Nvidia Is Running Away With the GPU Market

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) has been a thorn in the side for Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) over the past couple of years as it has made massive inroads into the latter's bread-and-butter discrete GPU (graphics processing units) business. However, the latest GPU market share numbers indicate that the tables are turning in Nvidia's favor once again, as gamers and performance-focused PC users are flocking to its products because of their superior performance.

According to Jon Peddie Research, Nvidia's discrete GPU market share increased to 72.8% during the third quarter of 2017, with AMD commanding the rest. By comparison, Nvidia held 69.7% of this space during the second quarter and 70.2% in the year-ago period, so a 29.5% jump in shipments last quarter has boosted the company's dominance in this space.

By comparison, AMD's shipments increased just 7.6% on a quarter-to-quarter basis, which indicates that the momentum has swung in Nvidia's favor.

Source: Fool.com