NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs Make a Dent in Latest Steam Hardware Survey

[AleksandarK]

NVIDIA's freshly completed GeForce RTX 50 family, powered by the new Blackwell architecture, has begun to register meaningful numbers in Steam's June 2025 Hardware Survey. Since first appearing in May, cards from this lineup, except for the as-yet-unavailable RTX 5050, now account for 3.69% of surveyed systems. Leading the pack among the newcomers, the RTX 5070 grabs nearly 1% of overall share, up substantially from its debut, while the RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 Ti follow closely behind. The more budget‑oriented RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 have also made their mark, and even the top‑end RTX 5090 has registered on enough machines to appear in the survey.

These figures show a swift uptake by desktop gamers eager for improved performance and AI-driven features, even as the tried-and-true RTX 4060 Laptop GPU holds onto its position as the most prevalent NVIDIA part, with just under 5% of the installed base. Meanwhile, AMD's latest Radeon RX 9000 series and Intel's Arc B‑series remain absent from the survey results, suggesting that shipment volumes for those cards have not yet reached the critical mass needed to register with Valve's monthly sampling of millions of Steam users. This demonstrates NVIDIA's continued dominance in add-in board sales, where it has consistently captured over 90% of the market.



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[Daven]

I still would like to know what these entries mean under the GPU section:

AMD Radeon Graphics 2.05%
AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics 1.99%
AMD AMD Custom GPU 0405 0.45%
AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics 0.4%
AMD Radeon Graphics (RADV VANGOGH) 0.35%
AMD Radeon (TM) Graphics 0.29% (second one)
AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics 0.23%
Other 9.45%

Some of the above I can guess but the Steam Survey seems to be unable to identify some AMD graphics correctly. So this statement:

Meanwhile, AMD's latest Radeon RX 9000 series and Intel's Arc B‑series remain absent from the survey results, suggesting that shipment volumes for those cards have not yet reached the critical mass needed to register with Valve's monthly sampling of millions of Steam users.

Cannot be made if AMD graphics are not being identified correctly.

 

[Rais]

people really buying a 5070 over a 9070...

 

[Daven]

people really buying a 5070 over a 9070...

No. It seems the Steam Survey cannot identify RDNA4 cards by their model name. They could be in any of the categories I listed in my comment above.

 

[sixor]

people really buying a 5070 over a 9070...

people really buying a 5070 over a 9070...

I did

There are no 9070 9070xt near msrp sadly, i ended up buying the 5070 for 610$

 

[rainzor]

people really buying a 5070 over a 9070...

Yes, 5070 is 80-100eur cheaper on the regular, while 9070 is only 50eur cheaper than xt. Haven't checked the prices in the States recently, but it was even worse there few months ago.

No. It seems the Steam Survey cannot identify RDNA4 cards by their model name. They could be in any of the categories I listed in my comment above.

Nah. Most of those are integrated gpus (Vega 3/8 and vangogh/0405). AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics and AMD Radeon Graphics had a percentage in february so also not 9000 series.

 

[LastDudeALive]

I still would like to know what these entries mean under the GPU section:

AMD Radeon Graphics 2.05%
AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics 1.99%
AMD AMD Custom GPU 0405 0.45%
AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics 0.4%
AMD Radeon Graphics (RADV VANGOGH) 0.35%
AMD Radeon (TM) Graphics 0.29% (second one)
AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics 0.23%
Other 9.45%

All those AMD GPUs are all iGPUs and APUs, mostly from laptops. "AMD Custom GPU 0405" and VANGOGH are the Steam Deck OLED and base Steam Deck APUs, respectively.

"Other" is of course the catch-all for all GPUs not popular enough to be listed sperately.

So, the paltry amount of RX 9000 GPUs that have been sold would be grouped under "other."

As an interesting aside, if you look at the Linux-specific numbers, you find that the Steam Deck models comprise 40% of all Steam users on Linux. Not very encouraging for Linux adoption when 40% of your userbase is on an extremely niche handheld.

