Mindfactory, a leading German hardware retailer, released i retail data of Intel and AMD CPUs for the month of April. It is a single retailer and for this reason it only photographs the specific situation, but it is still interesting to get an idea of how things are going in the sector (it is a photograph of the CPU purchases by individual people, which does not count PC pre-assembled and OEM sales). Over the course of the news we will also see Amazon's bestsellers in some countries, including Italy.
In the past few days, AMD has stated, on the sidelines of the last quarterly report, that it has seen a very high demand for Ryzen 3000 and 2000 CPUs, so much so that it is firmly in the best sellers of the main world retailers. Mindfactory data seems to confirm these words, with one share for the CPU of the manufacturer which reached 91%, exceeding in numerical terms the 30,000 units sold.
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To make the lion's share we find the usual Ryzen 5 3600 (Amazon) and Ryzen 7 3700X (Amazon), but there is also a good demand for the old Ryzen 5 2600 (Amazon) and the Ryzen 5 3600X (Amazon). On the Intel front, the most requested continue to be the K processors, with the Core i7-9700K (Amazon), the Core i5-9600K (Amazon) and the Core i9-9900K (Amazon). Intel's share, however, stops at 9% in April, with just over 3,000 units sold.
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We reiterate, it is a single retailer, and to expand the discussion a bit we look at the bestsellers on Amazon Italy, Germany and the United States. Again, know that the rankings may change slightly from one hour to the next: what you see is the photograph of the moment we write the news. Overall, however, the data allow us to outline the situation broadly.
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In Italy the top 10 sees the presence of seven AMD CPUs and three Intel. The names already made return, to which are added the Ryzen 3 3200G and the Ryzen 5 1600 (AF version). On the Intel front here is also the 9600KF, i.e. unlocked and with integrated GPU disabled. It should be noted that just outside the top ten are the Core i5-9400F, the Core i3-9100 and the Pentium G5400. Situation and similar names also in the bestsellers in the United States and Germany, with the presence in the two rankings also of the 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X.
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Intel in the past few hours has announced the new range of 10th generation Core CPUs, codenamed Comet Lake. Compatible with the new LGA 1200 socket motherboards, the new offer includes Core i9 CPUs with 10 cores and 20 threads, while the other series have a lower number of cores but earn Hyper-Threading. All the details can be found in this article. Will the new Comet Lake CPUs change the situation? The processors will be available in the second half of May, so we will see the trend of that month, but above all that of June. We expect a rebound for the sales of Intel CPUs, but as we all are curious to understand the extent.
