Donaldson R F Metal Price Ratios
Enter prices for gold, silver, platinum and palladium to see how they compare.
Use the same unit (e.g. price per troy oz, or per gram) for every metal — the ratios come out the same either way, as long as you're consistent.
How this is worked out
A metal price ratio is just one price divided by another — the best-known is the gold/silver ratio (how many ounces of silver it takes to buy one ounce of gold), which some traders watch as a sign of whether silver is historically cheap or expensive relative to gold. This tool works out every pairwise ratio from whichever prices you enter — leave any price at 0 to exclude that metal.
Frequently asked questions
What's a "normal" gold/silver ratio?
It varies a lot over time and has no fixed correct value — it has ranged from under 20 to over 100 across different periods, so this tool reports the ratio only, without judging whether today's figure counts as high or low.
Does this fetch today's prices for me?
No — like every precious-metal tool on this site, it never fetches or assumes a live price; you always enter your own, from whatever source you trust.
Related tools: Precious Metal Melt Value Calculator, Gold Purity & Alloy Calculator, Troy Ounce, Pennyweight & Grain Converter.
Source / Last verified: a price ratio is simple division; this tool never fetches, stores or assumes a live metal price — read/checked 1 October 2026.