One factor could be that there are a lot of developers using linux. Developers love threads for compiling, and when ryzen came along we got a lot of threads for a reasonable price compared to the 4 cores/8 threads we’ve been stuck with for a decade from intel.
Another factor might be the GPUs, as I can picture the people buying AMD GPUs for their superior compatibility on linux, are more likely to also get an AMD CPU.
It’s a shorter article, so I might have missed it, but I’m assuming Steam Deck is included in those measurements. If so I’d imagine that bumps the numbers.
Yeah it is
In part that’s due to the Steam Deck being powered by an AMD SoC but it’s been a trend building for some time of AMD’s increasing Ryzen CPU popularity among Linux users to their open-source driver work and continuing to build more good will with the community.
As a Linux gamer with a Ryzen cpu, I think it’s likely just a correlation of people who are more tech-oriented, as windows and intel are essentially the “default” options for most computers you can buy, and the same (mostly) enthusiast circles that use Linux overlap heavily with those who build their own computers and may be more informed about hardware options, and how Ryzen has been beating Intel on price/performance essentially since launch
This.
Most of my friends aren’t Linux/tech enthusiasts at all, but they do build their PCs because it’s cheaper, and they’re all over intel and nvidia. One even asked me for an advice on what GPU to get under a certain budget, and the fucker wouldn’t listen to my AMD recommendations, despite the very obvious advantage to his wallet and performance he was looking for.
Intel + Nvidia pretty much dominate the pre-built market, too. I was in a tech store recently and, as usual, gazed at some PCs and laptops they had over there just for the sake of it, and nearly every single one of them was intel+nvidia, for the very exception of a full AMD laptop.
That seems weird…67% AMD and 33% Intel? Meaning zero percent of polled Linux users play on nvidia?
It’s the CPU share, not the GPU.
… It’s legitimately kind of funny that this is a valid mistake to make now, haha.
I’m still kind of upset that they’re AMD graphics cards now, instead of just being ATI cards. It’s kind of confusing, especially since the CPU and GPU naming schemes are quite similar.
