GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce GTS 250 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce GTS 250
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
9876
GeForce GTS 250
616
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GTS 250
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GP106
G92B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
March 2009
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
6-pin
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
738 MHz
CUDA cores
-
128
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
128
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
150 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
123.0
47.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
70.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Two Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
6.1
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
3.0
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
+
N/A