AMD is on the verge of overtaking Intel in the desktop market share segment.
AMD is on the verge of overtaking Intel in the desktop market share segment.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/market_share.html Look at the 2nd chart. Who wants to predict when the crossover point will be? Of course, this is only for submissions to PassMark, so there will be sample bias and this isn't representative of the market, but it is going to be much wider than Mindfactory data for example. There's also a recent uptick in mobile which isn't surprising given the performance of the recent Zen 2 models. Server not showing any shift though, but again I think that is sample bias. I'll save the news post for when it happens unless someone else beats me to it. It'll probably make the tech news sites when it happens.
I must acknowledge Intel's performance issues. If they reduce expenses slightly, moving to 10 or 7 nm nodes could help, though these options are currently limited.
If the chart keeps moving, the next quarter looks likely to mark the turning point. Of course, as you pointed out, this only reflects users of PassMark, who tend to be more tech-savvy and update their systems more often than typical buyers. Grandma probably doesn’t mind her score anymore. I’ll rely on the Steam hardware study—still a limited group, but likely less skewed than a general software test.
This might explain why AMD appears less prominent in the server sector. It’s unlikely that large tech firms like Google are leveraging PassMark metrics. Steam seems to favor PC gaming enthusiasts, though its non-game titles are modest compared to other platforms.
It's really funny watching games switch from Intel to AMD. Just two years ago we could still joke about "AMD victims," but now it feels like a full 180 degrees. My old PC won't even run on it, and many Intel/RTX models are affected too. I'm excited for the era of "Intel victims"!
I ran a visual inspection on Steam and Reddit, and it seems there are significantly more issues with Intel/Nvidia systems compared to Zen/NVDA or Zen/rdna. The programming was messy, but still amusing. This appears to be the first recent game that performs particularly poorly on Intel hardware.
It might simply be due to a higher number of Intel or NVIDIA setups existing from historical factors. Unless you imply all such systems are impacted.