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Radeon RX 6600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 6600 XT is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 2% to 68%, including 21% in 3DMark Time Spy (9,221 vs 7,640). On llama3.1:8b, the Radeon RX 6600 XT generates 20.9 tokens/s (per DEV Community) against 7.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (per DatabaseMart), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6600 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060. Released 2021 (Radeon RX 6600 XT), 2019 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060). MSRP range: $379 · $349. 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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*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

SpecRadeon RX 6600 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
vram gb 86
vram type GDDR6GDDR6
tdp w 160160
cuda cores —1920
rt cores 32—
process nm 712

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, LanOC Reviews, HWCooling.net, OC Inside, PCGamesN, HardwareCooking, GPU-Monkey, TopCPU, CpuTronic, Digital Trends, PCBench, Legit Reviews and Trusted Reviews; 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 6600 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck, LanOC Reviews		 28,481 points16,961 points
3DMark Fire Strike (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: HWCooling.net		 27,766 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: OC Inside		 12,070 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: OC Inside, PCGamesN, HardwareCooking, GPU-Monkey, LanOC Reviews		 4,378 points4,179 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, TopCPU		 —1,423 points
3DMark Speed Way Graphics (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —1,453 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, CpuTronic		 1,793 points1,766 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: OC Inside, Digital Trends, 3DMark, PCBench, Notebookcheck, Legit Reviews		 9,221 points7,640 points
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: HWCooling.net		 9,418 points—
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Trusted Reviews		 4,371 points—
3DMark Time Spy Extreme Graphics (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —3,433 points
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —7,482 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 XT

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6600 XT or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060?

The Radeon RX 6600 XT is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 2% to 68%, including 21% in 3DMark Time Spy (9,221 vs 7,640).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3.1:8b, the Radeon RX 6600 XT generates 20.9 tokens/s (per DEV Community) against 7.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (per DatabaseMart), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 6600 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 6600 XT launched at a $379 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 at $349. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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