Ryzen 5 3600: sales surpassed Intel Core 9th generation

For the second consecutive month, AMD Ryzen 3000 processor sales are shattering records and gaining on the competition. This comes from the latest market share report from Mindfactory, one of Germany's largest PC hardware retailers.

Mindfactory's latest statistics were once again published by Reddit user Ingebor. Looking at the data, it's clear that AMD Ryzen 3000 sales and profit figures remain strong, dominating the Intel Core lineup.

According to the latest statistics, AMD Ryzen 3000 processors accounted for 78% of total CPU sales at the retailer, compared to Intel's 22%.

More specifically, AMD sold 18,000 units, while Intel only moved 5,000 processors. These figures are close to last month, when AMD's 3rd-gen Ryzen held 79% of all CPU sales.

Among the 78% of AMD Ryzen 3000 processors sold, the Ryzen 5 3600 proved most popular. It currently stands as one of the best budget options on the market, priced under $200.

The Ryzen 7 3700X also sold very well, and the Ryzen 5 2600 took 3rd place. That's because it's now available for under $140, making it an extremely valuable chip for budget builds.

Remarkably, a single Ryzen 5 3600 managed to outsell Intel's entire 9th Gen Core lineup.

AMD's higher processor sales volume also translated into a significantly larger profit share — 75% — while Intel only managed to secure 28% of Mindfactory's profit.

Despite its higher price, the Ryzen 9 3900X still secured 3rd place even with fewer units sold.

Finally, we can see the market share split between Intel and AMD's lineups. 53% of AMD processors sold were Matisse (Ryzen 3000), 29% were Pinnacle Ridge, 5% were the aging Summit Ridge, and the remaining 13% comprised APUs and Threadripper chips.

Intel's share consisted of 71% Coffee Lake Refresh (9th Gen) processors, 24% Coffee Lake (8th Gen), and 5% split between Skylake-X and 7th Gen Kaby Lake.

As you can see, AMD's older processor lineups remain quite popular. This is partly due to motherboard compatibility. For instance, buying a Ryzen 5 1600X today doesn't prevent you from dropping in a brand new Ryzen 5 3600X into the same motherboard six months later.

It's also partly due to the attractive pricing on both six-core and eight-core previous-gen CPUs.

Now might just be the best time to upgrade. Both Intel and AMD are currently trying to clear out their old stock of previous-gen processors. For example, the Core i5 9600 now costs less than $150, and the Ryzen 5 2600 is even cheaper.

Source: WccfTech