AMD Reaches 45% CPU Market Share Among Steam Gamers, Continuing Steady Growth
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Summary
AMD's Ryzen processors have captured nearly 45% of the CPU market among Steam gamers, according to the latest Steam Hardware Survey. This marks a steady upward trend from 40% a year ago and represents a significant recovery from a decade ago when AMD had only about 20% market share while Intel dominated with over 76%. The gains continue even after Intel's launch of its Arrow Lake refresh chips, though Intel still leads overall. The data is not a complete picture of all gamers but indicates a clear trend toward AMD adoption in the PC gaming community.
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· 4 pulledRyzen CPUs continue to gain ground in the PC gaming community, with almost 45% of gamers running the AMD processors, according to the latest Steam Hardware Survey.
Intel has never dominated CPUs quite like Nvidia does with GPUs, but it didn't used to be that far off.
Ten years ago, Intel had over 76% of the Steam Hardware CPU market, and AMD had shrunk to close to 20% after years of stumbling over
AMD's resurgence is a slow burn; this time last year, it reached 40% of the market, and it's now just 10% behind Intel.
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