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    GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 745 OEM

    GeForce GTX 1060
    Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 10 Jul 2016
    GeForce GTX 1060
    GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    Memory: 4096Mb DDR3DESKTOP
    Release date: 18 Feb 2014
    GeForce GTX 745 OEM

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 1060
      553%
    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Around 453% higher average synthetic performance.
    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 745 OEM

    65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 1060 .
    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 1060

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060

    The GeForce GTX 1060 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    GPU NameGP106 (GP106-400-A1)vsGM107 (GM107-300-A2)
    Fab Process16 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size200 mm²vs148 mm²
    Transistors4,400 millionvs1,870 million
    Shaders1280vs384
    Compute Units10vs3
    Core clock1506 MHzvs1033 MHz
    ROPs48vs16
    TMUs80vs24

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsDDR3
    Bus Width192 bitvs128 bit
    Memory Speed2002 MHz
    8008 MHz effective    		vs900 MHz
    1800 MHz effective
    Memory Size6144 Mbvs4096 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    TDP120 wattsvs55 watts
    Release Date10 Jul 2016vs18 Feb 2014

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1060
      72.30 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      16.50 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1060
      120.50 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      24.80 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 1060
      192.20 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      28.80 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 1060
      3855.00 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      793.30 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 1060
      17380
    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      3140

    Points (higher is better)

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