Fewer video cards sold in early 2022, but outlook remains positive

During the first 3 months of 2022 the vSales of video cards recorded a contraction of 6.2%according to the data made available by Jon Peddie Research in its most recent analysis. All this is obviously linked to the international dynamics underway in this first half of 2022, which led to a 10.8% contraction in the sale of PC systems compared to the previous quarter and 26.2% taking the same period of the year as a reference. last year.

In the first 3 months of the year either AMD that Intel their sales volumes have been reduced: the former by 1.5% and the latter by as much as 8.7%. To counterbalance, at least in part, we find NVIDIA with + 3.2% for a total market contraction of 6.2%.

In the first 3 months of 2022, the market share of AMD in the discrete video card market was 17%, with Intel to 4% e NVIDIA to collect the main stake with 78%. In the 3 months to the end of 2021 AMD had collected 18%, Intel 5% and NVIDIA 78% while in the corresponding period of 2021 AMD had achieved a market share of 19% with NVIDIA at 81% and Intel that had not yet marketed their own discrete video cards.

In any case, the estimate is one continued growth in video card sales over the next few yearswith an average figure of + 6.3% in the period from 2022 to 2026. Also interesting is the projection on the number of PCs that will have paired with a discrete video card: in the next 5 years, according to Jon Peddie, a percentage of 46% will be reached, therefore about 1 in 2 PCs that will have a discrete video card inside with higher performance than that integrated into the processor.