Steam’s hardware survey results for December are out, with AMD reaching yet another all-time high in the CPU segment. Team Ryzen increased its Windows processor share to 38.73%, up from 36.68% in November and 33.77% in October 2024, respectively. Meanwhile, Intel’s slump in the desktop market continued, dropping from 66.17% in October to 63.43% in December.
Intel primary grew in the 3.3 GHz to 3.69 GHz segment, indicating high-end processors, while AMD gained massively in the 3.7 GHz+ and sub-3.69 GHz ranges.
The numbers weren’t much different among Linux users. AMD’s processor share continued to expand, increasing from 70.01% in October to 73.60% in December. Conversely, Intel’s share declined from 29.98% to 29.60% during the same time.
AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D Leads the Charge
The growth of the Ryzen CPU market was driven by the gaming-centric Ryzen 7 7800X3D and 9800X3D processors. The former has sold nearly 80K units at Mindfactory (Germany) since its launch in April 2023, while the latter has sold 8,650 units in less than a quarter.
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is already AMD’s most successful Ryzen 9000 SKU, outselling the entire Ryzen 9000 lineup which has sold 4,985 units since its August 2024 release.
Intel’s Core Ultra 200S “Arrow Lake-S” family has largely become irrelevant, selling a paltry 380 units since its late October launch at the German retailer.
NVIDIA Dominates the GPU Market
NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3060, RTX 4060, and RTX 4060 Ti continue to outsell every other graphics card in the desktop gaming market. As the launch of the RTX 50 series “Blackwell” family approaches, the RTX 4060 has started to replace the 3060 as the GPU of choice among mainstream gamers. The RTX 4060 Ti has already edged past its predecessor as has the RTX 4060 laptop GPU with 3.91% and 5.04% market shares, respectively.
