Sales of desktop discrete graphics cards declined quarter-over-quarter, but improved year-over-year in Q1 2024, a recent report from Jon Peddie Research (JPR) shows. However, the performance of the two leading suppliers of standalone graphics processors was completely different: despite the market decline, Nvidia increased its sales and gained share (to 88%), whereas AMD's shipments decreased and the share fell sharply (to 12%). Both vendors are well-represented in the ranks of the best graphics cards available today.
The industry shipped 8.7 million desktop add-in-boards in the first quarter, a decline from 9.5 million units in the previous quarter. Despite this quarterly drop, the market experienced a robust 39.2% increase in shipments compared to the same period last year, according to JPR's report.
