AMD has revealed that its client segment revenue for 2024 was a record $7.1 billion —up 52% compared to the prior year—and it’s in large part thanks to strong demand for the company’s latest Ryzen processors, which, according to new statements that Dr. Lisa Su (Chair and Chief Executive Officer at AMD) shared during a recent earnings call, were so good that red team saw “record desktop channel sellout” in the fourth quarter, with the CPUs exceeding 70% share at major retailers that include Amazon, Newegg, and Germany’s Mindfactory over the holidays.
“Revenue increased 58% year-over-year to a record $2.3 billion,” Su said before going on to credit some of her company’s latest desktop and mobile chips for AMD’s new numbers. “We gained client revenue share for the fourth straight quarter, driven by significantly higher demand for both Ryzen desktop and mobile processors.”
“We had record desktop channel sell-out in the fourth quarter in multiple regions, as Ryzen dominated the best-selling CPU list at many retailers globally,” Su continued before going on to name some of the stores that Ryzen has been selling well at: “Exceeding 70% share at Amazon, Newegg, MineFactory and numerous others over the holiday period.”
“AMD is rounding out its portfolio of exceptional desktop processors with AMD Ryzen 9950X3D and 9900X3D,” AMD announced in early January as part of its updated portfolio for delivering what it says is incredible performance for today’s demanding games. “The Ryzen 9950X3D is world’s best 16-core processor for gamers and content creators featuring 16 “Zen 5” CPU cores and AMD RDNA 2 graphics. Based on the utilizing 2nd Gen AMD 3D V-Cache technology, the new X3D processors push the boundaries of performance and innovation for desktop gamers.”
Additional remarks on Ryzen that Su shared during yesterday’s earnings call can be found below:
In mobile, we believe we had a record OEM PC sell-through share in the fourth quarter as Ryzen AI 300 Series notebooks ramp. In addition to growing share with our existing PC partners, we were very excited to announce a new strategic collaboration with Dell that marks the first time they will offer a full portfolio of commercial PCs powered by Ryzen Pro processors. The initial wave of Ryzen-powered Dell commercial notebooks is planned to launch this spring with the full portfolio ramping in the second half of the year, as we focus on growing commercial PC share.
At CES, we expanded our Ryzen portfolio with the launch of 22 new mobile processors that deliver leadership compute, graphics and AI capabilities. Our Ryzen processor portfolio has never been stronger with leadership compute performance across the stack. For AI PCs, we are the only provider that offers a complete portfolio of CPUs, enabling Windows Copilot plus experiences on premium ultrathin, commercial, gaming and mainstream notebooks.