GeForce GT 720 and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X - video card comparison
GeForce GT 720
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
Architecture
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GK208B
GP104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2014
October 2018
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x8
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1709 MHz
Core clock speed
797 MHz
1506 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
306.0 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
915 million
7,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
19 Watt
120 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
12.75
136.7
Memory type
DDR3 / GDDR5
GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB or 1 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
192.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
3 displays
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
6.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.4
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.4
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.2.131
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
3D Vision
+
-