Radeon RX 6600 vs GeForce RTX 3070

Radeon RX 6600
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Oct 2021
Radeon RX 6600
GeForce RTX 3070
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Sep 2020
GeForce RTX 3070

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6600
    100%
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    166%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6600

88 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3070 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3070

66% higher gaming performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

GeForce RTX 3070

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3070

The GeForce RTX 3070 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (17 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6600GeForce RTX 3070
GPU NameNavi 23 (Navi 23 XL (215-130000016))vsGA104 (GA104-300-A1)
Fab Process7 nmvs8 nm
Die Size237 mm²vs392 mm²
Transistors11,060 millionvs17,400 million
Shaders1792vs5888
Raytracing Cores28vsnone
Compute Units28vs46
Core clock1626 MHzvs1500 MHz
ROPs64vs64
TMUs112vs184

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6600GeForce RTX 3070
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6600GeForce RTX 3070
TDP132 wattsvs220 watts
Release Date13 Oct 2021vs1 Sep 2020

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600
    159.40 GP/s
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    110.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600
    279.00 GT/s
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    317.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6600
    224.00 GB/s
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    448.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6600
    8928.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    20310.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    69
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    93

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    147
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    201

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    51
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    98

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    148
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    212

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    105
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    161

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 6600
    107
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    186

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    50
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    76

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    108
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    151

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    49
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    85

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    96
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    152

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    68
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    122

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 6600
    70
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    140

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    27
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    46

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    60
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    93

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    31
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    63

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    48
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    85

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    33
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    64

FPS (higher is better)