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Radeon RX 6600 XT bottleneck & FPS

Ranked 61 of 126 desktop graphics cards in our database (52th percentile). Paired with a Core i3-8300 it lands near 54 fps at 1080p and 6 fps at 4K in a typical AAA title at high settings.

SpecificationsRDNA 2 · 2021
ArchitectureRDNA 2
Shading units2,048
Boost clock2,589 MHz
Memory8 GB
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s
Board power160 W
Released2021
Frame rate by resolutionwith Core i3-8300, high
ResolutionEst. FPSGPU loadLimited by
1920 x 1080 54 96% Balanced
2560 x 1440 32 99% Graphics card
3440 x 1440 19 99% Graphics card
3840 x 2160 6 99% Graphics card
Best matched processors1080p, high

Ranked by how little performance the pairing wastes, not by which processor is fastest. The fastest chip pairs well with everything, which makes it a useless recommendation.

ProcessorEst. FPSUnused
Core i3-8300 54 2.2%
Core i3-8100F 53 4.8%
Core i3-8100 53 4.8%
Core i3-8350K 56 5.4%
Core i3-9100 56 9.9%
Core i3-9100F 56 9.9%
Estimated FPS by game1440p, high, Core i3-8300
GameEst. FPSVRAM
Cyberpunk 2077 13 11.5 GB needed
Fortnite 46 OK
Counter-Strike 2 88 OK
Baldur's Gate 3 32 8.1 GB needed
Red Dead Redemption 2 20 9.4 GB needed
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 18 10.8 GB needed

Who a Radeon RX 6600 XT is actually for

This is mainstream 1080p hardware. At that resolution it is usually the component doing the limiting, which is good news for pairing — it will not be held back by a modest processor, so there is no need to spend heavily on the chip beside it.

Pushing it to 1440p is possible in lighter titles, but expect to drop settings in demanding ones.

8 GB is this card's real limit

8 of the 16 titles we model exceed 8 GB at 1440p and high settings. On this card memory, not shader throughput, is the thing that will make modern games stutter. Texture quality is the setting to lower first, and it usually costs less visual fidelity than the alternatives.

Where it sits

Ranked 61 of 126 desktop cards we model. Nearest faster: Radeon RX 6650 XT, GeForce RTX 4060. Just below: GeForce RTX 5050, Arc 7 A770 16GB. Full method on the methodology page.