AMD grabs 22.5% share of x86 processor market, highest share in 15 years

For AMD, it continues to compete with Intel for the market, and the company currently has a 22.5% share of the x86 processor market, the highest since 2007. The latest data from Mercury Research shows that AMD has successfully occupied 22.5% of the x86 processor market in the second quarter of this year. This is the highest record since 2007 and is close to the historical peak of 25.3% in 2006.

However, Intel’s share is still as high as 77.5%, while the global share of a few x86 processor manufacturers such as VIA is almost negligible. AMD chose to strategically abandon some of its positions in the desktop market and focus on server chips, mobile processors and customized APUs for next-generation game consoles. Interestingly, although Intel has offered attractive discounts for the 10th/11th generation product line, AMD still easily beat Intel in the retail business of desktop CPUs.

This report also provides more detailed market segmentation statistics. It can be seen that the share of AMD desktop CPUs has declined slightly, from 19.3% in the first quarter of 2021 to slightly more than 17% in the second quarter. AMD CEO Dr. Su Zifeng explained in May that in the context of chip shortages, the company was forced to focus on the manufacturing and sales of high-end products.

And Intel, which has its own chip factory, also took advantage of the opportunity to regain a part of the market share previously robbed by AMD. Finally, Mercury Research also mentioned interesting content about ARM processors in the report. It can be seen that driven by Chromebook and Apple M1 Mac, it accounts for about 7% of all desktop CPU shipments.

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