A display panel, driving method thereof and display apparatus are provided. The display panel comprises 4N gate lines, drive controlling circuit (1) connected to respective gate driving circuits and configured to output a group of timing control signals to respective gate driving circuits, and mode switching circuit (2) connected to drive controlling circuit (1), which can control drive controlling circuit (1) to drive all gate driving circuits to output scan signals sequentially to respective first gate line groups by taking two adjacent gate lines as first gate line group in scanning direction when receiving first mode control signal; and/or control drive controlling circuit (1) to drive all gate driving circuits to output scan signals sequentially to respective second gate line groups by taking four adjacent gate lines as second gate line group in scanning direction when receiving second mode control signal. Therefore, power consumption can be reduced, and standby-time can be prolonged.