AMD’s RX 9070 XT is now the top Radeon GPU on Steam
AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 XT is now Steam’s top AMD GPU, but it lags far behind Nvidia’s best
Recent months have finally seen AMD’s Radeon RX 9000 series graphics card appear on the Steam Hardware Survey. As of Steam’s August survey, the Radeon RX 9070 XT has become AMD’s top graphics card on the platform, accounting for 1.46 of surveyed users. This is significant growth from the GPU’s 1.33% share in May 2026, when it first appeared.
Based on Steam’s data, AMD’s top three graphics cards are the Radeon RX 9070 XT, RX 6600, and RX 9060 XT. These GPUs account for 1.46%, 0.83%, and 0.8% of Steam users, respectively. Nvidia’s top GPUs have a much higher market share on Steam, with the RTX 3060, RTX 4060 Laptop, and RX 5070 accounting for 3.92%, 3.84%, and 3.77% of users, respectively.
While Nvidia GPUs remain overwhelmingly popular, AMD’s RX 9000 series is clearly gaining traction. It says a lot that AMD’s most popular GPUs on Steam are their newest GPUs. Clearly, AMD’s RX 9000 series GPUs are selling well, at least compared with their predecessors.
AMD’s RX 9000 series GPUs are proving popular with gamers
With FSR 4 support and stronger ray tracing hardware, it is easy to see why AMD’s RDNA 4 GPUs have proven popular. With recent GPU price increases hitting Nvidia harder than AMD, it makes sense that AMD’s market share is growing in the gaming space. That said, Nvidia GPUs remain dominant within the PC gaming market.
While AMD’s RX 9070 XT has proven popular, Nvidia’s RTX 5060, RTX 5060 Ti, RTX 5070, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5080 all rank higher in Steam’s August 2026 hardware survey. While AMD appears to be doing well in the DIY PC market, Nvidia remains dominant in the pre-built PC market.
If nothing else, this month’s Steam Hardware Survey shows strong results for AMD. Yes, Nvidia is dominant, but AMD’s newest GPUs are clearly selling. That’s good news for AMD and for Radeon. Regardless, AMD still has a lot of ground to gain before it can make a real dent in Nvidia’s GPU market share.
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