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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 3090 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 3090 is 1230 days newer than the cheaper Radeon RX 550.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550
- Up to 94% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3090 - $89.99 vs $1438.0
- Up to 76% better value when playing Sons Of The Forest than GeForce RTX 3090 - $3.46 vs $14.67 per FPS
- Consumes up to 86% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 - 50 vs 350 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
- Performs up to 277% better in Sons Of The Forest than Radeon RX 550 - 98 vs 26 FPS
- Up to 1100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 550 - 24 vs 2 GB
Sons Of The Forest
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
FPS
26
26%
Value, $/FPS
$3.46/FPS
100%
Price, $
$89.99
100%
Value Winner
PowerColor Red Dragon AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile Graphics Card
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
GeForce RTX 3090
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 3090
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
189.8 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
556 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon RX 550 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 20th, 2017 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2020 |
| Polaris | Generation | GeForce 30 |
| $79 | MSRP | $1499 |
| 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 | 24 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6X |
| 128-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 112 GB/s | Bandwidth | 936.2 GB/s |
| 1100 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1395 MHz |
| 1183 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1695 MHz |
1750 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1219 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon RX 550 or GeForce RTX 3090
Sons Of The Forest, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
95 FPS
$37.16/FPS
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Core i9-12900K
32 GB, N/A Storage
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Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 3600
8 GB, 240 GB SSD
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Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 3 3100
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$24.58/FPS
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Core i9-13900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$35.48/FPS
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Core i9-11900KF
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$32.61/FPS
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Ryzen 9 5900X
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Ryzen 7 3700X
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$33.7/FPS
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