GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X and GeForce GT 740A - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
GeForce GT 740A
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
GP104
GK208
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
August 2013
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
-
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
980 MHz
Floating-point performance
-
752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
384
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
33 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
31.36
Memory type
GDDR5X
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
8 GB/s
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
14.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
6.1
3.5
OpenCL
3.0
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
5.1
Vulkan
1.3
1.1.126