A recent report by Jon Peddie Research on the share of GPU usage in the PC world is published. The report covers sales made in the last quarter of 2019 for AMD, Intel, and Nvidia.
AMD increases sales of Radeon graphics by 22% in the last quarter of 2019
GPU sales increased overall by 3.4% compared to Q3 2019, AMD shipments increased by 22.6%, Nvidia shipments decreased by -1.9% and Intel shipments increased by 0.2%.
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AMD’s market share of total GPU shipments in the last quarter increased by 3.0%, Intel’s share decreased by -2.0% and Nvidia’s share decreased by -0.97%, as shown in the attached chart. However, in discrete GPU shipments, AMD increased by 27% compared to 26% last year and 24% in the fourth quarter. Nevertheless, Nvidia remains the dominant global leader in discrete GPUs, with 73% of the market.
Highlights:
- Total shipments of AMD units increased by 22.6% quarter-on-quarter, total shipments from Intel increased by 0.2% quarter-on-quarter, and shipments from Nvidia decreased by -1.9%.
- The total rate of GPU connections (including embedded and discrete GPUs) to PCs was 130 percent for the quarter, up 1.8 percent from the previous quarter.
- Discrete GPUs accounted for 31.9% of PCs, down -0.19% from the last quarter.
- The overall PC market grew by 1.99% quarter-on-quarter and 3.54% year-on-year.
- Desktop graphics cards (AIBs) using discrete GPUs grew 12.17% compared to the last quarter.
- In the fourth quarter of 2019, tablet sales increased compared to the previous quarter.
- GPU sales in the fourth quarter were virtually unchanged compared to the previous quarter, but an increase was seen in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Jon Peddie, president of JPR, said:
“This is the third consecutive quarter that GPU shipments have increased. However, the first quarter, which is seasonally flat, may show an unusual decline due to disruptions in the Chinese supply chain caused by the coronavirus epidemic.”
The extent of the epidemic in the coming months remains to be seen and could affect the silicon industry.