Should we call NVIDIA an AI company or a consumer GPU company? The latest roundup from 3DCenter shows that Team Green has dominated the dGPU market for the past 20 years, leaving AMD with no slack. It has been shown that
Before AI, NVIDIA was all about consumer and professional GPUs. Still maintains the same status, but the dynamics are different now, AMD shares hit new lows
When we talk about NVIDIA, especially in modern times, many newcomers in the industry believe that Team Green is a company that has focused on AI from the beginning, and only true enthusiasts know the story of NVIDIA and the GPU segment. It’s just the house.
What started with NVIDIA’s GeForce FX series of desktop GPUs has now become a platform that not only dominates the desktop GPU market, but has also proven to be a massive competition for the likes of AMD. Based on data shown by 3DCenter, NVIDIA has been able to dominate the GPU market share since 2002, and the trend continues to be the same.
Looking at the numbers over 20+ years, it’s clear that while we don’t have specific numbers, in general, this trend has maintained the hype ever since NVIDIA officially entered the market. It shows.
When AMD first announced the Radeon X100 series, the competition was certainly fierce. With the advent of technologies like HDR rendering and CrossFire support, they managed to close the gap in market share, but from then on everything was dominated by NVIDIA. And even today, the company is very dominant when it comes to consumer adoption, even though it has put dGPUs as its second priority.
A pivotal moment for NVIDIA and its huge market share was during the crypto mining hype, with market share numbers rising up to 80% over that timeline.
GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs were in high demand from miners at the time, so NVIDIA took advantage of it heavily, but AMD couldn’t get the spotlight. Since then, NVIDIA’s market power has been on the rise, and so far it doesn’t appear to be breaking.
NVIDIA’s only competitor, AMD, is now returning to the mainstream segment to revive Radeon’s “gaming” business, and NVIDIA is launching a new generation of enthusiast gaming solutions. Even Intel will likely focus primarily on mainstream areas since NVIDIA won’t have any competition for years to come.
Considering NVIDIA’s leadership in every business area it has developed, it would not be wrong to call NVIDIA’s business “Jensen’s Masterstroke.” Whether it’s AI, robotics, or the consumer GPU segment, we believe that NVIDIA’s presence is essential to the advancement of their respective markets, and Team Green’s position is certainly on par with Cupertino giant Apple. Equivalent, but in the computing field, the market.
