CPU Market Share | By Brand & Segment 2025

Q: Who leads global x86 CPU market share?

Intel holds about 72.9% of unit shipments, while AMD controls roughly 27.1%.

Q: How does AMD’s share vary by segment?

AMD commands ~27.1% desktop, 23.7% mobile, and 25.1% server CPU unit share.

Q: What factors are fueling AMD’s gains?

High-performance Ryzen and EPYC CPUs, plus competitive price-per-core and energy efficiency, are key drivers.

Q: Are any new competitors emerging?

Arm-based chips from Nvidia, Qualcomm, and custom designs by cloud providers are growing but remain niche.

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Publication Date: Jun 2025

What is the CPU Market Share?

According to 6Wresearch internal database and industry insights, the CPU market is projected to surpass USD 108 billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 5.9% from 2024 to 2031, driven by the surge in AI-driven computing, edge processing, and demand for high-performance and energy-efficient processors.

Intel held the largest CPU market share at approximately 72.9% in 2024, followed by AMD with around 27.1%. The x86 CPU market remains a duopoly, with Intel and AMD collectively accounting for nearly the entire market. In the server CPU segment, AMD continued to gain traction, while Intel maintained dominance in desktop and mobile CPU segments.

Key Growth Factors

AMD’s Ryzen 9000 and EPYC 9005 “Turin” lines offering high performance and efficiency
Intel’s ongoing transition to Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake architectures
Demand for energy-efficient and AI-optimized chipsets in laptops and servers
Price-performance advantages of AMD in mid-range and high-core CPUs
OEM and hyperscale uptake of AMD in data center and enterprise deployments

CPU Market Trends

Intel continues to dominate overall volume, but AMD is steadily increasing share across desktop (+7.3 pp YoY), mobile (+3.4 pp YoY), and server (+2 pp YoY) segments. The multi core capabilities and AI capabilities are the driving force behind the success of AMD and Intel is countering it through new architectures and investments in manufacturing. New threats such as Arm-based-server-chips are also getting an early momentum.

Emerging Developments in the CPU Market

The CPU market is in a big turn in terms of AI integration, next-gen manufacturing methods and improvement of chip architecture. The big OEMs are also attempting to get back on track by integrating NPUs (Neural Processing Units) into their CPUs, to speed up AI workloads on hardware, as shown with AMD Ryzen AI and Intel latest Xeon systems. Previously sales have been made in advanced chip fabrication 3nm and 2nm nodes with enhanced power efficiency and performance but to an altitude of 3D stacking and hybrid architecture that is redefining processing. The emergence of Arm-based and RISC-V server CPU is also challenging the conventional x86 supremacy. Supports in edge AI, energy-efficient computing, and smart memory integration are also providing high standards in developing future-ready CPU.