Nvidia is Dominating AMD in GPU Sales Despite Higher Prices

The client graphics card market, for so long as I can keep in mind, has been a two-horse race between Nvidia and AMD (or ATI, earlier than AMD purchased it). Intel is lastly re-entering the competitors, however stays very a lot within the early coaching phases because it ramps up its upcoming Arc playing cards. For now, it’s crimson versus inexperienced.

Any desktop fanatic requested to choose which of these horses sells extra elements could be sensible to position their bets on Nvidia, which has loved better recognition due to its uncooked efficiency benefit over AMD. Indeed, Nvidia does look like main its rival as Tom’s Hardware notes, citing Newegg’s Best Sellers list, however what’s actually stunning is the margin.

If Newegg’s record is something to go by, Nvidia is working laps across the different group. Without offering particular gross sales numbers, the highest 20 GPUS in Newegg’s Beset Sellers record comprises primarily Nvidia playing cards consisting of RTX 30-series merchandise apart from a single RTX 2060 sitting in seventeenth place and one AMD card, an MSI RX 6600, within the 15 spot.

You would possibly assume provide shortages and wacky pricing are throwing off these rankings, however as Tom’s Hardware notes, AMD’s RX 6000 isn’t promoting in addition to the RTX 3060 regardless of costing round $100 much less. Moreover, the RX 6900 XT, AMD’s flagship, now prices “just” $949, a lot lower than its closest rivals within the RTX 3090 and RTX 3080 Ti, and it doesn’t even seem on the primary web page of the top-selling record.

Nvidia’s present dominance is an attention-grabbing be aware at this unprecedented second, however it’s one I wouldn’t learn an excessive amount of into but. We might see AMD surge up the rankings within the coming weeks as soon as customers reinvest their vitality in buying GPUs. I’m not anticipating a major shift, although; Nvidia is clearly the extra common selection amongst mainstream patrons regardless of AMD having one thing of a cult-like following in fanatic circles.

Digging deeper into the outcomes, the highest card is an Asus TUF Gaming RTX 3070 Ti graphics card, which prices a whopping $911. It is adopted by the identical Nvidia GPU but from Gigabyte—this one is priced at $700. The RTX 3070 Ti sweeps the rostrum spots with a $760 EVGA. Other desktop graphics playing cards having fun with robust gross sales embody the RTX 3050 ($330), RTX 3060 Ti ($700), and RTX 3080 Ti ($1,100).

Whichever facet you’re on, the darkish days of ready on a GPU to complete your construct because of absurd pricing markups and scalpers are nearing their finish. In April, 3DCenter Germany launched a report indicating that AMD GPU costs had declined previously weeks by a median of 13% whereas Nvidia playing cards had dropped 6%. The worth lower for Nvidia playing cards was slowing, however elements from each Team Red and Team Green are actually nearing MSRP, down from peak markups of above 300%.