Steam survey sees AMD CPUs exceed 40 percent, Intel dip below 60 percent

The July 2025 edition of Steam's hardware and software survey marks a symbolic moment for processors on the platform. For the first time, systems equipped with AMD CPUs account for just over two-fifths of all participating PCs. In contrast, Intel's share has slipped below 60 percent, a sharp contrast to the roughly 77 percent dominance it enjoyed five years ago. AMD's advance can be attributed primarily to the popularity of its 3D V-Cache chips such as the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, whose mix of high gaming performance and aggressive pricing continues to erode Intel's position.

Graphics adoption shows a similarly dynamic picture. Nvidia's first mid-range Blackwell cards are climbing the chart relatively quickly: the RTX 5070 now leads the new 50-series with a 1.32 percent share, up 0.33 percentage points in a single month, followed by the RTX 5060 at 0.60 percent. Overall, 73.94 percent of all discrete GPUs in the survey remain Nvidia-branded. In contrast, AMD's latest Radeon 9000 family based on RDNA 4 is still invisible in Valve's report; no RX 9070 or RX 9060 SKU has yet crossed the reporting threshold, likely reflecting constrained supply or slow initial uptake.

Memory configurations are also evolving. Although 16 GB of system RAM remains the modal choice at roughly 42 percent of PCs, 32 GB machines have climbed to 35.15 percent after a monthly gain of 0.78 percent. On the graphics side, 8 GB of VRAM is still most common (33.66 percent), yet cards with 12 GB now make up 19.22 percent of the pool, the fastest-growing segment last month.

Operating-system metrics continue to tilt toward Microsoft's newest client release. Windows 11 (64-bit) now powers 59.9 percent of surveyed machines, inching up another 0.06 percent in July, while Windows 10 has decreased to 35.19 percent as its October 2025 end-of-support date approaches. Linux usage has risen to 2.89 percent, its highest sustained level in years.

Taken together, the July dataset suggests that Steam's user base is migrating toward newer, more capacious hardware and newer software at a steady, if not always spectacular, pace.