Market – Jon Peddie Research

The workstation market softens in Q2’26

But viewed in light of recent history, it doesn’t necessarily portend any long-term material weakness… at least not yet.

The second quarter is typically down—not this time.

Server CPUs were up 8% from last quarter.

Data center GPUs showed impressive growth of 19%.

High-end x86 systems dominate the absolute market; entry-level Arm processor-based systems lead relative growth with blistering CAGR.

Data center GPUs were up an average of 17% from last quarter.

Server CPUs were up 6.5% from last quarter.

Consolidation slow, as are new entrants.

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Data center GPU boards were up an average of 145.5% from last quarter.

Data center GPUs were up an average of 145% from last quarter.

Server CPUs were up 2.7% from last quarter.