Sales of graphics cards still on the rise in the third quarter

Driven by continued strong PC demand, GPU shipments continued to grow in Q3 2021, growing 9% year-on-year to 101 million units (dedicated and integrated GPUs), according to the latest figures from Jon Peddie Research.

Compared to the second quarter, deliveries are down 18%, the summer period being less favorable to them. This evolution was favorable to Nvidia which obtains 20% of market share, against 18% for Nvidia, while Intel is backtracking with its integrated GPUs and returns to 62% of market share, against 68% in the second quarter.

In dedicated GPUs alone, Nvidia is strengthening its position with 83% market share, compared to 80% in the previous quarter. AMD therefore fell to 17%, pending the arrival of Intel in this niche in early 2022.

Analysts note that GPU pricing remains high due to component supply issues (price averages are about double current benchmark pricing for dedicated graphics cards).

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However, this does not prevent certain segments from accumulating unsold stocks, particularly in entry-level laptops, the market being saturated by chromebooks.

For Jon Peddie Research, the laptop PC segment has benefited from the health crisis, with confinements imposing telework and distance learning, which has given a boost to chromebooks, to the point of stifling the market and with a regularization that will not happen before early 2022.

At the same time, the shortage of components remains strong and is expected to last until the end of 2022, which will keep the constraints on the graphics card sector.