AMD Sees Record Desktop Processor Sales, Thanks to Ryzen 9800X3D

AMD’s gaming desktop processor, the Ryzen 9800X3D, is so popular it helped the company’s PC chip business reach record revenue. 

“We had record desktop channel sell-out in the fourth quarter in multiple regions as Ryzen dominated the best selling CPU lists at many retailers globally,” the company’s CEO Lisa Su said in an earnings call on Tuesday. 

AMD also captured over a “70% share” in the chip sales at Amazon, Newegg and Germany’s Mindfactory retailer during the holiday period, she said. In addition, the company’s laptop-focused chips, including the Ryzen AI 300 series, saw a record “sell through share” to PC makers during the same period. Combined, the chip sales drove AMD’s PC “client segment” revenue to achieve a record $2.3 billion sales in Q4 —a 58% increase year-over-year. 

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The news arrives when sales of the Ryzen 9800X3D have been so hot that the chip remains hard to find at the normal $479 pricing, despite the product launching back in November. 

“On the desktop side, we saw our highest sell out in many years as we went through the holiday season,” Su added during the earnings call. The high demand has “constrained” supply for AMD”s gaming CPUs, so the company has been working to ship more units through January. 

Consumers can also expect AMD to launch two more gaming-focused desktop chips in the 9950X3D and 9900X3D, which will arrive later this Q1 for $649 and $499 respectively. But in some bad news for AMD, the company saw a significant drop in its Q4 chip sales for gaming consoles, which include Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox.

This resulted in AMD’s gaming segment revenue falling to $563 million in the quarter, for a 59% year-over-year decrease. Su attributed this to Microsoft and Sony “reducing inventory” following earlier customer demand for the PS5 and Xbox Series One when they initially launched.   

“Looking forward, we believe channel inventories (for video game consoles) have now normalized, and semi-custom sales will return to more historical patterns in 2025,” she added.

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