If you need more evidence that AMD is doing very well, while Intel is going through a very rough patch – Mercury Research recently published its latest CPU shipment report that showed Team Red gaining a huge 10% share in the total CPU shipped just one year on.
AMD Upwards, Intel Downwards
This chart specifically reports on desktop CPU shipments – so laptops, servers and IoT devices do not count in this case. In Q3 last year, Intel is responsible for more than four-fifths of the CPUs shipped to customers, but that figure quickly dropped by the time we reach Q2 this year, where it lost 3.8% to AMD. Just one quarter later, an even bigger blow hits Intel, reducing its share to 71.3%, which is a net loss of 9.6% year-over-year.
One reason to Intel’s sudden loss of market share in just one quarter can likely be attributed to the core voltage bug that has affected most of the high-end 13th and 14th Gen Core i7/i9 processors, and it took the chipmaker several months to finally identify the microcode bug and patch it – but not without the fiasco already doing damage to the perception among the enthusiasts while its rival has enjoyed a relatively trouble-free year thus far.
That of course hasn’t accounted the impact of Core Ultra processors and AMD’s new mighty Ryzen 7 9800X3D (though the mainstream Ryzen 9000 is somewhat underwhelming performance-wise). There is a good chance that the scale may tip further towards AMD, especially as Intel is trying to solve its early teething issues that has been causing performance discrepancies and unexpected behaviors.
Source: PCMag
Pokdepinion: Lots of things happening this year are not doing favors to Intel right now.
