CPU family in 2017, AMD has slowly been chipping away at Intel's lead. Aside from the disruptions caused by the pandemic, AMD's server, mobile and desktop sales have been on an upward trajectory for many years, although Intel still maintains a large lead in all three categories.
Moving on to the desktop market, AMD picked up 4.7% year-on-year giving it a 23.9% share of the desktop x86 market. Personally I'm a little surprised at that gain given that Ryzen 7000-series processors have been on the market for well over 18 months, although demand foris surely a contributing factor. AMD's desktop revenue share was 19.2%, up from 15.4% in the same quarter a year ago. That's a healthy increase of 3.8%.
Overall, these numbers look good for AMD. Intel will be particularly concerned over AMDs increasing share of the lucrative server CPU market. It has few short-term answers to AMD's core count and power efficiency advantages. Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors