GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 vs GTX 760

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	399	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.51	no data
Power efficiency	5.02	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GK104	GP104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	25 June 2013 (11 years ago)	8 March 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1152	1280
Core clock speed	980 MHz	1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz	1708 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	120 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	99.07	136.6
Floating-point processing power	2.378 TFLOPS	4.372 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	48
TMUs	96	80

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	250 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Minimum recommended system power	500 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	192.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu Ray 3D	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-
PhysX	+	-
3D Vision Live	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	+	6.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	25 June 2013	8 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	120 Watt

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