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Nvidia reaches historic 92% GPU market share, leaves AMD and Intel far behind

According to Jon Peddie Research, total sales of dedicated desktop graphics cards reached 9.2 million units in the first quarter of 2025 – an increase of more...

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According to Jon Peddie Research, total sales of dedicated desktop graphics cards reached 9.2 million units in the first quarter of 2025 – an increase of more than 8% both year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter.

Nvidia sold millions of RTX 50 series GPUs between January and March, while AMD's Radeon 9000 series shipped fewer than 750,000 units. Nvidia's market share surged to a historic 92%, squeezing AMD down to an all-time low of 8% and leaving nothing for Intel. Jon Peddie told Tom's Hardware that underproduction on AMD's side is the primary factor behind this dramatic gap.

During recent coverage of Nvidia's quarterly financials, the company's gaming revenue (PC graphics cards) surged to a record $3.8 billion, up 42% year-over-year and 48% quarter-over-quarter. That's the fastest growth rate the gaming GPU segment has seen in years.

And the most impressive part, is that with a 92% market share in gaming GPUs, that is still just a small fraction of Nvidia's total revenue.

 

[phant0m]

Holy shit, in just 2 years gaming went from being half their revenue to like barely 10%?

Buckle up PCMR, RTX 6000 is gonna be even more expensive for it to be worth it for them.

If you thought the GPU market was bad during the crypto mining years…

 

[forsakkenSoul]

Damn, and I thought AMD was going to win a bit of market share because of the problems Nvidia had with the launch of the 50 series.

 

[bender]

Nowhere to go but up for Intel.

 

[StereoVsn]

Damn, and I thought AMD was going to win a bit of market share because of the problems Nvidia had with the launch of the 50 series.

Yep, I genuinely thought AMD is going to increase their market share at least a bit. Instead they dropped the damn ball as usual.

To be fair, this only includes like 3 weeks of 9070 and XT sales and doesn't have 9060XT at all, but still…

 

[Topher]

I'll say it: monopoly

 

[phant0m]

Does this count APUs / OEMs too or only discrete boxed cards?

Nvidia definitely winning the desktop game but AMD owns the handheld/APU market

 

[ArtHands]

Does this count APUs / OEMs too or only discrete boxed cards?

Nvidia definitely winning the desktop game but AMD owns the handheld/APU market

Nvidia is behind Nintendo Switch, the top selling handheld/consoles in the market right now.

 

[StereoVsn]

Does this count APUs / OEMs too or only discrete boxed cards?

Nvidia definitely winning the desktop game but AMD owns the handheld/APU market

This is only discrete I imagine since Nvidia doesn't really have integrated graphics currently.

 

[BennyBlanco]

AMD needs a big 24gig card for me to consider them. No way I'm going backwards in VRAM.

 

[Black_Stride]

This is only discrete I imagine since Nvidia doesn't really have integrated graphics currently.

Arent Nvidia mobile chips still super popular when paired with Intel CPUs?

 

[Fbh]

Pretty crazy.
I was doing my yearly "check out PC part prices to see if I can afford a PC". And the 9070XT (which you can find for around $700 here) still seems like the best price to performance option. The super low AMD market share makes me wonder if all games will even bother supporting FSR4 in the future, though I guess with PS5 pro and future consoles probably using it, it should still be incentive enough for devs.

Holy shit, in just 2 years gaming went from being half their revenue to like barely 10%?

Buckle up PCMR, RTX 6000 is gonna be even more expensive for it to be worth it for them.

Yup, it's why they can afford to basically half ass it, and even then they absolutely dominate the market so there's even less of a reason to try.

 

[StereoVsn]

Arent Nvidia mobile chips still super popular when paired with Intel CPUs?

That's discrete graphics.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Yep, I genuinely thought AMD is going to increase their market share at least a bit. Instead they dropped the damn ball as usual.

To be fair, this only includes like 3 weeks of 9070 and XT sales and doesn't have 9060XT at all, but still…

We really need to wait and see how the 9060XT performs. We will only have a month impact included in Q2 results, so it won't be until fall before we see what has truly transpired. But my guess is that the insignificant difference between the 9060XT and 5060ti will be another win for Nvidia in the segment, and AMD won't be able to make up for it with margin.


Not a good time for PC gamers.

 

[Gaiff]

 

[SpearHea.:D]

Superior Product better sales, DLSS + Frame generation is amazing. Games look stunning with path tracing and ray tracing.

 

[StereoVsn]

The issue is that AMD always manages to shoot themselves in the foot. Like with 9070 and XT - good products, but with fake MSRP and low availability post launch.

It looks like at least in Europe 9070XT (and vanilla) are available at reasonable prices but Nvidia has ton of stock and 5070 and 5070Ti are selling at MSRP or under. US is a shitshow for AMD right now and I am not sure about Asia.

IF 9060XT manages to hold to say $350-380 price point in volume, that could sell. Otherwise might as well get 5060Ti.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

play station is saving AMD graphics

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

I'll say it: monopoly

 

[BennyBlanco]

play station is saving AMD graphics

AMD and Sony were bullied into submission. Nvidia has completely dictated the direction of high end graphics. They are desperately playing catchup with raytracing, DLSS, and soon frame gen too. I don't even know if it's a good thing but it's true. Without Nvidia who knows what things would be like now.

