AMD tops 30% CPU market share among gamers in latest Steam Survey

AMD continues to trend upwards in terms of market share amid gamers. According to the latest Steam Survey, AMD CPUs only surpassed 30% market share among gaming PCs. Intel still has a marketplace share of 70%, which is more than double that of AMD's, but the gap is consistently closing.

Many of the best CPUs are made past AMD. The launch and success of the Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 series processors has likely played a big part in AMD'south recent success. In our AMD Ryzen 9 5950X review, the processor earned a perfect score, and our adept Rich Edmonds calls information technology "the new male monarch of consumer-grade processors for team red."

The Steam Survey doesn't provide whatever insight as to the specific processors that gaming PCs are running. Still, the overall AMD market share is the biggest news, even if we don't know the exact breakdown of CPU models.

In dissimilarity, the Steam Survey does show specific models for GPU figures. AMD is relatively stable in the GPU market, holding a market share of xvi.18% in the most recent survey.

AMD still has an uphill battle when it comes to CPU marketplace share. In improver to Intel having a history of being the dominant brand, Intel's partnerships with PC makers arrive difficult for AMD to intermission through, every bit explained past our executive editor Daniel Rubino.

This news isn't exactly surprising, simply information technology is a proficient sign for AMD. Nosotros already knew that AMD was doing well in terms of semiconductor sales. Reviews for AMD's processors have also been positive, which seems to have helped convert some people over to team crimson. Our news editor Robert Carnevale recently took a closer look at AMD's rising.

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