GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB vs Radeon RX 6600

Compare the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB and Radeon RX 6600 on real gaming benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock version of either card.

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The short answer

The Radeon RX 6600 is the better value, though the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB is the faster card at 1080p.

  • GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB is about 9% faster at 1080p (gaming index 35 vs 33).
  • Radeon RX 6600 is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 17%.
  • Radeon RX 6600 delivers about 7% more frames per dollar at 1080p.
  • GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB carries more VRAM (12GB vs 8GB), an edge at 4K and in memory-heavy games.
  • Radeon RX 6600 draws less power (132W vs 170W), so it runs cooler and asks less of your PSU.

Gaming performance

Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.

1080p gaming
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB35
Radeon RX 660033

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB is about 9% faster at 1080p.

Performance per dollar

1080p gaming score for every $100 of the card’s current cheapest price. Higher is better value.

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

7.1

per $100 spent

Radeon RX 6600

7.6

per $100 spent

Better value

Specs head-to-head

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Radeon RX 6600
Price (from)
$499.99
$429.00
1080p gaming index
35
33
VRAM
12GB GDDR6
8GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
360 GB/s
224 GB/s
Boost clock
1777 MHz
2491 MHz
Shader cores
3,584
1,792
Ray tracing cores
28
28
Tensor / AI cores
112
TDP
170W
132W
Recommended PSU
550W
500W
Upscaling
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction
FSR 3, FSR 3 Frame Generation
Architecture
Ampere GA106
RDNA 2 Navi 23
Process node
Samsung 8N
TSMC N7
MSRP
$329.00
$329.00

Productivity & compute

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Radeon RX 6600
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics (points)
21,689
23,366
3DMark Steel Nomad (points)
1,974
1,487
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
78,476
74,450
PassMark G3D (G3D Mark)
16,713
15,055
Render-Blender (samples/min)
2,302
1,005

Where to buy

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBfrom $499.99
From$499.99
6 versions in stock
Radeon RX 6600from $429.00
From$429.00
5 versions in stock

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