AMD Radeon RX 6600
Specifications, where the Radeon RX 6600 sits for gaming, the processor worth pairing with it, and the frame rate the pair returns at every resolution.
Ryzen 5 4500
The Radeon RX 6600 and the Ryzen 5 4500 return about 37 fps on High at 1440p with neither part wasting the other. A processor slower than the Ryzen 5 4500 leaves the Radeon RX 6600 idling, and a faster one adds no frames to a Radeon RX 6600 at this resolution.
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| Manufacturer | AMD |
| Released | 2021 |
| Video memory | 8 GB |
| Board power | 132 W |
| Gaming performance index | 27.0 (RTX 4090 = 100) |
What these numbers mean for the Radeon RX 6600
On our index the Radeon RX 6600 scores 27.0, which places it 62nd of the 89 graphics cards we track and puts it faster than roughly 31% of them.
The Radeon RX 6600 and the Radeon RX 5600 XT land on exactly the same index score of 27.0, so on raw throughput the two are interchangeable and the choice between them comes down to memory, power draw and price on the day.
8 GB of memory is the figure to watch on the Radeon RX 6600: workable at 1080p, tight at 1440p on high presets, and short of what a handful of recent titles want, which on a 8 GB card shows up as stutter rather than a lower frame counter and so gets misdiagnosed as the Radeon RX 6600 simply being slow.
At 132 W the Radeon RX 6600 sits in the mainstream power bracket, so a competent supply of around 450 W total handles the whole machine and cooling is a matter of normal case airflow rather than special planning.
Released in 2021, the Radeon RX 6600 is a card most people now meet on the used market or in an existing build rather than on a shelf, and after 5 years the only price worth judging a Radeon RX 6600 on is what it costs today.
Radeon RX 6600 frame rate at each resolution
The Radeon RX 6600 paired with the Ryzen 5 4500 on the High preset with 16 GB of system memory. The card is the limit throughout, so the Radeon RX 6600 falls the full 72% from 50 fps to 14 fps as the pixel count rises.
| Resolution | Estimated fps | Limited by |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p (1920 x 1080) | 50 fps | Balanced |
| 1440p (2560 x 1440) | 37 fps | GPU |
| 4K (3840 x 2160) | 14 fps | GPU |
How the Radeon RX 6600 compares
6 cards sit within 30% of the Radeon RX 6600 on our gaming index, running from the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER at +30% to the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti at +22%, a window narrow enough that price, memory and power decide it rather than raw speed.
What to pair with the Radeon RX 6600, and when to upgrade
Best CPU for the Radeon RX 6600
When the Radeon RX 6600 becomes the limit, the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is the next step worth paying for: 42.0 on our index against 27.0, a jump of 56%, which is roughly where an upgrade stops being something you have to look at a counter to notice. See its specs.
Check the Radeon RX 6600 against your own parts
Radeon RX 6600 specifications on this page are from AMD, while its performance index of 27.0 is modelled from published benchmark data for the Radeon RX 6600 rather than measured on a test bench, and every frame rate above follows from that figure. How we calculate this