PC shipments grew 1% in 2024 compared to 2023 and totaled some 262.7 million units, according to IDC. To that end, it's not surprising that sales of integrated and standalone graphics processing units (GPUs) also grew 6% year-over-year and exceeded 251 million units — according to Jon Peddie Research.
GPU shipments typically outpace shipments of client CPUs, as virtually all processors for desktops and notebooks pack an integrated GPU — and companies such as AMD and Nvidia usually sell tens of millions of discrete graphics processors for client PCs per year that end up in systems that also have iGPUs. However, it looks like both CPU and GPUs increased their shipments in 2024.
