Radeon RX 6600
Radeon RX 6600 has 8 GB of VRAM at 224 GB/s — about 7.44 GiB usable after driver and compositor overhead. 1436 of 2118 indexed models fit at 4K context with q4_0 KV.
What fits at 4K context
| Model | Best quant | Params | Weights● | KV● | Total in memory◐ | Headroom◐ | tok/s◐ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenCaption-2B-VL-SFT-v1.0 | F32 | 2.1B | 6.42 GiB | 0.12 GiB | 7.43 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Lite-BaseMoE | I1-IQ3_XXS | 15.7B | 6.49 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 7.43 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 74±37% |
| DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Lite-InstructMoE | IQ3_XXS | 15.7B | 6.49 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 7.43 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 74±37% |
| DeepSeek-V2-Lite-ChatMoE | IQ3_XXS | 15.7B | 6.49 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 7.43 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 74±37% |
| Qwen3.6-12B-IQ-Ultra-Heretic-Uncensored-Thinking-V2-Hightop | Q4_0 | 12.1B | 6.43 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 7.42 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| gemma-4-12B-it-heretic | Q4_0 | 12.0B | 6.28 GiB | 0.20 GiB | 7.42 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Ministral-3-3B-Instruct-2512 | BF16 | 3.8B | 6.40 GiB | 0.11 GiB | 7.42 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Ministral-3-3B-Reasoning-2512 | BF16 | 4.3B | 6.40 GiB | 0.11 GiB | 7.42 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Ministral-3-3B-Instruct-2512-BF16 | BF16 | 4.3B | 6.39 GiB | 0.11 GiB | 7.42 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Amaretto-3B | F16 | 4.3B | 6.39 GiB | 0.11 GiB | 7.42 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Nous-Hermes-2-SOLAR-10.7B | Q4_1 | 10.7B | 6.27 GiB | 0.21 GiB | 7.42 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| MN-GRAND-23.5B-Gutenberg-UNCENSORED-V2-GLM4.7-Thinking | I1-IQ2_XXS | 23.4B | 6.12 GiB | 0.36 GiB | 7.42 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Bielik-11B-v2.3-Instruct | Q4_K_M | 11.2B | 6.26 GiB | 0.22 GiB | 7.42 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Wan2.1-T2V-1.3B | Q4_0 | 1.4B | 6.50 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 7.42 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Snowpiercer-15B-v4-heretic | I1-Q3_K_S | 15.0B | 6.25 GiB | 0.22 GiB | 7.41 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Snowpiercer-15B-v4 | Q3_K_S | 15.0B | 6.25 GiB | 0.22 GiB | 7.41 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Forsaken-Void-12B | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Silver-Siren-ST-12B | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Tess-3-Mistral-Nemo-12B | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| KrakenSakura-Maelstrom-12B-v1 | IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| MN-12B-Runeweaver-RP-RU | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Impish_Bloodmoon_12B | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Wayfarer-2-12B | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Wayfarer-12B | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Muse-12B | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Vikhr-Nemo-12B-Instruct-R-21-09-24 | IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Dans-PersonalityEngine-V1.3.0-12b | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| writing-roleplay-20k-context-nemo-12b-v1.0 | IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Lumimaid-v0.2-12B | IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| MN-Violet-Lotus-12B | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Rocinante-X-12B-v1-Heretic-Uncensored | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Mistral-Heretica-12B | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Lumimaid-Magnum-v4-12B | IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| arcee-fusion-lumaid-12B | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Mistral-NeMo-12B-Abliterated | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Captain-Eris_Violet-V0.420-12B | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Rocinante-X-12B-v1-absolute-heresy | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Rocinante-X-12B-v1 | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Mistral-Nemo-Gutenberg-Doppel-12B | IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407 | IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| MN-12b-RP-Ink | IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Mistral-Nemo-2407-12B-Thinking-Claude-Gemini-GPT5.2-Uncensored-HERETIC | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Dans-SakuraKaze-V1.0.0-12b | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Mistral-Nemo-Inst-2407-12B-Thinking-Uncensored-HERETIC-HI-Claude-Opus | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407-12B-Thinking-M-Claude-Opus-High-Reasoning | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Mordant-12B-Think | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Riverfish-Rocinante-12B-SFT-DPO | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| MN-Violet-Lotus-12B-Heretic | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Himeyuri-Magnum-12B-HereticMerge | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Kinggaroo-12b-v1 | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Magnum-Picaro-0.7-v2-12b | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| magnum-v2.5-12b-kto | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Mistral-Nemo-Prism-12B | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Nera_Noctis-12B | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| pixtral-12b | IQ4_XS | 12.7B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Chronos-Gold-12B-1.0 | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| patricide-12B-Unslop-Mell | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| MN-12B-Celeste-V1.9 | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| Crimson_Dawn-v0.2 | IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
| magnum-v2-12b | I1-IQ4_XS | 12.2B | 6.28 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 7.40 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 22±26.5% |
Speed is modeled, not measured: decode is memory-bandwidth bound, so tokens per second is bytes read per token against achievable bandwidth. Mixture-of-experts models carry a wider band because only the routed experts are read each step, and few have been measured publicly.
Measured on this card
| Workload◍ | Median | Middle 50% | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image generation | 2.06 it/s | 0.90–3.30 | 91 |
Aggregated from community-submitted runs, so the spread is wide by nature — it covers different models, resolutions, step counts and settings, not one controlled configuration. Read the middle 50% rather than the median alone. These figures are reproduced with attribution from vladmandic-sd-data-benchmark, which publishes no licence — so we display and link rather than redistribute them.
Questions people ask
- What AI models can a Radeon RX 6600 run?
- 1436 of 2118 indexed open-weight models fit a Radeon RX 6600 at 4,096 context with q4_0 KV cache, the largest being OpenCaption-2B-VL-SFT-v1.0 at F32. That covers text, vision-language, image, video and speech models.
- How much usable memory does a Radeon RX 6600 actually have?
- Its nameplate is 8 GB, but about 7.44 GiB is available to a model once driver and compositor overhead is accounted for.
- Is a Radeon RX 6600 fast for local AI?
- Its memory bandwidth is 224 GB/s, and that figure — not teraflops — is what governs token generation speed. Capacity decides what you can run; bandwidth decides how fast it runs.