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$188
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Same as Founder's Edition
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $229
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MSRP in USD: $229
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $79
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MSRP in USD: $79
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$86.99
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Same as Founder's Edition
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$219.99
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Same as Founder's Edition
Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 480 outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 550 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 480 is 295 days older than the cheaper Radeon RX 550.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 480
- Performs up to 7% better in F1 23 than Radeon RX 550 - 176 vs 165 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 550 - 8 vs 2 GB
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550
- Up to 54% cheaper than Radeon RX 480 - $86.99 vs $188.0
- Consumes up to 67% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 480 - 50 vs 150 Watts
F1 23
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
Sapphire Radeon Nitro Rx 480 8GB GDDR5 Dual HDMI/DVI-D/Dual DP OC w/Back Plate (UEFI) PCI-E Graphics Card Graphic Cards 11260-20-20G
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maxsun AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 ITX Computer PC Gaming Video Graphics Card GPU 128-Bit DirectX 12 PCI Express X16 3.0 DVI-D Dual Link, HDMI, DisplayPort
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
Radeon RX 480
Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 480
Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
40.51 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
182.3 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
18.93 GPixel/s
46.7292026660084%
Texel Fillrate
37.86 GTexel/s
20.76796489303346%
AMD Radeon RX 480 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 550 |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 29th, 2016 | Release Date | Apr 20th, 2017 |
| Arctic Islands | Generation | Polaris |
| $229 | MSRP | $79 |
| 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | None |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 GB | Memory | 2 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
256 GB/s | Bandwidth | 112 GB/s |
1120 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1100 MHz |
1266 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1183 MHz |
2000 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon RX 480 or Radeon RX 550
F1 23, 1920 x 1080, Ultra High
59 FPS
$20.32/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,199
In Stock
68 FPS
$12.5/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 3600
8 GB, 240 GB SSD
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$849.99
In Stock
72 FPS
$22.49/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 7 3700X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,619
In Stock
65 FPS
$16.74/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 4500
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$1,088
In Stock
91 FPS
$9.45/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 5600G
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$859.99
In Stock
59 FPS
$17.53/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,034
In Stock
91 FPS
$9.77/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 5600G
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$888.88
In Stock
111 FPS
$11.43/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
32 GB, 4 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,269
In Stock
111 FPS
$8.82/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
32 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$979
In Stock
111 FPS
$7.92/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
12 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$879
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