GeForce GT 740 and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GT 740
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GK107
N17P-G1 Max-Q
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
May 2014
May 2017
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
-
1341 - 1480 MHz
Core clock speed
993 MHz
1063 - 1265 MHz
Floating-point performance
762.6 gflops
3,789 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
60 - 70 Watt
Texture fill rate
31.78
118.4
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
6.144 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
5012 MHz
8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
80.19 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
G-SYNC support
-
+
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12.0
CUDA
3.0
6.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
+
VR Ready
-
+