GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce GT 720 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs GeForce GT 720
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
10560
GeForce GT 720
628
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GeForce GT 720
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
GP106
GK208B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2016
September 2014
Bus support
-
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
797 MHz
CUDA cores
-
192
Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
192
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
98 °C
Texture fill rate
136.7
12.75
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3 / GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Multi monitor support
-
3 displays
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
6.1
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.4
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.1.126
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
3D Vision
-
+
VR Ready
+
-