Nvidia Maintains Dominance as Sales of Graphics Cards Hit All-Time Low in 2022: JPR
Discrete graphics card sales for desktop computers hit a record low in 2022, according to data released by . John Peddy Research this week. Add-in Board (AIB) shipments rebounded in the fourth quarter with the introduction of AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 series and Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4080 and GeForce RTX 4090 products, the best graphics cards available today. Graphics cards were very weak for the full year.
7.3 million graphics cards sold in Q4
According to JPR data, the industry shipped 7.3 million standalone graphics cards for desktop PCs in the fourth quarter of 2022, up slightly from about 6.81 million in the third quarter of 2022. It was down 27.4% from the quarter’s 13.19 million units. Analysts attribute the increase in AIB sales to the attractive pricing of previous-generation graphics cards and the rollout of new graphics cards.
“The fourth quarter of 2022 was unique with respect to AIB shipments, as inventory levels of some last-generation products declined, new product introductions combined with excess inventory and channel overhangs. said Dr. Jon Peddie, president. of JPR. “Some products, like his RTX 4090 from Nvidia, did very well despite their high prices, so pretty much everything we thought we knew about the economy and how the markets worked , looked like it flipped in the fourth quarter.”
Nvidia maintained its lead with 13 million desktop GPUs and 84% market share. Also, the JPR analyst mentions very impressive sales of his GeForce RTX 4090 product from Nvidia with a price tag of $1,599. AMD’s market share increased slightly to 11% in Q4 2022 from 10% in the previous quarter, but declined sharply from Q4 2021. According to Jon Peddie Research, Intel controlled about 5% of the market.
JPR analyst C. Robert Dow said: His $1,599 price tag at launch was particularly successful, as retailers were unable to keep parts in stock. The success of these high-end AIBs reflects that first adopters are adjusting to higher prices. ”
Lowest-selling desktop graphics card ever
According to Jon Peddie Research, AMD, Intel and Nvidia will sell around 37.86 million graphics processors for desktop AIBs in 2022, down from around 49.15 million in 2021. In fact, 37.86 million units is the lowest ever for a discrete graphics desktop graphics board. To add some context, sales of standalone graphics cards for desktop PCs peaked at 116 million units in 1998, according to JPR data.
With 30.34 million desktop discrete graphics processors sold in 2022, Nvidia maintained its pretty strong shipments and took market share away from AMD. In fact, the company’s desktop GPU sales in 2022 surpassed his pre-pandemic 2019 shipments, but 2022 wasn’t a particularly good year in terms of shipments.
In contrast, sales of AMD’s Radeon add-in boards fell to a record low of 6.76 million units. From 2019 to 2021, the company shipped about 10 million standalone GPUs per year for desktop graphics cards, but 2022 looked particularly bad for AMD’s shipment of his AIB units. It’s hard to pinpoint one specific reason for such performance in AMD’s graphics units, but AMD’s focus on other products may have been a contributing factor.
sharp drop in revenue
Standalone graphics board sales for desktop PCs apparently plummeted in 2022, according to JPR, causing the overall market to drop by $24.14 billion over the past four quarters. This figure suggests an average selling price (ASP) of $637 for the graphics card. In contrast, the desktop AIB market was worth it. $51.8 billion in 2021 The graphics board ASP was $1,056. Still, JPR expects the AIB market to grow by 7% over the next three years.
