AMD reaches the milestone of 30% CPU market share. The latest statistics for Q4 2022 have been released by Mercury Research and show how Lisa Su’s company continues to gain ground on its competitors.
AMD reaches 30% CPU market share milestone
AMD has achieved a historic market share of more than 30% in the CPU segment. This applies not only to desktop and notebook CPUs but also to server processors. The increase in AMD’s market share is largely due to the resounding success of EPYC, which is expected to continue throughout the year.
According to the Mercury Research report, AMD now has a CPU market share of 31.3%. That’s up nearly 3% from the last quarter of 2021, and Intel now has a 68.7% market share. In the last quarter of 2021, that market share was 71.5%.
It is also reported that AMD and Intel processor shipments have historically declined this quarter. This is the largest decline in a quarter in over 30 years. The annual decline in shipments was 34%, while the quarterly decline was 19%. This is clearly due to the post-pandemic effect.
“For the full year 2022, shipments were 374 million units (excluding ARM processors) and revenue was $65 billion, down 21% and 19%, respectively,” Mercury Research continued. “While this looks very bleak, it’s important to remember that total processor market revenue in 2022 was still higher than any other year in history, with the exception of 2020 and 2021.”
Mercury Research via PCMag
The trend is that AMD, driven by the EPYC, will continue to gain ground until 2023, although there is no estimate of what Lisa Su’s market share might be at the end of the year. Intel, however, plans to introduce new Xeon processors (Sapphire Rapids) to entice potential customers in the same market as EPYC.
Although Intel is still leading by a wide margin, it is clear that AMD has a strong enough product portfolio to gain ground year after year.