AMD Gains Ground as Intel X86 Market Share Goes Back to 1995 Levels

AMD Gains Ground as Intel x86 Market Share Goes Back to 1995 Levels

According to Mercury Research, Intel's x86 CPU market share has dropped below 70% for the first time since 1995, hitting 69.3% in Q2 2026, a 6.5-point drop year over year. AMD was there to pick up the difference, reaching 30.7%, a new record for the company. Mercury Research president Dean McCarron confirmed the 31-year low to CRN following the release of his second-quarter CPU market share report. Those figures cover PC and server CPU shipments…

Intel's Market Share Of The x86 CPU Market Falls To 1995-Levels, As AMD Now Controls An Adjusted 46.4% Of The Market For Server CPUs Vs. Intel's 53.6% Share, Claims Mercury Research

Intel seems to have staged a decisive turnaround in the second quarter of the ongoing year, with its data center revenue up a very healthy 59 percent year-over-year. Yet, Intel's inertia is still working against it, as clearly demonstrated within a new report from Mercury Research, which has tallied that Intel's share of the CPU market has fallen to levels last seen in 1995 even as AMD remains perched on an ascendant trajectory. After accounting…