After its new GPUs did not chart within the final two Steam {Hardware} Surveys, AMD has been dealt one other blow within the graphics card stats world. In keeping with the most recent figures, AMD Radeon GPU market share has now tumbled to its lowest ever determine, falling from 15% on the finish of 2024 to simply 8% for the primary quarter of 2025.
That point interval accounts for the primary three months of 2025, which included the discharge of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT on March 6, a card that we praised as one of the best gaming GPU in its league, however which has been a battle to search out in inventory at its MSRP since launch. There’s a greater image right here, after all, together with the truth that Nvidia launched two new high-end GPUs in January, in a market sector the place AMD would not present any competitors, with the RTX 5070 collection additionally launching later within the quarter.
That might not less than partly clarify why Nvidia’s market share has elevated from 82% to 92% over the identical interval. Even so, AMD’s lowest market share ever is undoubtedly a nasty outcome, particularly within the quarter the place it launched its model new GPU structure, RDNA 4. We’ll have an interest to see if there’s an uptick in AMD market share within the subsequent quarter, as soon as the Radeon RX 9070 playing cards have been out longer, and the brand new 9060 XT GPUs are within the gross sales figures too.
The figures come from Jon Peddie Analysis, which has simply issued a brand new report detailing present gross sales and transport figures for add-in graphics playing cards, which incorporates the graph above exhibiting the change in market share. In the meantime, Tom’s {Hardware} has additionally compiled an attention-grabbing graph plotting the figures over time, and exhibiting that that is certainly the worst market share outcome for AMD. In 2018, AMD nonetheless had 36.1% market share, and its determine for the primary quarter of 2024 was 12%.
The figures come quickly after the most recent AMD GPUs had been nowhere to be seen on the Might Steam Survey, regardless of receiving universally good press. I gave one of many new GPUs a rating of 9/10 in my AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT assessment, due to its wonderful efficiency for the MSRP. Nevertheless, really, it is not possible to search out this GPU for $599 or its worldwide equal anyplace, whereas the RTX 5070 is available for $60 above MSRP within the US, and even beneath it within the UK.
In the meantime, Intel’s slice of GPU market share seems to be so small now that it would not even get a coloration on the graph any extra, apparently dropping 1.2% additional because the finish of 2024. There could also be quite a lot of on-line discourse about pretend frames and excessive costs, however Nvidia is clearly nonetheless reaping within the GPU gross sales proper now.
All of which is a disgrace, as a result of AMD’s newest GPUs are literally actually good, and so is FSR 4. In case you’re pondering of upgrading, try my new AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT assessment to see how the corporate’s newest GPU copes with the most recent video games, in addition to my GPU set up information, which takes you thru the entire graphics card improve course of.
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