JPR Reports GPU Shipments Show Major Quarterly Drop

The latest report from industry analyst Jon Peddie Research paints continued growth for the PC-based GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) market. That growth comes in spite of strong historic seasonality impact on Q3 shipments, not to mention the still ongoing logistics and supply issues currently plaguing the tech sector — it's nearly impossible to find any of the best graphics cards at a reasonable price right now.

According to the report, GPU shipments reached 101 million units in Q3'21, marking a 12% year over year (YoY) increase. Despite that increase, and following historic trends, sequential quarterly GPU shipments took a dive in Q3, dropping 18.2% compared to Q2.

One interesting tidbit from the report is that AMD managed to increase its market share percentage from last quarter by 1.4%, while Intel's market share decreased by 6.2%, and Nvidia's market share increased 4.86%. That's a bit surprising, considering the difficulty of buying a dedicated graphics card.

Overall manufacturer GPU market share

Overall GPU market share by manufacturer as reported by JPR (Image credit: Jon peddie Research)
Francisco Pires
Freelance News Writer

Francisco Pires is a freelance news writer for Tom's Hardware with a soft side for quantum computing.