It's no secret that AMD is at the top of its game with its 3rd Gen Ryzen processors and Navi graphics, but we're starting to see signs that PC enthusiasts are starting to side with the Red Team. .
The folks at KitGuru discovered statistics from PassMark, a very popular processor benchmarking tool, suggesting that AMD has gained market share at Intel. Specifically, in the third quarter of 2019, AMD's market share rose to 31.9%, up from 23.1% in the second quarter of 2019. Similarly, Intel fell to 68.10% in the third quarter of 2019 compared to the 76,9% in the previous quarter.
It is important to note that this does not take into account the number of processors sold; At the moment, it appears that AMD is ahead at this point. It only takes into account the number of processors analyzed through PassMark. There are many, heck, probably most of them, never compare their hardware to this kind of tool.
However, this means that the type of people who evaluate their hardware (PC enthusiasts) are embracing AMD hardware at a higher rate. This is likely because the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X processor is more powerful than the Intel Core i9 9900K processor, although Intel disagrees.
Based on these results, AMD and Intel are closer than they have been since Q2007 XNUMX. And, with the next generation of AMD Ryzen's Threadripper Threadripper scheduled for the end of the year, this gap could still narrow.