Custom PC builder Puget Systems has shared its hardware trends of 2022, a detailed report that reveals the company's sales for processors, graphics cards, storage, and other tidbits. However, it's important to emphasize that the data refers to Puget Systems' sales; therefore, it doesn't represent global sales or market share.
AMD had a great 2021 year, finishing with over 70% market share in client processor sales. The chipmaker had a formidable line-up of Zen 3 chips at the time, and Intel's 11th Generation Rocket Lake processors couldn't compete. However, Intel slowly recovered its market share with the 12th Generation Alder Lake processors, the company's first desktop hybrid parts. The data from January 2022 to December 2022 shows a steady decline in AMD Ryzen usage. AMD eventually unleashed its Ryzen 4 processors in September of 2022, and Intel was quick to fire back with its 13th Generation Raptor Lake chips. Nevertheless, Puget System noted that Zen 4 and Raptor Lake ended up in a deadlock and didn't influence the state of the market share. The scales had already flipped, and Intel finished 2022 with a market share that surpassed 70%.
