Tuesday, December 3rd 2024
AMD Dominates Black Friday Motherboard Sales, Capturing Nearly 90% Market Share at German Retailer
AMD has emerged as the clear winner in this year's Black Friday motherboard sales, securing an impressive 87.36% of unit sales and 86.5% of revenue share. Thanks to the nicely compiled data from TechEpiphany, we see that German retailer Mindfactory sold 3,800 AMD-socketed motherboard units compared to Intel's 550 units during the shopping event. The success story is particularly evident in AMD's newest AM5 socket platform, which accounted for 2,730 units sold, representing nearly 72% of AMD's total sales. This strong adoption rate of the AM5 platform suggests consumers are increasingly investing in AMD's latest technology despite the typically higher platform costs associated with newer generations. The older AM4 socket maintained a relevant market presence, with 1,070 units sold.
Meanwhile, Intel's sales were primarily driven by their LGA 1700 socket, which moved 490 units, with minimal movement in their newer LGA 1851 and older LGA 1200 platforms, selling just 40 and 20 units, respectively. The average selling price (ASP) comparison reveals an interesting dynamic, with Intel commanding a slightly higher ASP at $183 compared to AMD's $170. However, AMD's substantially higher sales volume resulted in a total revenue of $644,584 (about 86.5%), dwarfing Intel's revenue of $100,564 (13.5%). This sales distribution reflects AMD's successful strategy of offering competitive performance across various price points while maintaining strong platform compatibility and future support. The overwhelming preference for AMD's AM5 platform also indicates consumer confidence in the company's future upgrade path and platform longevity, which AMD also delivered with AM4.
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Meanwhile, Intel's sales were primarily driven by their LGA 1700 socket, which moved 490 units, with minimal movement in their newer LGA 1851 and older LGA 1200 platforms, selling just 40 and 20 units, respectively. The average selling price (ASP) comparison reveals an interesting dynamic, with Intel commanding a slightly higher ASP at $183 compared to AMD's $170. However, AMD's substantially higher sales volume resulted in a total revenue of $644,584 (about 86.5%), dwarfing Intel's revenue of $100,564 (13.5%). This sales distribution reflects AMD's successful strategy of offering competitive performance across various price points while maintaining strong platform compatibility and future support. The overwhelming preference for AMD's AM5 platform also indicates consumer confidence in the company's future upgrade path and platform longevity, which AMD also delivered with AM4.
25 Comments on AMD Dominates Black Friday Motherboard Sales, Capturing Nearly 90% Market Share at German Retailer
So unless you were hunting for something very specific there wasn’t much reason to buy an x670/b650 board at similar price points when possible.
Many dont and its so frustrating since its not only missing that functionality, but as stated, the dammed things are so expensive.
They made a mistake with cheap x370 / b350 motherboards and they had to support them for 6 years.
Honestly, why can't these manufacturers just release boards like this, maybe add in better VRM and cooling and be done with it. Also, being a 2 DIMM board with seemingly decent memory traces/routing, it overclocks the 9950x better than both the X870 tomahawk and X670E aorus pro x I have, both of which cost 3/4x the price.
Ironically, people (rightfully) complained that 6xx and 8xx board prices are stupid high and it's true but my motherboard of choice in this generation is the cheapest i've had in more than a decade.
The A620 based AM5 ones are hardly listed anymore. I think it's because of the low wattage these mainboards can provide to the cpu socket.
B650 mainboards are plenty on the market and 40% cheaper as the MSI B550 Gaming EDGE WIFI i purchased in the past. Without considering the inflation for the past 3 years.
There are plenty of B650 mainboards available in the price range of 95-110€. Dirt cheap considering the awful inflation from the past three years on noodles, milk, diesel, energy and other goods.
You have to know, there are only the high end X870 mainboards on the market as of now. the cheaper 800 board may come 2025 or 2026
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I would ignore the B or X based chipset name of the mainboard. I would look for the features a am5 mainboard offers and what it costs. You may also look out for a deal or cashback.
Why not show all products in an orderly way?
Olso in this site I can't go back to particular date.
I’ve never seen so many people make complaints over motherboard options, at least when it comes to AMD, you have like 80+ options to pick from on AM5 depending on budget and need for x feature.
b) There is no "good" company
So a). Even though a lot of people will tell you that it's totally fine when AMD raises prices, but not when XYZ does.
Anyway I managed to get a
MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI
For £149.99 on Amazon here in the UK for my sons PC build which I think is a really well featured board at a really good price, more than ample for the 7800x3d I'm pairing it with.The individual chips that power PCIe 5.0 (and other stuff, USB4.0 etc. etc.) are also a touch more expensive.