Radeon RX 6600 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is ahead of the Radeon RX 6600 on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 18% to 140%, including 83% in 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (14,931 vs 8,155). On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 6600 generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 78.0 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (per TechReviewer), best community run on file for each.
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6600 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. Both released in 2021. MSRP range: $329 · $599. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
*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 RTX 3070 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 8 | 8 |
| vram type | — | GDDR6X |
| tdp w | — | 290 |
| cuda cores | — | 6144 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Digital Trends, 3DMark, Notebookcheck, Beebom, HWBOT, 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.
| Benchmark | Radeon RX 6600 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: Digital Trends, 3DMark |
20,362 points | 26,516 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: Beebom, 3DMark |
3,928 points | 8,717 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, 3DMark |
1,548 points | 3,710 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck, HWBOT, CpuTronic |
1,487 points | 3,552 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
— | 15,570 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: The FPS Review, Beebom, KitGuru, Digital Trends, Guru3D, VideoCardz |
8,155 points | 14,354 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: Beebom |
— | 7,526 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, KitGuru |
8,155 points | 14,931 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Graphics Score (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
7,979 points | — |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
896 pts | 1,061 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
- qwen3:8b: 711.0 tok/s (LocalLLaMA)
- llama2:7b: 50.6 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub Discussions)
- llama2:7b: 50.6 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
- llama3.2:1b-instruct: 297.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
- Llama 3.2 1B Instruct: 297.0 tok/s (LocalScore.ai)
- llama3.2:1b: 297.0 tok/s (LocalScore.ai)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6600 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is ahead of the Radeon RX 6600 on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 18% to 140%, including 83% in 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (14,931 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 78.0 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (per TechReviewer), best community run on file for each.
What did the Radeon RX 6600 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti cost at launch?
The Radeon RX 6600 launched at a $329 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti at $599. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.
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