Mercury Research´s second quarter 2025 data shows a notable shift in the desktop x86 landscape. AMD recorded its ´best quarter yet´, lifting desktop unit share to 32.2 percent and desktop CPU revenue share to 39.3 percent. Those gains were driven by strong demand for Ryzen 9000 series processors and the X3D family, which together delivered both unit momentum and a disproportionate share of dollars in desktop sales. Intel remains the largest desktop vendor, but its unit share of 67.8 percent now represents a materially narrower lead than in prior years.
The numbers underline that value mix matters as much as shipments. AMD is capturing more high-end sockets and achieving higher average selling prices, which helps revenue share outpace unit share. Intel still outsells AMD at about a two to one ratio on desktops, but that ratio has compressed sharply from earlier market cycles. That compression signals a more contested desktop market, with AMD converting enthusiast and commercial interest into concrete wins across retail and OEM channels.
Retail and do-it-yourself buyers are choosing the latest Ryzen parts for gaming and content creation, while some system manufacturers are expanding Ryzen options in higher-performance prebuilt lines. The desktop results sit alongside Mercury Research updates across mobile, client, and server platforms, but the desktop picture is especially important because it concentrates high-margin, high-visibility volumes. AMD´s ability to grab a larger slice of high-value sockets is the immediate reason its revenue share runs ahead of its unit share.
In short, Q2 2025 marks a momentum point for AMD in the desktop segment. Market share moved meaningfully in a single quarter, revenue metrics trended in AMD´s favor, and the competitive balance with Intel tightened. The data does not overturn Intel´s lead, but it does document a materially closer fight for desktop x86 market economics than seen in recent cycles.