 

[Bojji]

play station is saving AMD graphics

For 12 years now.

 

[Mr Moose]

The issue is that AMD always manages to shoot themselves in the foot. Like with 9070 and XT - good products, but with fake MSRP and low availability post launch.

It looks like at least in Europe 9070XT (and vanilla) are available at reasonable prices but Nvidia has ton of stock and 5070 and 5070Ti are selling at MSRP or under. US is a shitshow for AMD right now and I am not sure about Asia.

IF 9060XT manages to hold to say $350-380 price point in volume, that could sell. Otherwise might as well get 5060Ti.

Prices seem legit at least in the UK. £320 for a 16GB 9060 XT, £399-ish for a 16GB 5060 Ti. As good as DLSS4 is I don't think it's worth £80 more.
Might buy a 9060 XT next week.

 

[winjer]

The Radeon team is it's worst enemy.
Even when they make something competitive, they somehow manage to screw it up.
Sometimes it's bad marketing, sometimes it's availability.
AMD should replace the leadership in the Radeon group with someone competent from the Zen team.

 

[StereoVsn]

Prices seem legit at least in the UK. £320 for a 16GB 9060 XT, £399-ish for a 16GB 5060 Ti. As good as DLSS4 is I don't think it's worth £80 more.
Might buy a 9060 XT next week.

That's a great price! Not worth paying £80 more on a £320 card, that's for sure.

Edit: Hopefully at this more budget conscientious price range, folks will go for the cheaper card that delivers basically 95%. Nobody is doing path tracing on a 5060 line.

 

[Hudo]

The desktop consumer GPU market is so fucked, it is unbelievable.

 

[Hudo]

Yup, it's why they can afford to basically half ass it, and even then they absolutely dominate the market so there's even less of a reason to try.

They are not even quarter-assing it at this point, tbh.

 

[peish]

AMD and Sony were bullied into submission. Nvidia has completely dictated the direction of high end graphics. They are desperately playing catchup with raytracing, DLSS, and soon frame gen too. I don't even know if it's a good thing but it's true. Without Nvidia who knows what things would be like now.

The next great step is to use the tensor cores together to infer the rendering of graphics. Before this, tensor cores were used only for post DLSS

Nvidia tech is amazing. Welcome to Neural rendering!

Announcing DirectX Raytracing 1.2, PIX, Neural Rendering and more at GDC 2025! - DirectX Developer Blog

Today in the DirectX State of the Union at GDC 2025, we proudly showcased the next evolution in graphics with the announcement of DirectX Raytracing (DXR) 1.2. This update promises groundbreaking performance improvements and breathtaking visual fidelity, marking another milestone in our mission...

devblogs.microsoft.com

 

[Bitstream]

The next great step is to use the tensor cores together to infer the rendering of graphics. Before this, tensor cores were used only for post DLSS

Nvidia tech is amazing. Welcome to Neural rendering!

Announcing DirectX Raytracing 1.2, PIX, Neural Rendering and more at GDC 2025! - DirectX Developer Blog

Today in the DirectX State of the Union at GDC 2025, we proudly showcased the next evolution in graphics with the announcement of DirectX Raytracing (DXR) 1.2. This update promises groundbreaking performance improvements and breathtaking visual fidelity, marking another milestone in our mission...

devblogs.microsoft.com

How much they pay you for this bro? Are you getting $0.50 off the 6090 for every time you blindly praise them? You realize it's entirely plausible they leave behind gaming gpus all together in the next 5 years, right?

 

[Rising_Hei]

Just as expected, some NVIDIA GPUs have dropped significantly in price since the 9070 XT was released (I got my 5070 for 480€). In contrast, AMD's GPUs haven't dropped much.

 

[peish]

How much they pay you for this bro? Are you getting $0.50 off the 6090 for every time you blindly praise them? You realize it's entirely plausible they leave behind gaming gpus all together in the next 5 years, right?

No they wont, it is free money for them with dominating technology and mind share.

92% proves it.

besides they have major commitment with MS and PC space to develop graphics, and soon Linux. They are even making a gaming system with Dell and Mediatek.

Technology leaders like Nvidia wont just leave a viable market to showcase their strengths

 

[Pop]

AMD really screwed up with the 9070 lineup. Everywhere I look to buy one its like $150 to $200 over msrp

Now the nvidia 5070 is almost at msrp price and much cheaper for me. Plus Nvidia has DLSS, black magic

 

[PeteBull]

The issue is that AMD always manages to shoot themselves in the foot. Like with 9070 and XT - good products, but with fake MSRP and low availability post launch.

It looks like at least in Europe 9070XT (and vanilla) are available at reasonable prices but Nvidia has ton of stock and 5070 and 5070Ti are selling at MSRP or under. US is a shitshow for AMD right now and I am not sure about Asia.

