Radeon R5 230 vs GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile with Radeon R5 230, including specs and performance data.

GTX 980 SLI Mobile
2015
2x 8 GB GDDR5, 330 Watt
39.23
+6782%

GTX 980 SLI Mobile outperforms R5 230 by a whopping 6782% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1141205
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.292.09
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameN16E-GXX SLICaicos
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date22 September 2015 (9 years ago)3 April 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4096160
Core clock speed1126 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1228 MHzno data
Number of transistors10400 Million370 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)330 Watt19 Watt
Texture fill rateno data5.000
Floating-point processing powerno data0.2 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportno dataPCIe 1.0 x4
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataN/A
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed3500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidthno data10.67 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Eyefinity-+
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire-+
​PowerPlayno data+
DDMA audiono data-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_1DirectX® 11
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2
CUDA+-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD132
+13100%
1−2
−13100%
4K650−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 65−70 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+8100%
1−2
−8100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70 0−1
Battlefield 5 120−130
+12300%
1−2
−12300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+7700%
1−2
−7700%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70 0−1
Far Cry 5 80−85
+8300%
1−2
−8300%
Far Cry New Dawn 95−100
+9500%
1−2
−9500%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+9400%
2−3
−9400%
Hitman 3 80−85
+8100%
1−2
−8100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+8000%
2−3
−8000%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+12300%
1−2
−12300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95
+9000%
1−2
−9000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
+6950%
2−3
−6950%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+12700%
1−2
−12700%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+8100%
1−2
−8100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70 0−1
Battlefield 5 120−130
+12300%
1−2
−12300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+7700%
1−2
−7700%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70 0−1
Far Cry 5 80−85
+8300%
1−2
−8300%
Far Cry New Dawn 95−100
+9500%
1−2
−9500%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+9400%
2−3
−9400%
Hitman 3 80−85
+8100%
1−2
−8100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+8000%
2−3
−8000%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+12300%
1−2
−12300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95
+9000%
1−2
−9000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
+6950%
2−3
−6950%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 137
+13600%
1−2
−13600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+12700%
1−2
−12700%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+8100%
1−2
−8100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+7700%
1−2
−7700%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70 0−1
Far Cry 5 80−85
+8300%
1−2
−8300%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+9400%
2−3
−9400%
Hitman 3 80−85
+8100%
1−2
−8100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+8000%
2−3
−8000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
+6950%
2−3
−6950%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 74
+7300%
1−2
−7300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+12700%
1−2
−12700%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95
+9000%
1−2
−9000%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
+7300%
1−2
−7300%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33 0−1
Far Cry 5 45−50 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 210−220
+7133%
3−4
−7133%
Hitman 3 50−55 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+8300%
1−2
−8300%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+7100%
1−2
−7100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 90−95
+9200%
1−2
−9200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 190−200
+9400%
2−3
−9400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70 0−1

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35 0−1
Hitman 3 30−35 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
+8900%
2−3
−8900%
Metro Exodus 45−50 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 51 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14 0−1
Far Cry 5 21−24 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 50−55 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35 0−1

This is how GTX 980 SLI Mobile and R5 230 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 13100% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 39.23 0.57
Recency 22 September 2015 3 April 2014
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 330 Watt 19 Watt

GTX 980 SLI Mobile has a 6782.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

R5 230, on the other hand, has 1636.8% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 230 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon R5 230 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
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