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CPU shipments fall as consumers pay the cost for price rises — but AMD grows its share

Total processor shipments fell as desktop demand weakened under higher prices, yet AMD gained ground everywhere against Intel this quarter.

TechRadar · Aug 27

Desktop CPU shipments crater 20% amid high component costs, but AMD gains record share despite 'ugly' desktop processor market — Intel floods laptop market with millions of CPUs, but AMD still sets all-time share records

As Intel boosts output of data center and notebook CPUs, AMD manages to outgrow it and keep capturing market share from its arch-rival.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 22

AMD reaches 46% of server x86 CPU revenue — Intel still controls 70% of the consumer PC market share

AMD now commands 38.1% of total x86 CPU revenue share, skyrockets past 46.2% x86 server CPU market share, according to Mercury Research.

Tom’s Hardware · May 14

AMD made major gains on Intel in the desktop CPU market over the last year, but still lags significantly behind in mobile, according to a Mercury Research report

Those X3D desktop processors appear to be flying off the shelves.

PC Gamer · Aug 15, 2025

AMD's desktop PC market share hits a new high as server gains slow down — Intel now only outsells AMD 2:1, down from 9:1 a few years ago

AMD reached record desktop CPU market share and posted strong server gains in early 2025, while its mobile CPU position weakened, but revenue shares across all segments hit new highs.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 14, 2025

AMD gained consumer desktop and laptop CPU market share in 2024, server passes 25 percent

AMD gains substantial chunks of desktop and laptop markets in 2024, according to Mercury Research.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 13, 2025

AMD's desktop CPU market share jumps by nearly 10% in a year, all at the expense of poor old Intel

Could those crashing Intel CPUs be blame?

PC Gamer · Nov 8, 2024

AMD's desktop PC market share skyrockets amid Intel's Raptor Lake CPU crashing scandal — AMD makes biggest leap in recent history

AMD's desktop x86 CPU market share rises 5.7% in one quarter as company launches Ryzen 9000 CPUs amid Intel's Raptor Lake stability issues scandal.

Tom’s Hardware · Nov 8, 2024

AMD records its highest server market share in decades — Intel fights back in client PCs

AMD now controls near a quarter of server CPU shipments, but Intel maintains undisputed lead in both client and datacenter processors.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 12, 2024

AMD Hits Record High Share in x86 Desktops and Servers in Q1 2024

Coming out of the dark times that preceded the launch of AMD's Zen CPU architecture in 2017, to say that AMD has turned things around on the back of Zen would be an understatement. Ever since AMD launched its first Zen-based Ryzen and EPYC processors for client and server computers,…

AnandTech · May 10, 2024