THE TAKEAWAY: Valve has just released the results of the Steam survey, two days later than usual. The biggest takeaway from May's findings is that AMD CPUs have once again reached an all-time high user share as Intel's falls, making the gap between the two platforms smaller than ever.
Thanks to a 0.79% increase last month, almost 45% of Steam survey participants now use AMD processors. With Intel's share falling by the same amount, the gap between to the two rivals is just under 10%.
Barring a few anomalous months, including one in February, Team Red has been consistently gaining CPU users for well over a year now. AMD's X3D CPUs have long been driving the company's sales among gamers thanks to their excellent gaming performance, and while March's Core Ultra 200 Plus chips have been some of Intel's best-received in years, they haven't slowed the company's decline in the survey.
AMD could further improve its fortunes in the chart following the announcement at Computex that it is bringing back the Ryzen 7 5800X3D for AM4 users and launching a cheaper Ryzen 7 7700X3D for AM5 on July 16. The company also said it was extending AM5 support through to 2029.
Moving on to the GPU chart, the six-year-old RTX 3060 remains at the top despite a slight fall in user share. It could cement its position at number one following news that the Ampere-era card has been re-released in China and, as rumors suggest, will soon arrive in other markets.
