Radeon RX 6600S — Benchmarks & Specs
Bottom line: how fast is the Radeon RX 6600S?
At 1440p (Ultra, FSR Balanced), the Radeon RX 6600S averages 60 fps in Starfield, per CpuTronic. For local LLM inference it generates 50.6 tokens/sec running llama2:7b at Q4_0 under llama.cpp, per KnightLi.com — llama.cpp GPU Vulkan Scoreboard. In 3DMark Solar Bay it scores 29,529 points, per NotebookCheck.
Every figure above is a row in the tables below, and each row links out to the review or public benchmark database the number was taken from. SpecPicks aggregates published measurements; it does not report first-party benchmark runs.
The Radeon RX 6600S is a graphics card from the RDNA 2 family from AMD. Data on this page draws on 10 synthetic benchmark results, 3 community AI inference reports, 14 measured game frame-rate results, aggregated from public benchmark databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench, Cinebench) and the LocalLLaMA community. Read this page when shopping the Radeon RX 6600S, comparing it against other graphics cards in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K, productivity benchmarks, or local LLM inference).
Gaming Performance (measured FPS)
Average and 1% low frame rates by game, resolution, and quality preset. Bars are scaled against the fastest result on this page.
| Game | Resolution | Settings | Relative | Avg FPS | 1% low | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valorant | 1080p | High | 205 fps | — | technical.city 2023-10-01 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1080p | Low | 185 fps | — | technical.city 2023-10-01 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1080p | High | 115 fps | — | technical.city 2023-10-01 | |
| Starfield | 1080p | Ultra FSR Balanced | 85 fps | — | CpuTronic 2024-01-01 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1080p | Ultra RT on FSR Quality | 70 fps | — | CpuTronic 2024-01-01 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1080p | Ultra | 65 fps | — | CGMagazine 2021-11-19 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1080p | Ultra | 60 fps | — | CGMagazine 2021-11-19 | |
| Starfield | 1440p | Ultra FSR Balanced | 60 fps | — | CpuTronic 2024-01-01 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1440p | Ultra | 57 fps | — | technical.city 2023-10-01 | |
| Alan Wake 2 | 1080p | Medium RT on | 52 fps | — | CpuTronic 2024-01-01 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1440p | Ultra RT on FSR Quality | 50 fps | — | CpuTronic 2024-01-01 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1440p | Ultra | 45 fps | — | CGMagazine 2021-11-19 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1440p | Ultra | 37 fps | — | technical.city 2023-10-01 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4K | Ultra | 29 fps | — | CGMagazine 2021-11-19 |
AI Inference Performance
Tokens per second under each model + quantization. Higher = faster generation. Bars compare runs across the same model.
| Model | Quantization | Relative | Tokens/sec | VRAM used | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| llama2:7b | Q4_0 llama.cpp | 50.6 tok/s | — | KnightLi.com — llama.cpp GPU Vulkan Scoreboard 2026-04-23 | |
| llama2:7b | q4_0 llama.cpp | 48.2 tok/s | — | llama.cpp GitHub Discussions 2024-12-01 | |
| qwen3:30b | — lmstudio | 33.0 tok/s | — | LocalLLaMA 2026-02-05 |
Synthetic Benchmarks
Higher is better. Bars are scaled within each benchmark family (multi-thread, single-thread, etc.) so you can compare like-with-like at a glance.
| Benchmark | Relative | Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Solar Bay | 29,529 points | NotebookCheck 2022-04-01 | |
| 3DMark Solar Bay | 29,529 points | Notebookcheck 2026-02-18 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 18,246 points | Notebookcheck 2026-02-18 | |
| PassMark G3D Mark | 13,569 points | PassMark Software 2023-02-25 | |
| PassMark G3D Mark | 13,280 pts | PassMark 2026-04-20 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 7,700 points | TopCPU (aggregates 3DMark results database) 2022-01-01 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 7,697 points | Notebookcheck 2026-02-18 | |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 6,709 points | NotebookCheck 2023-11-01 | |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 6,709 points | Notebookcheck 2026-02-18 | |
| PassMark G2D Mark | 638 pts | PassMark 2026-04-20 |
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