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PC Component Shipments Statistics: GPUs, CPUs and SSDs

Global GPU, graphics board, CPU and channel SSD shipment figures and reported changes across 2024 and 2025.

November 12, 2026 9 min read computertechnician.net Editorial Team

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PC component shipments statistics: GPU and CPU unit volumes

Quarterly shipment totals put several component markets in view, but the reported categories are not interchangeable. JPR’s global PC-based GPU market and PC CPU unit totals cover broad markets, while the desktop CPU figures later in this article isolate desktop processors. These are component shipment measures, not finished-PC shipments. The quarterly totals also show that different component categories can move on different schedules: a GPU total, an all-PC CPU total and a desktop-only CPU total should each be read within its stated scope. JPR Q1 2025 GPU report JPR Q2 2025 GPU report JPR Q3 2025 GPU report JPR Q4 2025 GPU report

QuarterGlobal PC-based GPU shipmentsPC CPU shipments
Q1 202568.8 million units61.9 million units
Q2 202574.7 million units66.9 million units
Q3 202576.6 million units65.0 million units
Q4 2025Not reported here66.8 million units

The figures show the reported GPU total increasing from 68.8 million units in Q1 2025 to 74.7 million in Q2 and 76.6 million in Q3. The Q4 release’s GPU headline describes a quarter-over-quarter decline, but its opening shipment count is internally suspect and is not used here. The PC CPU series has reported volumes in all 4 quarters: 61.9 million, 66.9 million, 65.0 million and 66.8 million. This table preserves the printed quarter totals; it does not calculate new growth rates from them. The comparable percentage changes are reported separately below. JPR Q1 2025 GPU report JPR Q2 2025 GPU report JPR Q3 2025 GPU report JPR Q4 2025 GPU report

One separate JPR release describes the global client CPU market, reporting that it dipped 0.3% in Q1 2025 compared with Q1 2024. That is a year-over-year market comparison, whereas the quarterly PC CPU unit figures above are shipment totals. Keeping the market comparison distinct avoids treating it as another unit count or as a quarter-over-quarter change. JPR Q1 2025 client CPU report

PC component shipments statistics: GPU shipment changes

JPR’s quarterly reports give year-over-year changes for total GPU shipments across platforms and GPU types, and separate comparisons for desktop graphics and notebooks. Across the 4 reported quarters, the total GPU comparison shifted from a decline in Q1 to increases in Q2 and Q3, then a decline in Q4. Desktop graphics followed a different pattern, while notebook GPUs increased year over year in Q2 and Q3 after a Q1 decline. These percentage series have different scopes; each row below retains the category named in the report. JPR Q1 2025 GPU report JPR Q2 2025 GPU report JPR Q3 2025 GPU report JPR Q4 2025 GPU report

Quarter compared with same quarter 1 year earlierTotal GPU shipments, all platforms and typesDesktop graphicsNotebook GPU shipments
Q1 2025-1.6%-16%-10%
Q2 2025+4.9%+11.0%+2.5%
Q3 2025+4.0%+10.7%+1.4%
Q4 2025-3.3%+1.1%Not reported here

In Q1 2025, total GPU shipments across platforms and GPU types decreased 1.6% year over year. The desktop graphics comparison decreased 16%, and notebook GPU shipments decreased 10%. In Q2, total GPU shipments increased 4.9% year over year; desktop graphics rose 11.0% and notebooks rose 2.5%. The Q3 comparison remained positive for each reported category: 4.0% for total GPUs, 10.7% for desktop graphics and 1.4% for notebooks. JPR Q1 2025 GPU report JPR Q2 2025 GPU report JPR Q3 2025 GPU report

The Q4 report gives a 3.3% year-over-year decrease in total GPU shipments and a 1.1% increase in desktop graphics. No Q4 notebook percentage is included in the checked figures here, so the table leaves that series unreported rather than implying a zero or inferring a value. The year-over-year measures are also distinct from the reports’ quarter-over-quarter headlines: for example, a positive year-over-year figure does not itself establish what happened from the immediately preceding quarter. JPR Q4 2025 GPU report

PC component shipments statistics: graphics add-in board shipments

Graphics add-in boards (AIBs) are a defined subset of graphics products, and their counts should not be conflated with the broader PC-based GPU totals. The reported global AIB volumes were 8.4 million units in Q4 2024, 11.6 million in Q2 2025, 12.0 million in Q3 2025 and 11.5 million in Q4 2025. The Q1 2025 volume is not part of the checked figures below. The Q3 and Q4 releases give more precise alternative counts later in their text, but the observations retained here are the opening-paragraph values, as shown. JPR Q4 2024 AIB report JPR Q2 2025 AIB report JPR Q3 2025 AIB report JPR Q4 2025 AIB report

QuarterGlobal PC-based graphics AIB shipments
Q4 20248.4 million units
Q2 202511.6 million units
Q3 202512.0 million units
Q4 202511.5 million units

