Radeon RX 6600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The Radeon RX 6600 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 11% to 134%, including 27% in 3DMark Time Spy (8,155 vs 6,421). On llama2:7b, the Radeon RX 6600 generates 50.6 tokens/s (per llama.cpp GitHub Discussions) against 41.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (per llama.cpp GitHub), best community run on file for each.
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6600 and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER. Released 2021 (Radeon RX 6600), 2019 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER). MSRP range: $329 · $229. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.
Where to buy
A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.
Specs side-by-side
| Spec | Radeon RX 6600 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 8 | 6 |
| vram type | — | GDDR6 |
| tdp w | — | 125 |
| cuda cores | — | 1408 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from 3DMark, Notebookcheck, Modders Inc, PCTestBench, HWBOT, UL Benchmarks, The FPS Review, KitGuru, Guru3D and VideoCardz; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.
| Benchmark | Radeon RX 6600 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck |
20,362 points | 15,070 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike (Graphics) (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
— | 15,855 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme Graphics Score (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
10,870 points | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
23,366 points | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better) Source: Modders Inc, PCTestBench |
— | 3,299 points |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: HWBOT, 3DMark |
3,928 points | 1,677 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: 3DMark |
1,548 points | — |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: UL Benchmarks, 3DMark, Notebookcheck |
1,487 points | 1,248 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
— | 5,670 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: The FPS Review, KitGuru, 3DMark, Guru3D, VideoCardz |
8,155 points | 6,421 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (Graphics) (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
— | 5,979 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: Modders Inc, PCTestBench |
— | 2,876 points |
AI inference (tokens/sec)
Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.
Radeon RX 6600
- qwen3:8b: 711.0 tok/s (LocalLLaMA)
- llama-2:7b: 50.6 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub Discussions)
- llama2:7b: 50.6 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub Discussions)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
- qwen2.5:0.5b: 63.9 tok/s (LocalScore.ai (Mozilla Builders))
- llama2:7b: 41.4 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub)
- llama2:7b: 41.4 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6600 or the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER?
The Radeon RX 6600 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 11% to 134%, including 27% in 3DMark Time Spy (8,155 vs 6,421).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On llama2:7b, the Radeon RX 6600 generates 50.6 tokens/s (per llama.cpp GitHub Discussions) against 41.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (per llama.cpp GitHub), best community run on file for each.
What did the Radeon RX 6600 and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER cost at launch?
The Radeon RX 6600 launched at a $329 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER at $229. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.
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