GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce GT 240 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs GeForce GT 240
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
10560
GeForce GT 240
525
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GeForce GT 240
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
GP106
GT215
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2016
November 2009
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
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
550 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
96
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105C C
Texture fill rate
136.7
17.60
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
54.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
6.1
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
3.2
Shader Model
6.4
4.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A
VR Ready
+
-