GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce GT 230 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce GT 230
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
9876
GeForce GT 230
333
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GT 230
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GP106
G94B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
October 2009
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
650 MHz
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
48
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
15.60
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
6.1
1.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
3.3
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
+
N/A