The June Steam Survey outcomes present that AMD CPUs have gained vital recognition amongst Linux players, with a market share of 67% — a exceptional 7% improve from the earlier month. Phoronix studies: Partially that is because of the Steam Deck being powered by an AMD SoC however it’s been a pattern constructing for a while of AMD’s rising Ryzen CPU recognition amongst Linux customers to their open-source driver work and persevering with to construct extra good will with the group.
Compared, final June the AMD CPU Linux gaming marketshare got here in at 45% whereas Intel was at 54%. Or initially of 2023, AMD CPUs had been at a 55% marketshare amongst Linux players. Or if going again six years, AMD CPU use amongst Linux players was a mere 18% through the early Ryzen days. It is also the direct reverse on the Home windows facet. When wanting on the Steam Survey outcomes for June restricted to Home windows, there Intel has a 68% marketshare to AMD at 32%.
Past the Steam Deck, it is wanting like AMD’s efforts round open-source drivers, AMD increasing their Linux shopper (Ryzen) improvement efforts over the previous two years, guarantees round OpenSIL, and different efforts generally coated on Phoronix are paying off for AMD in wooing over their Linux gaming buyer base.