It's becoming difficult for Intel to retain its hold on both the client and server markets, and according to the latest data, AMD continues to make ground.
AMD Gains Nearly 28% Server CPU Market Share in Less Than 7 Years While Intel Drops to 72%, With Revenue Share Going as Low as 60%
In the last seven years, Intel has been going down the hill in both client and server CPU markets, and the latest stats from Mercury Research show a record-low share for the company. We have been reporting on the market shares for both segments, and it is clear that AMD is gaining steadily every quarter, making it difficult for Intel to retain its hold on the overall CPU market.
While still leading in both segments, it appears that Intel may not be able to maintain its lead for long, as it has just dropped to 72% Server Unit Share with just 61% Server Revenue Share as of Q3 2025. If you take a look at the graph, both Intel's server unit and revenue share were a whopping 97% in Q1 2019. In Less than 7 years, the company's share has been declining continuously, leaving more room for AMD to expand. AMD is now getting close to 30% share, which used to be around 1-2% in 2018, as per Mercury Research.
You can also see Intel's position dipping further with each subsequent EPYC family launch. The first EPYC family, Naples, was introduced back in mid of 2017 and took some time to see market adoption; however, those early adopters were surprised with the performance levels on offer along with efficiency, leading to the word to spread out like wildfire, and EPYC becoming a huge success, which to this day is a force to be reckoned with.
AMD's EPYC processors have helped the company move forward, driving strong adoption among cloud providers and enterprise customers that are seeking higher core counts and stronger performance-per-watt. That said, the client segment for Intel looks even weaker. After gaining a slight edge in the market share in 2016-2017, Intel has been going down since the release of the Zen architecture. With the release of newer Zen architectures and X3D chips, Intel has lost significant CPU shares in both the desktop and notebook segments.
You can see Intel's market share starting to fall around 2017, which is when the first Ryzen CPUs were introduced. Intel did manage to crunch away some share back with its 12th Gen Alder Lake and the 13th Gen Raptor Lake lineup, but due to the degrading issues on 13th and 14th gen chips, a lot of DIY & OEM markets switched over to Ryzen, which is why AMD's share in the desktop segment has seen a major uplift.
In both cases, it's now down to around 60% unit share while AMD has gained over30% share on the desktop. In the notebook segment, AMD appears stagnant at ~20% share since ARM processors are quite competitive in the mobile sphere. It looks like Apple and AMD both have benefited from Intel's decline in the notebook segment, while Apple has remained stagnant in the desktop division, where AMD is growing strongly.
All in all, Intel appears to be in trouble in both client and server segments. It's possible for the company to rebound in the mobile segment due to solid offerings like Panther Lake, and for the desktop market, all eyes are on the Nova Lake.
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