 

[Prime2515102]

"...desktop gamers eager for improved performance and AI-driven features"

Are desktop gamers eager for AI-driven features? Wasn't there a TPU survey awhile back that indicated otherwise? Maybe I imagined it...

 

[HBSound]

What is visually interesting to me, I noticed, my GPU rep has dropped the price on the 5090s by about $200. Does that have to do with reports like this, or is it because it's the holiday?

 

[Dr. Dro]

I still would like to know what these entries mean under the GPU section:

AMD Radeon Graphics 2.05%
AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics 1.99%
AMD AMD Custom GPU 0405 0.45%
AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics 0.4%
AMD Radeon Graphics (RADV VANGOGH) 0.35%
AMD Radeon (TM) Graphics 0.29% (second one)
AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics 0.23%
Other 9.45%

Some of the above I can guess but the Steam Survey seems to be unable to identify some AMD graphics correctly. So this statement:



Cannot be made if AMD graphics are not being identified correctly.

Literally all of them integrated graphics on a variety of Ryzen chips. Just add these all up to reach a broad consensus on the percentile of AMD iGPUs across all generations and form factors, which is quite a lot - it indicates that Ryzen has taken a LOT of market share from Intel.

Custom GPU 0405 and RADV VANGOGH are exclusively Steam Decks, btw.

 

[R-T-B]

Some of the above I can guess but the Steam Survey seems to be unable to identify some AMD graphics correctly.

Most of the laptop apus present in device manager as exactly that.

Cannot be made if AMD graphics are not being identified correctly.

Pretty sure they are.

 

[LastDudeALive]

Literally all of them integrated graphics on a variety of Ryzen chips. Just add these all up to reach a broad consensus on the percentile of AMD iGPUs across all generations and form factors, which is quite a lot - it indicates that Ryzen has taken a LOT of market share from Intel.

Custom GPU 0405 and RADV VANGOGH are exclusively Steam Decks, btw.

Yes, credit where credit is due, AMD has done fantastic in the laptop market. If you can't afford or use a desktop, an AMD laptop with a powerful iGPU is good for a very large number of games, and is the best choice for many people who can't afford the step up to a gaming laptop. They successfully identified a market gap that Nvidia and Intel neglected and have gone all-in on filling it.

 

[JustBenching]

I would expect the 5070ti to be the one leading the chart. It's kind of the "value" king of the lineup and this generation in general.

 

[dyonoctis]

I still would like to know what these entries mean under the GPU section:

AMD Radeon Graphics 2.05%
AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics 1.99%
AMD AMD Custom GPU 0405 0.45%
AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics 0.4%
AMD Radeon Graphics (RADV VANGOGH) 0.35%
AMD Radeon (TM) Graphics 0.29% (second one)
AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics 0.23%
Other 9.45%

Some of the above I can guess but the Steam Survey seems to be unable to identify some AMD graphics correctly. So this statement:



Cannot be made if AMD graphics are not being identified correctly.

Those are problaby from entry level APUs. My mom laptop got a very old dual core zen1 APU with the GPU simply named "AMD radeon graphic" in the task manager

 

[Sithaer]

I did

There are no 9070 9070xt near msrp sadly, i ended up buying the 5070 for 610$

I also did a few weeks ago to upgrade from my slowly aging 3060 Ti.
AMD is actually more expensive where I live and I do use Nvidia's feature set whenever possible so AMD would have to be much cheaper for me to even consider at this point.
After selling my 2 and half years old 3060 Ti the upgrade cost me around 500$ so I'm all good. 'We do have 27% VAT where I live so the prices are insane by default so I'm lucky that I even got this deal'

 

[Lew Zealand]

I would expect the 5070ti to be the one leading the chart. It's kind of the "value" king of the lineup and this generation in general.

Unlikely, it's just too expensive to be a top seller.

I recognize the 5070 Ti is arguably a better product which I'd have considered if I could get it close to list price but that wasn't an option whereas the 5070 was available much closer to list, in addition to simply being less expensive. Not many 70 Ti level products make it high in the Steam surveys, rarely does anything outside of the 50/60 make it even vaguely close to the top.

