SAMPAVE (Stress Absorbing Mixtures Pavement) asphalt mixture is a new type of stress absorbing layer material that delays and prevents reflective cracks, and has the characteristics of crack resistance, impermeability and bonding. The composition of the SAMPAVE mixture was designed according to the variable i method, and compared with AC-5, American code, and Coriolis recommended grading range. The results show that for the SAMPAVE mixture designed by the variable i method, the asphalt dosage determined by the upper and lower grading limits is within the range of ±0.3% of the design engineering graded asphalt dosage, which meets the requirements of production control, and the SAMPAVE mixture has excellent road performance such as high temperature resistance, low temperature resistance, deformation resistance, fatigue resistance and water damage resistance.