AMD Ryzen 9800X3D drives 8-core CPU adoption past 6-core chips

AMD Ryzen 9800X3D drives 8-core CPU adoption past 6-core chips

Telemetry results from CPU-Z for April 1 show that eight-core processors are finally more popular than six-core chips. Monitor and GPU adoption also saw notable swings.

AMD Gained 16.6% CPU Market Share While Intel Lost 10% As Per Early 2025 CPU-Z Statistics

With the launch of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, not only did the processor become the most popular choice amongst PC builders, but it also helped AMD gain a massive boost in CPU shares, according to CPU-Z stats. Eight Core CPUs Have Become the Most Popular Chips With 32.6% of the Share; AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Played a Huge Role Not only did the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D take the number one spot in multiple stores for selling the most units, but it also took the …

NVIDIA Losing Market Share Among Gamers as AMD Steps In to Gain While Eight-Core Processors Become the New King of CPUs

Image: AMD According to the latest reports, things are shaking up a bit on the CPU and GPU fronts as gamers make their latest upgrade choices. When it comes to processors it looks like gamers are now primarily using eight-core CPUs after a decades-long trend of using 4C/8T offerings from AMD and Intel. It’s been a close race with hex core or 6C/8T CPUs as many users overclocked their lower-core, more budget-friendly brethren to get the most out …

The evolution of processor preferences continues to shape the computer market. According to the latest validation data collected by CPU-Z for the first quarter of 2025, a clear trend is emerging: eight core processors are now the most popular among PC users, accounting for 24.7% of the configurations analyzed. A leap [...] A CPU-Z article, the CPU 8 cores become the new standard first appeared on HardwareCooking.

As we can say, AMD has been more and more successful since its first Ryzen, even though its main competitor is, on the contrary, in a very bad way. We know that, in the field of processors, it is often a blow one, then, one blow the other. However, Intel has always taken advantage of its brand image allowing it to keep important market shares. However, since all of the brand's troubles with the stability problems of Raptor Lake and Raptor Lake-S…

CPU-Z regularly compiles hundreds of thousands of validation data. Currently, AMD is on the expected fast track, but Intel is still not able to take the lead.