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Radeon RX 6600 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is ahead of the Radeon RX 6600 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 22% to 263%, including 135% in 3DMark Time Spy (19,179 vs 8,155). On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 6600 generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 115.2 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (per Hardware Corner), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6600 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Both released in 2021. MSRP range: $329 · $1,199. 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 3080 Ti
vram gb 812
vram type —GDDR6X
tdp w —350
cuda cores —10240

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, HWBOT, ComputerBase, TopCPU.net, HWBOT Community, UL Benchmarks, The FPS Review, KitGuru, Guru3D, CpuTronic, VideoCardz and PC Perspective; 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 3080 Ti
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 20,362 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: 3DMark, HWBOT, ComputerBase		 3,928 points14,254 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, TopCPU.net, HWBOT Community, ComputerBase		 1,548 points5,441 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks, 3DMark, ComputerBase		 1,487 points5,094 points
3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better)
Source: ComputerBase		 —21,907 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: The FPS Review, 3DMark, KitGuru, Notebookcheck, Guru3D, TopCPU.net, CpuTronic, VideoCardz		 8,155 points19,179 points
3DMark Time Spy (GPU score) (higher is better)
Source: ComputerBase		 —18,680 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: TopCPU.net, PC Perspective		 —9,714 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—

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 3080 Ti

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6600 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is ahead of the Radeon RX 6600 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 22% to 263%, including 135% in 3DMark Time Spy (19,179 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 115.2 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (per Hardware Corner), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 6600 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 6600 launched at a $329 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti at $1,199. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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