GearCensus

Steam Hardware Survey, October 2026

The GPUs, platforms, CPUs, and RAM of the surveyed systems, and how they changed from September 2026.

GPUs from surveyed systems by vendor
NVIDIA
75.1%−3.62 pts
AMD
16.2%+2.05 pts
Intel
6.4%+1.11 pts
Apple
2.4%+0.46 pts

Most popular GPUs

About half of the GPUs from surveyed systems are on par with the GeForce RTX 3060 or Radeon RX 6600 XT or faster.

GPU ShareChange
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 3.6%+0.08 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 3.6%−2.30 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPULaptop 3.4%+0.05 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 3.3%−0.40 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 3.1%+0.29 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 3.0%−1.23 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 2.6%−1.32 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPULaptop 2.5%+0.19 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 2.2%−0.56 pts
Apple M2 GPUIntegrated 2.1%+0.40 pts

Every GPU in the latest survey

Biggest gains

GPU ShareChange
Apple M2 GPUIntegrated 2.1%+0.40 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 3.1%+0.29 pts
Valve Steam Deck GPUHandheld 0.8%+0.27 pts
Intel Iris Xe GraphicsIntegrated 1.7%+0.23 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPULaptop 2.5%+0.19 pts

Biggest losses

GPU ShareChange
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 3.6%−2.30 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 2.6%−1.32 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 3.0%−1.23 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 2.2%−0.56 pts
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 3.3%−0.40 pts

Platforms

Platform ShareChange
Windows 93.7%−1.30 pts
Windows 11 72.5%+1.18 pts
Windows 10 21.1%−2.50 pts
macOS 2.3%+0.42 pts
Linux 3.1%+0.55 pts
SteamOS 0.9%+0.33 pts

Platform trends

CPUs

57% of the surveyed systems have at least 8 CPU cores−2.06 pts from September 2026

Surveyed systems by CPU core count
  1. 2 cores 2.8%
  2. 4 cores 12.4%
  3. 5 cores 0.2%
  4. 6 cores 27.3%
  5. 8 cores 28.7%
  6. 10 cores 7.5%
  7. 12 cores 5.0%
  8. 14 cores 4.7%
  9. 16 cores 5.9%
  10. 18 cores 0.3%
  11. 20 cores 2.2%
  12. 24 cores 2.9%
  • At least 8 cores
  • Fewer than 8 cores
Surveyed systems by CPU vendor
AMD
46.2%−0.86 pts
Intel
51.7%+0.47 pts
Apple
2.1%+0.39 pts

RAM

89% of the surveyed systems have at least 16 GB of RAM −1.55 pts from September 2026

Surveyed systems by RAM
  1. Less than 4 GB <0.1%
  2. 4 GB 1.4%
  3. 8 GB 7.6%
  4. 12 GB 2.5%
  5. 16 GB 41.7%
  6. 24 GB 2.3%
  7. 28 GB 0.5%
  8. 32 GB 37.3%
  9. 48 GB 1.2%
  10. 60 GB 1.0%
  11. 64 GB 4.0%
  12. More than 64 GB 0.6%
  • At least 16 GB
  • Less than 16 GB

How the figures are counted