Nvidia RTX 50 Series appears in Steam Hardware Survey for the first time — represents 3.69% of cards, with the RTX 5070 leading the pack

Steam Hardware Survey for RTX 50-series
(Image credit: Nvidia/Steam)

Steam's hardware surveys have long stood as a reliable pillar in the tech community for judging GPU adoption. The company releases this data at the start of each month, but despite Nvidia's RTX 50-series being out since February of 2025, it's only now that they've finally begun to show up in the survey. The newly released June 2025 numbers shed light on how many of the GPUs are actually being used.

This means there's finally enough RTX 50-series cards in the hands of PC gamers that they can be counted in their own right, rather than as part of the 'other' section. As such, the model topping the list is none other than the RTX 5070 with a 0.99% share. It's followed up by the RTX 5080 and 5060 lineups, while the flagship RTX 5090 sits at the very bottom with a measly 0.19% share amongst all other GPUs.

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Steam Hardware Survey June '25 Results

GPU

Share in June 2025

Previous Share

RTX 5070

0.99%

0.38% (April)

RTX 5080

0.57%

0.20% (March)

RTX 5070 Ti

0.55%

0.28% (April)

RTX 5060 Ti

0.41%

0.21% (May)

RTX 5060

0.34%

N/A

RTX 5090

0.19%

N/A

The RTX 50-series has been nothing short of a fascinating launch for Nvidia and the community at large. Higher prices with underwhelming improvements, worsened availability, and the industry's growing reliance on synthetic visuals have skewed public opinion. At least previously, these missteps would be crowded and contrasted with ambition, but this time, it reeks of stagnation in the face of perpetuating shareholder appeasement.

On the other hand, AMD's RDNA 4 is completely absent from the survey, indicating that every GPU from that launch is still sitting at under 0.15% of market share, which Steam bundles in the "Other" category. Intel's Arc B-series shares the same fate as it's also unseen in the new data. This does not mean that no one is buying these GPUs, just that there needs to be more out there before it can show up in the survey.

Nvidia already enjoys a borderline monopoly in the GPU market with its 90% market share, while AMD and Intel shuffle around single digits. This is on top of apparently record-breaking sales for the RX 9070 XT, so it's clear AMD's work is laid out in front of them. As far as Intel is concerned, they're still clinging to the ~60% share in the CPU market while AMD looks to slowly catch up, sitting at almost 40% as of late.

RTX 50-series in Steam Hardware Survey

(Image credit: Steam)

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  • Roland Of Gilead
    Not that it matters much to the steam survey, but would be nice to know if the 5060ti is selling 8gb or 16gb variants. I'd say primarily 16gb versions, given the latest reporting.
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  • Notton
    my take is: AMD has completely underestimated demand for the $550~750, 16GB GPU market and needed to produce about 2~5x more 9070/XT.
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  • Amdlova
    Nvidia dominance 74.07%... The 5050 will be next king lol
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  • araghur12
    Amdlova said:
    Nvidia dominance 74.07%... The 5050 will be next king lol
    The latest reports show that 8GB GPUs aren't selling and I doubt a crappy OEM GPU will gain any relevance.
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  • Amdlova
    araghur12 said:
    The latest reports show that 8GB GPUs aren't selling and I doubt a crappy OEM GPU will gain any relevance.
    Cheap gpus sell more in Third Countries that gpu will replace the rx 6600 and rtx 3060
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  • btmedic04
    "Fascinating launch" sure is a funny way to spell dumpster fire launch. Prices are too high and performance is too low, and I think people are getting fed up with paying more for less.
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  • Warrior24_7
    The RTX 50 series has proven to be outstanding!! These are THE BEST GPU's that money can buy and gamers have spoken with their wallets. They've also spoken with their patience as they're willing to wait for more stock, pay higher prices, ignore the paid haters to the point these people have discredited themselves! There's simply no reason to buy anything else. The funny thing is... Nvidia isn't even tyrying hard!😆🫵
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  • Warrior24_7
    Amdlova said:
    Nvidia dominance 74.07%... The 5050 will be next king lol
    Agreed! Many PC gamers are still gaming at 1080p.
    Reply
  • Warrior24_7
    araghur12 said:
    The latest reports show that 8GB GPUs aren't selling and I doubt a crappy OEM GPU will gain any relevance.
    The ONLY GPU's not gaining any relevance are AMD's porta potty :poop:9000 series.
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