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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 550 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 550 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 is 1363 days newer than the cheaper Radeon RX 550.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550
- Up to 58% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3060 - £109.99 vs £259.99
- Up to 57% better value when playing League of Legends than GeForce RTX 3060 - £0.3 vs £0.7 per FPS
- Consumes up to 71% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 50 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- Performs up to 2% better in League of Legends than Radeon RX 550 - 372 vs 366 FPS
- Up to 500% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 550 - 12 vs 2 GB
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
FPS
366
98%
Value, £/FPS
£0.3/FPS
100%
Price, £
£109.99
100%
Value Winner
maxsun AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 ITX Computer PC Gaming Video Graphics Card GPU HDPC Low Profile 128-Bit DirectX 12 PCI Express X16 3.0, HDMI, DisplayPort
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GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
FPS
372
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.7/FPS
42%
Price, £
£259.99
42%
FPS Winner
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 1807 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 192-bit, 3x DP (v1.4), HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
18.93 GPixel/s
22%
Texel Fillrate
37.86 GTexel/s
19%
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Pixel Fillrate
85.3 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
199 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon RX 550 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 20th, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 12th, 2021 |
| Polaris | Generation | GeForce 30 |
| $79 | MSRP | $329 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 GB | Memory | 12 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 192-bit |
| 112 GB/s | Bandwidth | 360 GB/s |
| 1100 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1320 MHz |
| 1183 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1777 MHz |
| 1750 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1875 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon RX 550 or GeForce RTX 3060
League of Legends, 1920 x 1080, Very High
249 FPS
£2.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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£4.19/FPS
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Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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380 FPS
£3.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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265 FPS
£3.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-11900KF
16 GB, N/A Storage
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264 FPS
£3.98/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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306 FPS
£3.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-12900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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236 FPS
£4.08/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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372 FPS
£4.03/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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379 FPS
£5.34/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-14900F
64 GB, N/A Storage
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