Intel Stages Surprise Desktop CPU Comeback as AMD's Market Share Falls Below 30%
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Intel stages surprise desktop CPU comeback as AMD's market share falls below 30%
According to data from Mercury Research, Intel reclaimed around 5.1 percentage points of desktop CPU market share from AMD in Q3 2026, pushing its total share above 70% and cutting AMD's to below 30% for the first time in years. The report suggests that Intel now holds approximately 70.1% of...Read Entire Article
As you know, Intel has not been going through its best moments and the last generations of CPUs were not as popular as expected, something that caused AMD to take over. After this, we were seeing as week after week AMD sold more in stores such as Mindfactory in Germany or Amazon in the US, but Intel's entry raises its processor market share by 5% in the last 3 months: AMD's gaming CPUs are the "guilty" due to the high demand for them appears fir…
This sudden jump stems from a shift in chip supply priorities and a slump in the gaming market, rather than a technical advantage. The post Intel's lead over AMD; Blue Team's share of the desktop processor market has reached over 70 percent appeared first on Digiato.
Intel Reclaims 70% Desktop CPU Market Share As AMD Falls Below 30% In Surprise Q3 2026 Turnaround
Intel has staged a rather unexpected comeback in the desktop CPU market, reclaiming a significant portion of the market share it previously lost to AMD. Interestingly, the turnaround might have more to do with supply conditions and the struggling gaming PC market than a sudden shift in processor competitiveness. According to the latest Q3 2026 figures from Mercury Research, shared by PC Gamer, Intel's desktop x86 CPU shipment share climbed to 70…
Intel instantly regained more than 5 percentage points of desktop CPU shipment market share in the third quarter of 2026, pushing AMD below 30%. According to data compiled by market research firm Mercury Research, AMD's desktop CPU shipment market share fell sharply by 5 percentage points from the second quarter (34.9%) to 29.9% in the third quarter. During the same period, Intel rose from 65.1% to 70.1%. For AMD, this is the lowest figure sinc…
AMD Loses Desktop CPU Share for the First Time in Months, Intel Regains Ground
AMD's share of desktop CPU shipments fell to 29.9% in the third quarter of 2026, according to new Mercury Research data, shared by PC Gamer. That's a five-point drop from the 34.9% AMD held in Q2, with Intel climbing back to 70.1%. It's also AMD's lowest desktop figure since early 2025, when it sat at around 28%. A year ago, AMD held 33.6% of the desktop market. Mercury itself admits it isn't sure what caused the swing. Its best guess is that w…
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