GearCensus

Steam Hardware Survey, September 2023

The GPUs, platforms, CPUs, and RAM of the surveyed systems, and how they changed from August 2023.

GPUs from surveyed systems by vendor
NVIDIA
81.5%+2.20 pts
AMD
12.1%−1.17 pts
Intel
6.4%−1.03 pts

Most popular GPUs

About half of the GPUs from surveyed systems are on par with the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER or faster.

GPU ShareChange
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6.1%+1.37 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 3.9%+0.50 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPULaptop 3.7%−0.44 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 3.5%+0.42 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 2.5%−0.03 pts
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 2.5%−0.03 pts
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 2.3%−0.16 pts
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Laptop GPULaptop 2.3%−0.16 pts
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 2.3%+0.19 pts
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop GPULaptop 2.3%+0.19 pts

Every GPU in the latest survey

Biggest gains

GPU ShareChange
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6.1%+1.37 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 3.9%+0.50 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 3.5%+0.42 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 2.3%+0.37 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Laptop GPULaptop 2.3%+0.37 pts

Biggest losses

GPU ShareChange
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPULaptop 3.7%−0.44 pts
NVIDIA GeForce MX350Laptop –−0.17 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX T10-8 –−0.17 pts
Intel HD Graphics 530Integrated –−0.16 pts
Intel UHD Graphics 600Integrated –−0.16 pts

Platforms

Platform ShareChange
Windows 97.0%+0.31 pts
Windows 11 37.4%−1.79 pts
Windows 10 58.0%+1.96 pts
macOS 1.4%−0.17 pts
Linux 0.9%−0.06 pts
SteamOS 0.7%−0.08 pts

Platform trends

CPUs

70% of the surveyed systems have at least 6 CPU cores+2.51 pts from August 2023

Surveyed systems by CPU core count
  1. 2 cores 6.6%
  2. 3 cores 0.3%
  3. 4 cores 23.4%
  4. 6 cores 35.0%
  5. 8 cores 19.5%
  6. 10 cores 3.7%
  7. 12 cores 4.8%
  8. 14 cores 3.1%
  9. 16 cores 2.4%
  10. 24 cores 1.0%
  • At least 6 cores
  • Fewer than 6 cores
Surveyed systems by CPU vendor
AMD
31.8%−1.74 pts
Intel
68.2%+2.77 pts

RAM

78% of the surveyed systems have at least 16 GB of RAM +2.36 pts from August 2023

Surveyed systems by RAM
  1. Less than 4 GB 0.1%
  2. 4 GB 3.7%
  3. 8 GB 14.5%
  4. 12 GB 3.3%
  5. 16 GB 51.8%
  6. 24 GB 1.2%
  7. 32 GB 22.9%
  8. 64 GB 2.2%
  9. More than 64 GB 0.2%
  • At least 16 GB
  • Less than 16 GB

How the figures are counted