GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs 7300 GT Mac Edition

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated234
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data14.17
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameG73GP106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date26 August 2006 (18 years ago)26 December 2017 (6 years ago)

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 coresno data1280
Core clock speed350 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1709 MHz
Number of transistors177 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)24 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate1.400136.7
Floating-point processing powerno data4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs240
TMUs480

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data250 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount128 MB5 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s160.2 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 August 2006 26 December 2017
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 5 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 24 Watt 120 Watt

7300 GT Mac Edition has 400% lower power consumption.

GTX 1060 5 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 3900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 462.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition and GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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