IF 9060XT manages to hold to say $350-380 price point in volume, that could sell. Otherwise might as well get 5060Ti.

They are avaiable here in europe but not at competetive price vs nvidia cards, and im talking 9060xt/9070 non xt and 9070xt too, by competetive price i mean those cards have to be at 20-30% lower price vs same performance nvidia card to be of similar value since nvidia has better featureset, and i dont mean multiframegen, i mean better rt and ai upscaling performance, visibly better too.

Just to give u an idea, recently launched 9060xt was supposed to be 1699pln here, yet its cheapest models (talking both cards at 16gigs vram) are 1899pln for 16gigs 9060xt:

Gigabyte Radeon RX 9060 XT Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 (GV-R9060XTGAMING OC-16GD) - Karta graficzna - Morele.net

Karta graficzna Gigabyte Radeon RX 9060 XT Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 (GV-R9060XTGAMING OC-16GD) jest dostępny w Morele.net! Szukasz tego produktu? Sprawdź - najczęściej to właśnie Morele.net ma najniższą cenę w Polsce.

www.morele.net

and 2029pln for 16gigs 5060ti:

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Windforce 16GB GDDR7 (GV-N506TWF2-16GD) - Karta graficzna - Morele.net

Karta graficzna Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Windforce 16GB GDDR7 (GV-N506TWF2-16GD) jest dostępny w Morele.net! Szukasz tego produktu? Sprawdź - najczęściej to właśnie Morele.net ma najniższą cenę w Polsce.

www.morele.net

So difference is 130pln aka 34,5 usd after taxes- final price, no1 sane gonna go for amd with prices that close where 5060ti has same performance in worst case scenario and up to 30% higher performance with rt and more games supporting dlss, including dlss4.
In terms of US prices think of it like streetprice of 16gigs 5060ti being 480usd before tax, and 16gigs 9060xt being not 350usd like its supposed msrp but 450-460usd actual streetprice(before tax).
Looking at current US pricing situation it looks like this:

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c=593,596&P=17179869184,51539607552&sort=price&page=1

Cheaperst 9060xt 16gigs model is 390$
while cheapest 5060ti 16gigs model is 430$ so 40$ before taxes, around 50$ final price difference

 

[Buggy Loop]

Again, it's been at least 3 generations now that peoples cling to hopium masks

When there's a GPU shortage on Nvidia side is actually because a massive flow of cards have flown off the shelves.

AMD « not paper launch since RDNA2 » makes a fake MSRP and photo op at microcenter after accumulating months of production because it was delayed.

They're not even in same ballpark of productions output

AMD is not taking the risks of printing millions and millions of dies and risk having them sit on shelves with an Nvidia price drop.

I'm not sure how they can get out of this corner, they don't price aggressively enough and if they did they don't produce enough. If they risk both then Nvidia can do a nasty rug pull. All that risk for low margins on enthusiasts desktop GPUs while they can just go and produce AI chips with high margin and assured sales

 

[StereoVsn]

They are avaiable here in europe but not at competetive price vs nvidia cards, and im talking 9060xt/9070 non xt and 9070xt too, by competetive price i mean those cards have to be at 20-30% lower price vs same performance nvidia card to be of similar value since nvidia has better featureset, and i dont mean multiframegen, i mean better rt and ai upscaling performance, visibly better too.

Just to give u an idea, recently launched 9060xt was supposed to be 1699pln here, yet its cheapest models (talking both cards at 16gigs vram) are 1899pln for 16gigs 9060xt:

Gigabyte Radeon RX 9060 XT Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 (GV-R9060XTGAMING OC-16GD) - Karta graficzna - Morele.net

Karta graficzna Gigabyte Radeon RX 9060 XT Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 (GV-R9060XTGAMING OC-16GD) jest dostępny w Morele.net! Szukasz tego produktu? Sprawdź - najczęściej to właśnie Morele.net ma najniższą cenę w Polsce.

www.morele.net

and 2029pln for 16gigs 5060ti:

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Windforce 16GB GDDR7 (GV-N506TWF2-16GD) - Karta graficzna - Morele.net

Karta graficzna Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Windforce 16GB GDDR7 (GV-N506TWF2-16GD) jest dostępny w Morele.net! Szukasz tego produktu? Sprawdź - najczęściej to właśnie Morele.net ma najniższą cenę w Polsce.

www.morele.net

So difference is 130pln aka 34,5 usd after taxes- final price, no1 sane gonna go for amd with prices that close where 5060ti has same performance in worst case scenario and up to 30% higher performance with rt and more games supporting dlss, including dlss4.
In terms of US prices think of it like streetprice of 16gigs 5060ti being 480usd before tax, and 16gigs 9060xt being not 350usd like its supposed msrp but 450-460usd actual streetprice(before tax).
Looking at current US pricing situation it looks like this:

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c=593,596&P=17179869184,51539607552&sort=price&page=1

Cheaperst 9060xt 16gigs model is 390$
while cheapest 5060ti 16gigs model is 430$ so 40$ before taxes, around 50$ final price difference

Yeah, if this is the real street price, that's dumb. And there is no tariff excuse in Europe.