Intel reclaims overall CPU market share for the first time since 2025
AMD continues to gain server CPU market share amid skyrocketing shipments of data center processors as sales of client CPUs drop in the third quarter, says Mercury Research.
Intel has reclaimed overall CPU market share for the first time since mid-2025, according to a new report from Mercury Research. The company's gains were largely driven by strong sales of desktop processors. Meanwhile, AMD continued to dominate the mobile and server CPU segments, setting new records in both areas.
In total, the industry produced 68.93 million x86 CPUs, with AMD and Intel sharing the market more closely than in the previous quarter. AMD saw a slight decline in market share, while Intel experienced a more significant increase.
Quarter-over-quarter, the overall decline in x86 CPU shipments was primarily due to lower demand for mobile processors, with notebook CPU shipments dropping by more than 10%. Desktop CPU shipments, however, bounced back, largely thanks to Intel's performance. Server and embedded CPU shipments also increased, continuing their strong growth trajectory.
Despite the decline in client CPU shipments, AMD's overall x86 market share (excluding embedded and semi-custom SoCs) fell by 0.6% quarter-over-quarter for the first time in years. However, AMD still managed to increase its share by 4.5% year-over-year. Intel, on the other hand, gained 5% sequentially and 3.7% compared to the same quarter last year in the desktop segment, reclaiming a significant portion of market share.
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