In 2025, the desktop graphics card market grew to around 44.3 million units shipped, but almost all of the growth was attributed to one player. According to Jon Peddie Research, reported by Tom's Hardware, most shipments carried GeForce chips, while the competition's share fell to historically low levels. Nvidia opened the year with around 92% of the market and closed with around 94%. AMD, on the other hand, fell from an 8% share in the first quarter to just 5% in the fourth, the lowest since data for discrete cards has been available.
Card shipments increased from 34.7 to 44.28 million, which is attributed to the launch of the new Nvidia series based on the Blackwell architecture. While AMD recorded a decline, Intel remained on the margins of the market, without a significant increase in share.
For PC gaming, this means extremely dominant Nvidia options on the shelves and probably more emphasis on their models in the coming year, while AMD tries to regain equal relevance in the standalone graphics card segment.
