AMD Ryzen CPUs are selling well and making steady gains as the CPU market looks to be recovering but how will Intel respond?

Date:
Wed, 07 Feb 2024 11:09:42 +0000

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Intel does have Arrow Lake processors coming this year but must be aware of the looming threat of AMDs Zen 5 chips.

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AMDs Ryzen processors are slowly gaining market share in the CPU world,
going by some fresh figures.

Wccftech reported on the latest estimations of desktop processor shipments from analytics firm Mercury Research, in which AMD grabbed turf from Intel, albeit to a modest extent.

Mercurys stats show that in the final quarter of 2023 (Q4), AMD increased its desktop CPU share to 19.8% compared to 19.2% in Q3. Thats up 0.6%, and its up more over the past year, at a 1.2% gain compared to Q4 of 2022. So theres
been a fair old uptick in market share over the course of last year for Ryzen chips .

Mind you, most of that movement happened in Q1 2023, and Q4, with things staying rather flat in the two quarters between.

AMDs laptop processors also gained share, going up to 20.3% in Q4 2023 compared to 19.5% the previous quarter, so thats an even bigger shift upwards of 0.8% for mobile silicon.

Wccftech also pointed out new figures on the CPU market from Jon Peddie Research. These didnt give us any relative breakdown between AMD and Intel, but did show that total CPU shipments were up 7% in Q4 2023 compared to the previous quarter, and up a whopping 22% year-on-year. (Although this includes mobile chips, so its not a desktop processor-only metric).

Still, its a healthy sign for the CPU market overall, of course, which
appears to be recovering nicely. Analysis: Chipping away at Intels turf

Clearly this is good news for AMD, although as mentioned, its more like
steady upward progress than any big leaps. But we have to remember that Team Red hasnt pushed out any major launches in the second half of 2023. (We did get new chips in the first half of the year, notably X3D models for the Ryzen 7000 family , and a few other vanilla non-X chips for the range).

Meaning that AMD hasnt gained this momentum off the back of any big new releases, it has just been chipping away at Intels sales with its existing line-up (mostly).

We witnessed some compelling price reductions towards the tail-end of last year with Ryzen CPUs including discounts for the excellent-for-gamers Ryzen 7800X3D , and Black Friday price slashes on even premium chips like the Ryzen 9 7950X3D and thats probably part of the reason for the improved traction with AMD sales.

Perhaps the arrival of Intels Raptor Lake Refresh, and some disappointment around much of that line-up being rather pedestrian ( with one notable exception ) might have also led to some buyers heading AMD-wards, too.

Whatever the case, AMD will clearly be looking to build on this momentum in the desktop sphere in 2024, and with Zen 5 CPUs ( Ryzen 8000 or 9000 models ) set to arrive later this year, Intel needs to take this threat seriously.

We cant be sure when Intels next-gen rival desktop chips, Arrow Lake, will arrive, but Team Blue really needs to ensure theyre not far behind Zen 5. Currently, the rumor mill believes that AMD will be first to market the danger for Intel is that if Arrow Lake arrives too late in 2024, this gives AMD a distinct window of opportunity for a further push off the back of that silicon. Both of those next-gen ranges are highly anticipated and are likely to grab positions on our ranking of the best processors .

If Intel cant get Arrow Lake out in a timely enough manner compared to the
Zen 5 release timeframe, Team Blue may have to look to price cuts for
existing CPUs in order to better compete and not lose further desktop territory. You might also like Should Intel be worried about gamers favoring AMDs cheap new CPU? What is a processor: Your CPU explained in plain terms These are all the best cheap graphics card deals



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