# RX 480 4Gb / 8Gb – Which is better for mining? Why?

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/rx-480-4gb-8gb-which-is-better-for-mining-why/6614>\
**Category:** Mining\
**Created:** [November 2, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/rx-480-4gb-8gb-which-is-better-for-mining-why/6614 "2016-11-02T15:58:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![namivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9e8a1a/32.png) [@namivan](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/namivan)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/rx-480-4gb-8gb-which-is-better-for-mining-why/6614/1 "2016-11-02T15:58:53Z")

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I’m around to get the knowledge to be able to choose between the two cards –  
4Gb version is cheaper by around $50, which is $300 by 6 cards.  
So it’s worthy to know if is it really weaker? How much?

I found the tech specs, etc… but doesn’t really find the answer about if it worths / or will worth to have the 8 Gb version.  
E.g. There is a probability the optimized miners will (significantly?) perform better on that, due to more ram, or it’s really nothing to do with mining at this point.

What do you think?

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**Author:** ![AlexDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@AlexDay](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/AlexDay)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/rx-480-4gb-8gb-which-is-better-for-mining-why/6614/2 "2016-11-04T10:29:05Z")

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Apparently you can run several instances at once. Each one would take 1.75 GB…With 8GB you’ll have more room to play and wont be limited by the RAM…

[https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/rx-470-and-480-speed/5975/128?u=alexday](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/rx-470-and-480-speed/5975/128)

Regards