 

[Fluffmeister]

I know my single contribution to AMD wouldn't appear because in the just over 3 months I've owned it I haven't been f'in asked by Steam.

 

[Dr. Dro]

Those are problaby from entry level APUs. My mom laptop got a very old dual core zen1 APU with the GPU simply named "AMD radeon graphic" in the task manager

Almost all of them are called that. Same for my 5600H's Vega iGPU (7 CUs). Old, new, it doesn't matter... AMD kind of made a mess with that.

 

[_roman_]

Steam survey hoax news post again. The data is invalid. I wrote it several times already.

those amd gpus could be also from e.g. my ryzen pro 4650u laptop.

 

[claylomax]

I know my single contribution to AMD wouldn't appear because in the just over 3 months I've owned it I haven't been f'in asked by Steam.

Windows+R to open the "run" dialog, then paste this:

steam://takesurvey/1/

Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't

 

[Cheeseball]

I still would like to know what these entries mean under the GPU section:

AMD Radeon Graphics 2.05%
AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics 1.99%
AMD AMD Custom GPU 0405 0.45%
AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics 0.4%
AMD Radeon Graphics (RADV VANGOGH) 0.35%
AMD Radeon (TM) Graphics 0.29% (second one)
AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics 0.23%
Other 9.45%

Some of the above I can guess but the Steam Survey seems to be unable to identify some AMD graphics correctly. So this statement:



Cannot be made if AMD graphics are not being identified correctly.

That is actually the "fault" of how the GPU is labelled from the AMD driver, both in Windows and in Linux.

If you look at the Steam Deck's System page, it shows the "Video Card" as "AMD Radeon Graphics (RADV VANGOGH)". It shows "AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics" when you manually install the AMD driver in Windows on a Steam Deck.

On a Lenovo Legion Go S with a Z1 Extreme, the video card shows up as "AMD Radeon Graphics (RADV GFX1103_R1)", where GFX1103_R1 coincides with the first revision of the 780M.

It's a trivial/minimal thing, but this is not Steam's fault for not being able to identify hardware properly. It will always pull data from the installed driver.

 

[Fluffmeister]

Windows+R to open the "run" dialog, then paste this:

steam://takesurvey/1/

Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't

Yeah thanks for the tip, no joy unfortunately. Nevermind I'm sure it will pop up and ask eventually for what it is worth. When I was using my RTX 3080 I think it asked me once in two years.

We know all know NVIDIA dominate when it comes to sheer numbers so no surprises really. I'm certainly enjoying my RX 9070 XT regardless, very impressed with it.

 

[SOAREVERSOR]

"...desktop gamers eager for improved performance and AI-driven features"

Are desktop gamers eager for AI-driven features? Wasn't there a TPU survey awhile back that indicated otherwise? Maybe I imagined it...

Yes. Desktop gamers that comment on hardware forums are a minority. TPU is a fraction of that minority. What people here want and buy is not representative of what's going on with PC gaming or who's engaged with it.

In areas focused on games people want the most nvidia their money can buy and all the AI stuff is great. People also like the features of their GPU outside of gaming. Or they game on a potato and care about games like DOTA and play AAA on consoles.

 

[Spacemarkl]

AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics 1.99%

AMD Radeon (TM) Graphics 0.29% (second one)

The Space makes a difference...

 

[Lew Zealand]

Yeah thanks for the tip, no joy unfortunately. Nevermind I'm sure it will pop up and ask eventually for what it is worth. When I was using my RTX 3080 I think it asked me once in two years.

We know all know NVIDIA dominate when it comes to sheer numbers so no surprises really. I'm certainly enjoying my RX 9070 XT regardless, very impressed with it.

The last time the Steam survey popped up a couple months ago I was testing an old laptop. So I added an Intel HD 4600.

Wow. No 6800 XT, 5070, 4060 Ti, 7700 XT, even WX 5100 or M2000.

Nope here ya go Steam: you wanted ancient Intel Integrated Graphics, you got 'em.