GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce GT 545
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GT 545 |
| 50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB . |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | | GeForce GT 545 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-300-A1) | vs | GF116 (GF116-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | vs | 238 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,400 million | vs | 1,170 million |
| Shaders | 1152 | vs | 144 |
| Compute Units | 9 | vs | 3 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 720 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 72 | vs | 24 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | | GeForce GT 545 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 1536 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | | GeForce GT 545 | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 70 watts |
| Release Date | 18 Aug 2016 | vs | 14 May 2011 |
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
72.30 GP/s
GeForce GT 545
4.32 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
108.40 GT/s
GeForce GT 545
17.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
192.20 GB/s
GeForce GT 545
38.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
3470.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 545
414.70 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better