GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GP106
GF116
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
March 2011
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
783 MHz
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
1,170 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
192
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
106 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
25.06
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
3608 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
57.73 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
2.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
+
N/A