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Radeon RX 6600 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is ahead of the Radeon RX 6600 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 12% to 121%, including 72% in 3DMark Time Spy (13,997 vs 8,155). On llama2:7b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 generates 78.7 tokens/s (per llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #10879) against 50.6 for the Radeon RX 6600 (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 RTX 3070. Released 2021 (Radeon RX 6600), 2020 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070). MSRP range: $329 · $499. 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 3070
vram gb 88
vram type —GDDR6
tdp w —220
cuda cores —5888

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, KitGuru, DigiStatement, Notebookcheck, Guru3D, VideoCardz, TopCPU.net, UL Benchmarks and The FPS Review; 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 3070
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 20,362 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru, DigiStatement		 —17,115 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: Guru3D		 —8,749 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru, DigiStatement, 3DMark, VideoCardz		 3,928 points8,324 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, TopCPU.net		 1,548 points3,421 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks, 3DMark		 1,487 points3,181 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12) graphics score (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —3,182 points
3DMark Steel Nomad Graphics (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks		 —3,180 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: The FPS Review, KitGuru, Guru3D, DigiStatement, 3DMark, VideoCardz		 8,155 points13,997 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru, DigiStatement		 —6,907 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

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6600 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is ahead of the Radeon RX 6600 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 12% to 121%, including 72% in 3DMark Time Spy (13,997 vs 8,155).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama2:7b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 generates 78.7 tokens/s (per llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #10879) against 50.6 for the Radeon RX 6600 (per llama.cpp GitHub), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 6600 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 6600 launched at a $329 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 at $499. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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