At least the title is our takeaway according to AMD’s latest claims. Specifically, TechPowerUP shared one of the slide decks that contains the chipmaker’s proclamation of being the fastest processor on six segments, from server to consumer. Suffice to say, they are all pretty compelling examples.
AMD’s Victory Lap
In this slide, AMD claims that:
- It takes Gold and Silver in latest TOP500 supercomputers;
- Its new Threadripper 9000 series is the “new king of the HEDT and mainstream workstation CPU markets”;
- Its new Ryzen AI Max series APUs are the only Windows-based processor capable of running an AI model with 128 billion parameters locally.
Besides that, AMD also claims leadership in six CPU segments, which includes HPC, cloud, AI PCs, high-performance laptops, desktop, and gaming consoles, each represented by EPYC 9005, EPYC 4th Gen / Instinct MI300A, Ryzen AI Max, Ryzen 9 9955HX3D, Ryzen 9 9950X3D, and semi-custom silicon powering modern Xboxes and PlayStations. The only remaining market that its rival, Intel, can still claim victory today is the mainstream laptop segment, where Arrow Lake enjoys better market presence.
AMD’s domination in the CPU market today is a stark contrast to the state of CPU market 10 years ago – where Intel reigns supreme and Team Red was left with no answer, leading to near-zero market presence and even nearing bankruptcy. Ryzen ultimately turned things around with its multi-chiplet design despite Intel’s dismissive “glued” remarks, and since then it has propelled the company into what we see today.
Intel, meanwhile, is in a bad shape today – in no small part due to stagnated development in the late 2010s that give way for its rival to take its market at a rapid pace, and the Chipzilla still have no answer to EPYC’s massive core counts and performance capabilities in the all-important datacenter market. Current CEO Lip-Bu Tan is tasked to turn things around, and whether the company can compete in the near term, we’ll have to see.
Pokdepinion: Genuinely crazy how much different the CPU market is today compared to 10 years ago.
