According to a recent report, AMD's Ryzen processors have seen strong sales growth following the launch of Ryzen 3000 products in Asia, dramatically reducing the number of Intel processors. The report in question from Danawa Research (highlighted by Wccftech) indicates that after the release of the Ryzen 3000 chips, AMD eventually sold more processors than Intel. According to figures from Danwa, a major South Korean retailer, just days after the sale of Ryzen 3000 products, AMD's chips gained a market share of 53,36 percent, more than half the market share. And more than Intel managed. In the past two weeks, AMD's market share has hovered between 20% and 40%, representing a significant increase in Ryzen sales. That said, we should keep the usual caveats in mind: We can't put that much stock (pun unexpected) into the sales numbers of a single retailer. Given AMD's seemingly highly variable market share in recent weeks, we should treat this Asian source with more caution than German retailer Mindfactory, often cited as a barometer for processor sales in Europe (and even for the reliability of this fountain). goes so far, and has certainly been questioned). In other words, Wccftech discovered a second Asian source, BCN Ranking, which collects sales data from four major retailers in Japan. It found that AMD's market share rose to 50.5 percent, just ahead of Intel at 49.5 percent. If we go back to October 2018, Intel had 72,1% of the market, according to BCN. This is a significant step forward for AMD.
Threefold threat
These results on processor popularity in Asia are certainly interesting, but perhaps not surprising given the rave reviews that have been given to new Ryzen products, and this includes our reviews here on TechRadar. The AMD Ryzen 3000 is not only competitive in terms of price (which has always been the case), but also in terms of price/performance and crucial power efficiency (a missing part). from the previous puzzle). In short, it is a triple threat for Intel, as we have already explained. There are other interesting stats provided by South Korean retailer Danwa, including the fact that the best-selling AMD chip is the new Ryzen 7 3700X, accounting for 10,34% of sales. But it's only the second-best processor in the world, with Intel leading the pack with its Core i5-9400 at 14.55%. The distributor also points out that there is a significant imbalance in terms of interest (clicks, not sales, on the retailer's website) in favor of AMD's range of processors: 77% of users click on AMD Chips versus 23 % for Intel. They are more than three-quarters of potential buyers who are switching to the team. These latest Asian figures, coupled with recent findings from German distributor Mindfactory, seem to indicate that Intel really needs to come up with something special in response to the Ryzen 3000. And indeed, as we saw last week, according to a recent leak, this response could be a 10-core Comet Lake processor to beat out the 3900X Ryzen 9. We can only hope this is the case, or something as juicy as that to create more competition in the processor arena.