GeForce GT 740 and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 - video card comparison
GeForce GT 740
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GK107
GP106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2014
January 2018
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1709 MHz
Core clock speed
993 MHz
1506 MHz
Floating-point performance
762.6 gflops
4,375 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
1,270 million
4,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
64 Watt
120 Watt
Texture fill rate
31.78
136.7
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
5012 MHz
8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
80.19 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
3.0
6.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.4
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.2.131