  $248.45 USD (2026-02-10)

Average G3D Mark
11078

Average G2D Mark: 790
Samples: 14170

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 10th of April 2026.

G3D Mark Distribution for GeForce GTX 980

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 20th of March 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of March 2026.

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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 $639.88
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Alienware Steam Machine Console (Intel Core i3, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD) NVIDIA GeForce GTX Alienware Steam Machine Console (Intel Core i3, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD) NVIDIA GeForce GTX $399.00
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G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 11th of April 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 25,022
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,125
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,268
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,514
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,742
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,094
GeForce GTX 980
 		11,078
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,870
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,361
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,041
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 11th of April 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 2060
 62.64
GeForce RTX 3070
 59.50
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 50.80
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 48.94
GeForce RTX 4060
 47.11
GeForce GTX 980
 		44.59
GeForce RTX 3080
 37.35
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 35.62
GeForce GTX 1650
 26.68
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 NA
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Last 5 Baselines for GeForce GTX 980
Most recent listed first
Videocard Average G3D Mark
BL3394166 - Apr 06 2026
12693
BL3389281 - Apr 01 2026
9973
BL3389235 - Apr 01 2026
9522
BL3384630 - Mar 30 2026
11532
BL3384477 - Mar 30 2026
11414
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Popular comparisons for GeForce GTX 980
As of 11th of April 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce GTX 980
 		11,078
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs GeForce GTX 980
 41,577 (+275.3%)
RTX PRO 5000 72GB Blackwell vs GeForce GTX 980
 40,493 (+265.5%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs GeForce GTX 980
 38,968 (+251.8%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce GTX 980
 38,071 (+243.7%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs GeForce GTX 980
 37,170 (+235.5%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce GTX 980
 35,690 (+222.2%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce GTX 980
 34,438 (+210.9%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs GeForce GTX 980
 34,262 (+209.3%)
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs GeForce GTX 980
 33,326 (+200.8%)
nVidia L40-48Q vs GeForce GTX 980
 33,270 (+200.3%)
nVidia L40-4Q vs GeForce GTX 980
 32,601 (+194.3%)
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