What CPU do I need for the Radeon RX 6600?

In our model the Ryzen 5 1600 is the slowest processor that keeps the Radeon RX 6600 fully fed at both 1080p and 1440p. Anything faster leaves the card as the limit, which is what you want in a gaming PC.

Is the Radeon RX 6600 good for 1440p?

Only with reduced settings. It averages around 50 FPS at 1440p on high settings in our model, so it is better suited to 1080p, where it reaches about 70 FPS.

Is 8GB of VRAM enough on the Radeon RX 6600?

For 1080p, mostly. 8GB is enough at 1080p, but some recent games at 1440p with high textures exceed it, which shows up as stutter rather than a lower average.

Is the Radeon RX 6600 faster than the GeForce RTX 3060?

No. The GeForce RTX 3060 is about 10% faster at 1440p in our model (55 vs 50 FPS).

Radeon RX 6600 CPU pairing and bottleneck

Model frame rate limits of 70, 50 and 27 FPS at 1080p, 1440p and 4K, assuming the processor never gets in the way.

The Radeon RX 6600 is an entry-level graphics card in our database and a 1080p card for high settings in most current games.

Its 8GB of memory is the limit to watch: the newest games at 1440p with high textures can exceed it.

Its closest NVIDIA rival is the GeForce RTX 3060, which is 10% faster at 1440p.

Estimated FPS in Popular Games

Game (settings)	1080p	1440p	4K
Cyberpunk 2077 (High, no ray tracing)	~55	~40	~20
Fortnite (High, DirectX 12)	~90	~65	~35
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (High)	~80	~55	~30
Counter-Strike 2 (High)	~170	~120	~65

Modelled estimates with a processor fast enough not to hold the card back, rounded to the nearest 5 FPS. Counter-Strike 2 is usually limited by the processor well before these figures. See the methodology for how they are produced.

The slowest CPU that will not hold it back

Resolution	Minimum processor	Estimated FPS
1080p	Ryzen 5 1600	70
1440p	Ryzen 5 1600	50
4K	Ryzen 5 1600	27

Notice how the requirement drops as resolution rises. At 4K this card is working so much harder per frame that a far slower processor keeps up without trouble. The search starts at four cores and eight threads: below that a game stutters whatever the average frame rate says.

The processors it lands closest to

The 24 processors whose frame rate limit sits nearest this card's, fastest first. The tag after each number says which part hits its limit first. For any other combination, use the calculator.

Processor	1080p	1440p	4K
Core i5-11400	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Ryzen 5 5500	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Core i5-10600K	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Ryzen 7 3800X	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Core i7-8700K	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Ryzen 7 3700X	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Ryzen 5 3600X	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Core i5-9600K	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Ryzen 5 3600	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Ryzen 3 3300X	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Core i5-10400	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Core i5-10400F	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Core i7-7700K	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Ryzen 5 3500X	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Ryzen 7 2700X	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Core i3-10100F	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Core i5-9400F	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Ryzen 5 4600G	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Core i5-8400	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Ryzen 5 4500	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Ryzen 3 3100	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Ryzen 5 2600	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Core i3-9100F	70 gpu	50 gpu	27 gpu
Ryzen 5 1600	70 even	50 gpu	27 gpu

Radeon RX 6600 Compared

RTX 3060 vs RX 6600 — The RTX 3060 is about 11% faster than the RX 6600 at 4K and 10% faster at 1440p.
RX 6600 vs RTX 3050 8GB — The RX 6600 is about 29% faster than the RTX 3050 8GB at 4K and 28% faster at 1440p.
RX 7600 vs RX 6600 — The RX 7600 is about 30% faster than the RX 6600 at 4K and 26% faster at 1440p.

Specifications

Manufacturer	AMD
Series	AMD RX 6000 Series (RDNA 2)
Video memory	8 GB
3DMark Time Spy (graphics)	7,530
PCI Express	4.0 ×8
Released	2021

Radeon RX 6600