JPR Reports AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA Were All Down in Q4 2012

By Nathan Kirsch

Jon Peddie Research (JPR) today announced estimated graphics chip shipments and suppliers’ market share for Q4’12. The news was disappointing for every one of the major players. AMD dropped 13.6%, Intel slipped the least, just 2.9%, and NVIDIA declined the most with 16.7% quarter-to-quarter change, this coming on the heels of a spectacular third quarter. The overall PC market actually grew 2.8% quarter-to-quarter while the graphics market declined 8.2% reflecting a decline in double-attach. That may be attributed to Intel’s improved embedded graphics, finally making “good enough” a true statement.

Total Graphics Chip Market shares

The quarter in general:

  • AMD’s quarter-to-quarter total shipments of desktop heterogeneous GPU/CPUs, i.e., APUs increased 0.8% from Q3 and declined 19.1% in notebooks. The company’s overall PC graphics shipments slipped 13.6%.
  • Intel’s quarter-to-quarter desktop processor-graphics EPG shipments increased from last quarter by 3%, and Notebooks fell by 6.76%. The company’s overall PC graphics shipments dropped 2.9%.
  • Nvidia’s quarter-to-quarter desktop discrete shipments fell 15.1% from last quarter; and, the company’s mobile discrete shipments dropped 18.4%. The company’s overall PC graphics shipments declined 16.7%.
  • Year to year this quarter AMD shipments declined 29.4%, Intel dropped 5%, Nvidia slipped 4.6%, and VIA fell 10% from last year.
  • Total discrete GPUs (desktop and notebook) 15.9% from the last quarter and were down 9.7% from last year for the same quarter due to the same problems plaguing the overall PC industry. Overall the trend for discrete GPUs is up with a CAGR to 2016 of 3.2%.

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