AMD is showing dominance in the DIY CPU market, enjoying five times more revenue than Intel. The brand’s 3D V-Cache chips are unsurprisingly topping the charts, closely followed by affordable six-core options. Notably, the three-year-old Ryzen 5 5500 alone manages to put Intel’s Arrow Lake-S stack to shame.
According to the latest sales report from Amazon US as reported by TechEpiphany, AMD managed to supply 31,600 CPUs, accounting for 78.74% of sales. For comparison, Intel barely moved 7,500 units, accounting for the remaining 21.26%. This resulted in AMD racking up an estimated $7,813,637 in revenue, against $1,574,345 for Intel.
Another interesting data comes in the form of the average selling price which puts AMD at $247.24 against $209.91 for Intel. This indicates customers are willing to pay more for a CPU if the performance on offer is worth the cost. Thus, it’s not shocking to see the Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Ryzen 7 7800X3D on the podium, sharing more than 9,000 sales between them.
That said, what is even more striking is the presence of the Ryzen 5 5500 in second place, with no less than 3,000 sales. Its $83 price tag and relatively low platform costs undoubtedly make it an attractive purchase to budget builders. This reasoning perhaps explains why it and LGA1700 CPUs like Core i5-12400F are proving so popular, especially compared to Core Ultra 200S SKUs. For example, Core Ultra 7 265K has a painfully low purchase count of 500+ with other models MIA.
While Intel is clearly suffering in the consumer market, it’s presumably finding some solace in the OEM market through prebuilt desktops. It’s also important to note that these figures are only indicative of March 2025 sales on Amazon US, but it’s reasonable to apply these figures more broadly especially when these trends are apparent elsewhere in other markets.
