AMD's graphics card share exceeds NVIDIA for the first time in five years, and the biggest hero is 14nm Polaris.
According to the research report of JPR, in the second quarter of 2019, the graphics card market (including episode/independent/embedded), AMD GPU shipments surpassed NVIDIA, the share was 0.2% higher, which is the first in five years. This trend shows AMD's recovery in the graphics card market.
In the past few years, AMD has seen the situation in the graphics card market. This is also the key reason why NVIDIA is the only one in the high-end graphics card market. What is the reason for AMD's turnaround? Many people think that this year's 7nm Navi has made meritorious deeds, but it is not.
The data of JPR statistics is as of Q2 this year. At that time, Navi graphics cards were not listed, and they were only sold on July 7, so there is no possibility of affecting the Q2 quarter. After communicating with AMD via Fudzilla website, the website said that the outstanding performance of last quarter was related to Polaris Polaris graphics card, which is the previous generation graphics card of 14nm process.
The Polaris Polaris architecture was released in 2016 and debuted at CES. However, the earliest graphics card was the RX 480/RX 470 series released at the Taipei Computer Show that year. It is known as the GCN 4.0 architecture, and the process technology was upgraded to 14nm FinFET, and from TSMC. Changed to GF foundry.
Later, AMD also launched the RX 580/570 series, although it is known as the new core, but in fact the architecture process has not changed, or the 14nm Polaris vest revision, mainly to enhance the core frequency, listed in April 2017, until I have not withdrawn from the market now.
After the release of RX 580 and RX 570, it was lucky. After encountering the mining card market for 17 years, it was not sold. It was once out of stock and rose to more than 3,000+ yuan. However, after the Q2 mine disaster last year, the price of RX 500 series graphics card fell. The worst price was half the recommended price, but it was also the reason for the popularity of the RX 580/570 graphics card, and the price/performance ratio was high.
Not only that, AMD's sales are even more RX 550 graphics cards, the price is less than 90 euros / US dollar, the price of the egg is only 78.99 US dollars, these graphics cards also help AMD gain market share, but the price is lower profits.
In short, Fudzilla said that AMD graphics cards gained share in Q2, surpassing NVIDIA for the first time in five years, mainly relying on RX 500 series of old cards. These graphics cards are significantly lower than the recommended price two years ago. Some graphics cards are less than half of the previous recommended price. So it attracted a lot of users and helped AMD regain lost ground in GPU share.
In the past few years, AMD has seen the situation in the graphics card market. This is also the key reason why NVIDIA is the only one in the high-end graphics card market. What is the reason for AMD's turnaround? Many people think that this year's 7nm Navi has made meritorious deeds, but it is not.
The data of JPR statistics is as of Q2 this year. At that time, Navi graphics cards were not listed, and they were only sold on July 7, so there is no possibility of affecting the Q2 quarter. After communicating with AMD via Fudzilla website, the website said that the outstanding performance of last quarter was related to Polaris Polaris graphics card, which is the previous generation graphics card of 14nm process.
The Polaris Polaris architecture was released in 2016 and debuted at CES. However, the earliest graphics card was the RX 480/RX 470 series released at the Taipei Computer Show that year. It is known as the GCN 4.0 architecture, and the process technology was upgraded to 14nm FinFET, and from TSMC. Changed to GF foundry.
Later, AMD also launched the RX 580/570 series, although it is known as the new core, but in fact the architecture process has not changed, or the 14nm Polaris vest revision, mainly to enhance the core frequency, listed in April 2017, until I have not withdrawn from the market now.
After the release of RX 580 and RX 570, it was lucky. After encountering the mining card market for 17 years, it was not sold. It was once out of stock and rose to more than 3,000+ yuan. However, after the Q2 mine disaster last year, the price of RX 500 series graphics card fell. The worst price was half the recommended price, but it was also the reason for the popularity of the RX 580/570 graphics card, and the price/performance ratio was high.
Not only that, AMD's sales are even more RX 550 graphics cards, the price is less than 90 euros / US dollar, the price of the egg is only 78.99 US dollars, these graphics cards also help AMD gain market share, but the price is lower profits.
In short, Fudzilla said that AMD graphics cards gained share in Q2, surpassing NVIDIA for the first time in five years, mainly relying on RX 500 series of old cards. These graphics cards are significantly lower than the recommended price two years ago. Some graphics cards are less than half of the previous recommended price. So it attracted a lot of users and helped AMD regain lost ground in GPU share.