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$397.95
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AvailabilityMSRP $79
Availability
MSRP $79
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$83.99
In Stock
Same as Founder's Edition
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$219.99
In Stock
Same as Founder's Edition
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$79.95
In Stock
Same as Founder's Edition
Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB 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 8 GB is 2001 days newer than the cheaper Radeon RX 550.
Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
- Performs up to 78% better in Horizon Zero Dawn than Radeon RX 550 - 96 vs 54 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 550 - 8 vs 2 GB
Advantages of Radeon RX 550
- Up to 79% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - $83.99 vs $397.95
- Up to 62% better value when playing Horizon Zero Dawn than GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - $1.56 vs $4.15 per FPS
- Consumes up to 71% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - 50 vs 170 Watts
Horizon Zero Dawn
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022
FPS
96
100%
Value, $/FPS
$4.15/FPS
38%
Price, $
$397.95
21%
FPS Winner
Asus Dual GeForce RTX™ 3060 White OC Edition 8GB GDDR6 (PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a)
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Updated 508 minutes ago
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
FPS
54
56%
Value, $/FPS
$1.56/FPS
100%
Price, $
$83.99
100%
Value Winner
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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Updated 231 minutes ago
Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
85.3 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
199 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
18.93 GPixel/s
22%
Texel Fillrate
37.86 GTexel/s
19%
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB | vs | Radeon RX 550 |
|---|---|---|
Oct 12th, 2022 | Release Date | Apr 20th, 2017 |
| GeForce 30 | Generation | Polaris |
| Not Available | MSRP | $79 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| 1x 12-pin | Power Connectors | None |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 GB | Memory | 2 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
240 GB/s | Bandwidth | 112 GB/s |
1320 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1100 MHz |
1777 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1183 MHz |
1875 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
PC Builds Using GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB or Radeon RX 550
With selected game settings
14 FPS
$62.14/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
Buy on Amazon
$870
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87 FPS
$34.3/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i9-13900
64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 8 TB HDD
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$2,983.99
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16 FPS
$68/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 4500
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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25 FPS
$34.4/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 5600G
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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14 FPS
$73.86/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,034
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34 FPS
$29.35/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$998
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84 FPS
$21.42/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i9-12900K
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,799
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85 FPS
$18.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i7-13700F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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25 FPS
$35.56/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 5600G
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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96 FPS
$24.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i9-14900K
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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66 FPS
$11.97/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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87 FPS
$32.08/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i9-13900
64 GB, 16 TB HDD
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84 FPS
$22.25/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i9-12900K
64 GB, 1 TB SSD
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34 FPS
$47.23/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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16 FPS
$72.47/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-9700
16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,159.49
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32 FPS
$39.66/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
32 GB, 4 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,269
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34 FPS
$50.68/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,723.1
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32 FPS
$27.47/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
12 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$879
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34 FPS
$95.38/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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$3,242.97
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32 FPS
$37.16/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
64 GB, 512 GB SSD + 6 TB HDD
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$1,189
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34 FPS
$58.65/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,994.22
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34 FPS
$60.85/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 8 TB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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$2,069
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32 FPS
$30.75/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$983.93
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84 FPS
$18.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i7-13700
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,589.99
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32 FPS
$36.28/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
64 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,160.98
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84 FPS
$18.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i7-13700
24 GB, 1 TB HDD
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$1,539.99
In Stock
87 FPS
$26.08/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i9-13900
64 GB, N/A Storage
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$2,268.99
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34 FPS
$88.77/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 8 TB SSD
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$3,018.21
In Stock
34 FPS
$52.35/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,780.04
In Stock
34 FPS
$48.22/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,639.57
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32 FPS
$31.12/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$995.86
In Stock
34 FPS
$83.16/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 8 TB SSD
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$2,827.4
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34 FPS
$60.32/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 512 GB SSD + 6 TB HDD
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$2,050.84
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34 FPS
$53.22/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,809.55
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32 FPS
$35.13/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
64 GB, 512 GB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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$1,124.01
In Stock
32 FPS
$80.68/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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$2,581.81
In Stock
55 FPS
$17.25/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
$949
In Stock
93 FPS
$21.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i9-13900K
16 GB, 2 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
$1,999
In Stock
84 FPS
$18.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i7-13700
16 GB, 4 TB HDD
Buy on Amazon
$1,552.99
In Stock
84 FPS
$19.62/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i7-13700
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,647.99
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34 FPS
$55.13/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
Buy on Amazon
$1,874.32
In Stock
84 FPS
$20.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i7-13700
64 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,701.99
In Stock
34 FPS
$95.38/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 10 TB HDD
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$3,242.97
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32 FPS
$27.78/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
12 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$889
In Stock
18 FPS
$89.94/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 7 3700X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,619
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14 FPS
$49.93/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, 240 GB SSD
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$699
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25 FPS
$30.56/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 5600G
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$763.99
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32 FPS
$37.74/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,207.63
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32 FPS
$49.8/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
64 GB, 512 GB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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$1,593.51
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34 FPS
$63.3/FPS
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