Radeon R5 M435 vs GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and Radeon R5 M435, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 980 SLI Mobile
2015
2x 8 GB GDDR5, 330 Watt
39.38
+1740%

GTX 980 SLI Mobile outperforms R5 M435 by a whopping 1740% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking115872
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.21no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameN16E-GXX SLIJet
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date22 September 2015 (9 years ago)15 May 2016 (8 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 cores4096320
Core clock speed1126 MHz780 MHz
Boost clock speed1228 MHz1030 MHz
Number of transistors10400 Million690 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)330 Wattno data
Texture fill rateno data20.60
Floating-point processing powerno data0.6592 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data20

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
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed3500 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data36 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 dataNo outputs
G-SYNC support+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
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 HD130
+1757%
7−8
−1757%
4K69
+2200%
3−4
−2200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+1950%
4−5
−1950%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+2000%
4−5
−2000%
Elden Ring 130−140
+1871%
7−8
−1871%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110
+1980%
5−6
−1980%
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+1950%
4−5
−1950%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+2000%
4−5
−2000%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+1810%
10−11
−1810%
Metro Exodus 90−95
+1780%
5−6
−1780%
Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+1825%
4−5
−1825%
Valorant 150−160
+1875%
8−9
−1875%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110
+1980%
5−6
−1980%
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+1950%
4−5
−1950%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+2000%
4−5
−2000%
Dota 2 120−130
+1950%
6−7
−1950%
Elden Ring 130−140
+1871%
7−8
−1871%
Far Cry 5 95−100
+1840%
5−6
−1840%
Fortnite 170−180
+1811%
9−10
−1811%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+1810%
10−11
−1810%
Grand Theft Auto V 120−130
+1933%
6−7
−1933%
Metro Exodus 90−95
+1780%
5−6
−1780%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 200−210
+1910%
10−11
−1910%
Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+1825%
4−5
−1825%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 141
+1914%
7−8
−1914%
Valorant 150−160
+1875%
8−9
−1875%
World of Tanks 270−280
+1893%
14−16
−1893%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110
+1980%
5−6
−1980%
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+1950%
4−5
−1950%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+2000%
4−5
−2000%
Dota 2 120−130
+1950%
6−7
−1950%
Far Cry 5 95−100
+1840%
5−6
−1840%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+1810%
10−11
−1810%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 200−210
+1910%
10−11
−1910%
Valorant 150−160
+1875%
8−9
−1875%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 70−75
+2333%
3−4
−2333%
Elden Ring 80−85
+1900%
4−5
−1900%
Grand Theft Auto V 70−75
+2333%
3−4
−2333%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+1844%
9−10
−1844%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+1850%
2−3
−1850%
World of Tanks 240−250
+1975%
12−14
−1975%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
+2333%
3−4
−2333%
Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+1900%
2−3
−1900%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+1900%
2−3
−1900%
Far Cry 5 120−130
+2017%
6−7
−2017%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+1800%
6−7
−1800%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+2025%
4−5
−2025%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+2167%
3−4
−2167%
Valorant 120−130
+1967%
6−7
−1967%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+1950%
2−3
−1950%
Dota 2 75−80
+1825%
4−5
−1825%
Elden Ring 35−40
+1800%
2−3
−1800%
Grand Theft Auto V 75−80
+1850%
4−5
−1850%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+3200%
1−2
−3200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+2033%
6−7
−2033%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
+1850%
4−5
−1850%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
+2200%
2−3
−2200%
Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+1950%
2−3
−1950%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18 0−1
Dota 2 75−80
+1825%
4−5
−1825%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+1833%
3−4
−1833%
Fortnite 55−60
+1767%
3−4
−1767%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+2067%
3−4
−2067%
Valorant 65−70
+2067%
3−4
−2067%

This is how GTX 980 SLI Mobile and R5 M435 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 1757% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 2200% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 39.38 2.14
Recency 22 September 2015 15 May 2016

GTX 980 SLI Mobile has a 1740.2% higher aggregate performance score.

R5 M435, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months.

The GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 M435 in performance tests.


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