NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Specifications, where the GeForce GTX 980 Ti sits for gaming, the processor worth pairing with it, and the frame rate the pair returns at every resolution.
Ryzen 5 4500
The GeForce GTX 980 Ti and the Ryzen 5 4500 return about 21 fps on High at 1440p with neither part wasting the other. A processor slower than the Ryzen 5 4500 leaves the GeForce GTX 980 Ti idling, and a faster one adds no frames to a GeForce GTX 980 Ti at this resolution.
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| Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
| Released | 2015 |
| Video memory | 6 GB |
| Board power | 250 W |
| Gaming performance index | 20.0 (RTX 4090 = 100) |
What these numbers mean for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti
On our index the GeForce GTX 980 Ti scores 20.0, which places it 75th of the 89 graphics cards we track and puts it faster than roughly 16% of them.
The nearest part above the GeForce GTX 980 Ti is the GeForce GTX 1660 at 21.0, just 5.0% faster, and a gap of 5.0% is not visible while you are playing, so choosing between them is a price question rather than a performance one.
6 GB of memory is the figure to watch on the GeForce GTX 980 Ti: workable at 1080p, tight at 1440p on high presets, and short of what a handful of recent titles want, which on a 6 GB card shows up as stutter rather than a lower frame counter and so gets misdiagnosed as the GeForce GTX 980 Ti simply being slow.
At 250 W the GeForce GTX 980 Ti sits in the mainstream power bracket, so a competent supply of around 600 W total handles the whole machine and cooling is a matter of normal case airflow rather than special planning.
Released in 2015, the GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 11 years old and well past the point of being a sensible new purchase, and it is here because plenty of people still run a GeForce GTX 980 Ti and want to know what to pair with it or whether to replace it.
GeForce GTX 980 Ti frame rate at each resolution
The GeForce GTX 980 Ti paired with the Ryzen 5 4500 on the High preset with 16 GB of system memory. The card is the limit throughout, so the GeForce GTX 980 Ti falls the full 73% from 37 fps to 10 fps as the pixel count rises.
| Resolution | Estimated fps | Limited by |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p (1920 x 1080) | 37 fps | GPU |
| 1440p (2560 x 1440) | 21 fps | GPU |
| 4K (3840 x 2160) | 10 fps | GPU |
How the GeForce GTX 980 Ti compares
6 cards sit within 30% of the GeForce GTX 980 Ti on our gaming index, running from the GeForce GTX 1080 at +30% to the Radeon RX Vega 64 at +20%, a window narrow enough that price, memory and power decide it rather than raw speed.
What to pair with the GeForce GTX 980 Ti, and when to upgrade
Best CPU for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti
When the GeForce GTX 980 Ti becomes the limit, the Radeon RX 6650 XT is the next step worth paying for: 31.0 on our index against 20.0, a jump of 55%, which is roughly where an upgrade stops being something you have to look at a counter to notice. See its specs.
Check the GeForce GTX 980 Ti against your own parts
GeForce GTX 980 Ti specifications on this page are from NVIDIA, while its performance index of 20.0 is modelled from published benchmark data for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti rather than measured on a test bench, and every frame rate above follows from that figure. How we calculate this