Towards the end of last year, GPU market share stats revealed that Nvidia was dominating with 90% of sales, with AMD taking the remaining 10% and Intel nonexistent in comparison. Naturally, many of us assumed this upward trend for the green team would continue with the launch of its RTX 50 series GPUs, but things haven’t gone exactly as planned. From criticisms such as cable melting issues to ongoing stock shortages, the launch has been a little rocky so far.

Instead, in a turn of events, AMD Radeon graphics cards have been flooding Amazon's best-seller list, and new data shows Team Red climbing the ranks in a big way. Obviously, AMD's GPU market share hasn't dethroned Nvidia by any means, and they're still miles ahead, but the recent sales trend for Radeon graphics cards is certainly encouraging.

AMD’s GPU market share has doubled compared to last year

According to new data shared by Danawa, AMD's share in the GPU market doubled to 14.65% in January 2025, up from just 7.69% a year ago. This means Nvidia, which had been maintaining a sales share of over 90%, has now dropped to the 84% range. Additionally, AMD isn't the only one seeing changes, as Intel, which was previously nowhere to be found in such data, has finally reached above a 1% share, thanks to its Battlemage B-series cards – such as the Intel Arc B580 – offering “25% better performance per dollar” compared to nearby competition.

If we zoom in on the weekly sales share of Radeon graphics cards, there has also been a dramatic increase, starting at 14.22% in the first week of January and rising to a whopping 20.8% in the first week of February. And behind this surge is the RX 7000 series, specifically the RX 7600 – which had fallen to 13.31% – rapidly climbing since November of last year and taking first place with 35.16%, along with the RX 7700 XT, which has also been on the rise since the end of last year.

RTX 50 series fell short, and RTX 40 series prices are climbing

The obvious reason behind AMD’s GPU market share seeing a significant boost points not just to the underwhelming launch of the RTX 5090 and 5080 GPUs but also to the price hikes with the RTX 40 series and several 40 series models being discontinued. This is likely why mid-range gamers are turning to AMD GPUs, including models like the RX 7700 XT.

That said, AMD probably doesn’t occupy nearly enough of the GPU market share to make Nvidia start worrying. However, with their next-gen RDNA 4 GPUs set to launch in just a couple of weeks with the RX 9070 & 9070 XT, we could see the numbers shift even more in AMD's favor.

The 9070 series launch is a golden opportunity for AMD, as all eyes are on these new Radeon GPUs, with the flagship in the series rumored to be faster than the RTX 4070 Ti, or even relatively close to the 4090. That makes it a direct competitor to the RTX 5070 Ti, meaning pricing will be AMD's key weapon if they play it currently – since most buyers are hoping to spend between $500 and $600 for AMD’s next-gen GPUs.

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