AMD RDNA 4 GPUs are apparently more popular in Germany, but not all RX 9000 GPUs are doing well. Some are even sitting idle on the shelves.
RX 9070 XT Sells Nearly 640 Units, While the Combined Sales for NVIDIA RTX 50 GPUs Total 655; 16 GB GPUs Account for Almost 80% of Total GPU Market Share at Mindfactory
Germany's one of the biggest hardware retailers reveals how Germans are shopping for modern GPUs. For the past several months, we have been seeing customers preferring AMD's RDNA 4's top-of-the-line offering, the RX 9070 XT, over the RTX 5070 or any other NVIDIA RTX 50 GPU, but last week's data reveals a lot of interesting information. Apart from the number of units shipped, we also saw which manufacturers are the most popular and how many VRAM capacity gamers prefer.
Thanks to @TechEpiphanyYT for collecting such data, which reveals that the Radeon RX 9070 XT is not only the best-selling graphics card at Mindfactory, but apparently it comes close to the combined sales of the entire GeForce RTX 50 series stack. The RX 9070 XT has surpassed the 600 units mark last week, selling around 640 units, while the best-selling NVIDIA RTX 50 series GPU is now the RTX 5080, replacing the 70 and 60-class cards.
One of the reasons for RTX 5080's higher sales is the good price cuts, making the GPU around 100-150 Euros cheaper than the official MSRP. You can find a lot of RTX 5080s in the region just above 1000 Euros, which closes the price gap between the RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 Ti. Nonetheless, despite price cuts, the RTX 50 series is almost outsold by the RX 9070 XT, and if we add the RX 9060 XT shipped units, it's already a big win for AMD. The Radeon RX 9060 XT stays in the second position with around 370 units sold in a week, with 97% of those sales being the 16 GB version, because the 8 GB has hardly sold 10 units.
Similarly, the RX 9070 non-XT sold just 20 units, sitting even behind the previous-gen GPUs, and this is due to poor pricing by AMD. Apart from poor pricing, the VRAM capacity does affect the sales significantly, as the data shows that 78.5% of sold GPUs had 16 GB of VRAM capacity, easily outperforming the 8 GB editions, which account for only 7.8% of total sales. This is why we see a large gap in sales between two different models of the same GPU. While the RX 9060 XT 16 GB sold nearly 360 units, the 8 GB edition sold just 10 units. Similarly, the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB sold 120 units, but the 8 GB version sold only 25.
Now coming to the most popular vendor, for AMD, it's the XFX, which sells the most number of Radeon cards (nearly 26%), but Powercolor is just behind with 24.0% of total GPU market share. Other vendors, which make either NVIDIA or both NVIDIA and AMD cards, are fairly behind those two, but in regions where the RTX 50 series sales are dominant, you will see brands like ASUS, GIGABYTE, and MSI dominate.
About the author: Sarfraz Khan is a hardware reporter with a focus on PC components and the builder community. With years of experience writing about PC hardware and laptops, his work has been featured on several reputable technology publications. Sarfraz's hands-on experience is demonstrated through his first-person accounts of using and comparing different hardware configurations, providing practical and relatable insights for everyday users. His technical analysis is respected by peers in the enthusiast community and has been cited by specialized hardware sites such as Germany's Igor's Lab.
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