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Radeon RX 6600 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is ahead of the Radeon RX 6600 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 6% to 40%, including 7% in 3DMark Time Spy (8,747 vs 8,155). On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 6600 generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 59.5 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (per tyolab.com), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6600 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060. Both released in 2021. MSRP range: $329 · $329. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRadeon RX 6600NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
vram gb 812
vram type —GDDR6
tdp w —170
cuda cores —3584

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, WCCFTech, Legit Reviews, TopCPU.net, UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic, The FPS Review, KitGuru, Guru3D, VideoCardz and PassMark; 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.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 6600NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 20,362 points21,653 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 Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: WCCFTech, Legit Reviews, 3DMark		 3,928 points5,074 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: TopCPU.net, 3DMark		 1,548 points2,170 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks, 3DMark, CpuTronic		 1,487 points1,984 points
3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 Graphics Score (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —1,978 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: The FPS Review, TopCPU.net, KitGuru, Guru3D, 3DMark, VideoCardz		 8,155 points8,747 points
3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews		 —9,755 points
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru		 8,155 points—
3DMark Time Spy Graphics Score (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 7,979 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 896 pts984 pts

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

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6600 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is ahead of the Radeon RX 6600 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 6% to 40%, including 7% in 3DMark Time Spy (8,747 vs 8,155).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 6600 generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 59.5 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (per tyolab.com), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 6600 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 6600 launched at a $329 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 at $329. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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