GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce GT 740 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce GT 740
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
9876
GeForce GT 740
1534
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GT 740
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name
GP106
GK107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
May 2014
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
993 MHz
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
1,270 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
384
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
64 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
31.78
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
80.19 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
6.1
3.0
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
+
1.1.126