The reported quarter-over-quarter changes add context to these totals. In Q4 2024, shipments increased 4% from Q3 2024, although they were down 11% year over year. In Q2 2025, AIB shipments increased 27.0% from Q1 2025 and 22.2% compared with Q2 2024. Q3 2025 brought a 2.8% quarter-over-quarter increase and a 47.5% year-over-year increase. In Q4 2025, shipments decreased 4.4% from the previous quarter. These comparisons retain each release’s stated reference period; the 2024 and 2025 values should not be combined into an invented uninterrupted series of percentage changes. JPR Q4 2024 AIB report JPR Q2 2025 AIB report JPR Q3 2025 AIB report JPR Q4 2025 AIB report

Q4 2024 therefore provides an example in which the quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year comparisons point in different directions: the former was an increase of 4%, while the latter was a decrease of 11%. The Q4 2025 release reports the quarterly decrease, but the checked observations do not include a corresponding year-over-year AIB percentage for that quarter. The measured total and the reported change answer separate questions, so neither alone describes every aspect of shipments. JPR Q4 2024 AIB report JPR Q4 2025 AIB report

PC component shipments statistics: desktop CPU shipments

Desktop CPU shipment figures cover a narrower segment than the PC CPU totals in the first table. JPR reported desktop PC CPU shipments of 22.5 million units in Q4 2024, 21.7 million in Q2 2025, 19.2 million in Q3 2025 and 21.0 million in Q4 2025. These are selected quarter observations, not a complete quarterly series: no Q1 2025 desktop CPU volume is included here. JPR Q4 2024 AIB report JPR Q2 2025 AIB report JPR Q3 2025 AIB report JPR Q4 2025 AIB report

QuarterDesktop PC CPU shipments
Q4 202422.5 million units
Q2 202521.7 million units
Q3 202519.2 million units
Q4 202521.0 million units

Year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter comparisons are available for the first 3 listed quarters. In Q4 2024, desktop PC CPU market shipments decreased 7.8% year over year and increased 11.6% quarter over quarter. For Q2 2025, the market decreased 4.4% year over year and increased 21.6% from Q1. Q3 2025 was down 7.6% year over year and up 3.9% quarter over quarter. The Q4 2025 source gives a shipment volume of 21.0 million units, but the checked observations do not give a desktop CPU percentage change for that quarter. JPR Q4 2024 AIB report JPR Q2 2025 AIB report JPR Q3 2025 AIB report

The quarter’s direction depends on the comparison used. Q2 2025’s 21.6% quarterly increase sits alongside a 4.4% year-over-year decline. Q3’s quarterly increase was smaller at 3.9%, while its year-over-year comparison remained negative at 7.6%. Those paired descriptions are reported market shipment changes, not explanations for why the market moved. The unit series shows the stated desktop CPU counts, and the percentages show comparisons against specified periods; neither establishes a cause or predicts a later quarter. JPR Q2 2025 AIB report JPR Q3 2025 AIB report

PC component shipments statistics: client SSD channel shipments

The SSD figures describe the global channel market for own-brand SSD module-maker shipments. They do not represent all SSD shipments across every sales route or a unit count for SSDs installed in finished PCs. TrendForce projected 2024 channel SSD shipments at 101 million units, a 14% year-over-year decrease from 2023. Because the source calls this a projection, it should be read as a 2024 estimate rather than silently treated as a finalized count. TrendForce 2024 channel SSD report

TrendForce’s 2024 ranking also reports the concentration and market shares of leading own-brand channel SSD module makers. The top 5 controlled over 80% of that channel market. Kingston held 36%, ADATA ranked second with 13%, and Lexar ranked third with 11%. These are market shares and rankings, not additional shipment volumes. The reported figures help describe the structure of the channel segment, while the 101 million unit projection and 14% decline describe shipment volume and its year-over-year change. TrendForce 2024 channel SSD report

The quarterly PC CPU unit-shipment comparisons provide a separate view from the CPU market volume and desktop-only figures. Overall PC CPU unit shipments decreased 0.3% quarter over quarter in Q1 2025, then increased 8% in Q2, 2.2% in Q3 and 2.7% in Q4. These are quarter-over-quarter changes in overall PC CPU unit shipments. They should not be substituted for the client CPU market’s Q1 year-over-year decline of 0.3%, or the desktop CPU comparisons above. The same numeral appears in the two Q1 reports, but the scopes and comparison periods differ. JPR Q1 2025 GPU report JPR Q2 2025 GPU report JPR Q3 2025 GPU report JPR Q4 2025 GPU report JPR Q1 2025 client CPU report

Vendor-specific CPU changes are reported for Q2 through Q4. AMD CPU unit shipments increased 27% quarter over quarter in Q2 2025, followed by a 1% increase in Q3 and an 11% increase in Q4. Intel CPU unit shipments increased 2% in Q2, then decreased 0.8% in Q3 and 1.1% in Q4. These vendor changes and the overall CPU changes are parallel percentage series; the checked figures do not provide vendor unit totals alongside them. JPR Q2 2025 GPU report JPR Q3 2025 GPU report JPR Q4 2025 GPU report

Taken together, the reported measures show why component shipment statistics need their category and comparison period attached. GPU totals cover multiple platforms and types; desktop graphics, AIBs, overall PC CPUs, desktop CPUs and channel SSDs are narrower or differently defined series. A quarter-over-quarter percentage describes movement from the previous quarter, while a year-over-year percentage compares with the same quarter 1 year earlier. The sources report selected quarterly values and changes, so an unreported period or category remains unreported rather than indicating zero shipments.

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