Huge success of Ryzen CPUs puts AMD back in the game against Intel

By Darren Allan

We finally have a good measure of exactly how Ryzen processors have boosted AMD’s share of the desktop CPU market, and the new hardware has made quite an impression by snaffling over 10% of processor territory back from Intel.

The latest figures from PassMark for the second quarter of this year show that AMD has gained 10.4%, moving up from a market share of 20.6% the previous quarter, to reach 31% – with Intel dropping to 69% in the two-horse race.

Of course, we have to bear in mind that the figures are obviously limited to those using the PassMark benchmarking utility – i.e. Windows PCs (no Mac computers, or indeed other hardware like consoles), and moreover, the sort of power users who are likely to be benchmarking their rig.

The average consumer likely has little interest in doing this sort of thing, or if they do run the odd benchmark, it’ll be using an in-game frame rate counter for their favorite title, as opposed to a dedicated benchmarking suite like PassMark.

Substantial shift

Still, there’s no denying that this seems to represent a huge shift in AMD’s favor, and one that points to a real positive impact for Ryzen. Furthermore, it’s …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components