Steam Hardware & Software Survey: September 2026

Steam conducts a monthly survey to collect data about what kinds of computer hardware and software our customers are using. Participation in the survey is optional, and anonymous. The information gathered is incredibly helpful to us as we make decisions about what kinds of technology investments to make and products to offer.

PC Video card usage by mfg
April 2025 - September 2026
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Mac Hardware ownership
April 2025 - September 2026
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September 2026 (click line item to see more detail)
ITEM
MOST POPULAR
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
Linux Version
CachyOS 64 bit 
18.12% 
+2.65% 

Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) 64 bit
1.71%
-0.27%

Nobara Linux 44 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition) 64 bit
1.69%
+0.03%

Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS 64 bit
2.15%
-0.49%

EndeavourOS Linux 64 bit
1.86%
+0.21%

Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS 64 bit
2.85%
+2.85%

Fedora Linux 44 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition) 64 bit
2.81%
-0.36%

Freedesktop SDK 25.08 (Flatpak runtime) 64 bit
4.68%
-0.58%

Ubuntu Core 24 64 bit
3.00%
+0.25%

Bazzite 64 bit
6.97%
-0.79%

Linux Mint 22.3 64 bit
8.74%
+0.36%

Arch Linux 64 bit
10.67%
+1.89%

SteamOS Holo 64 bit
17.37%
-3.70%

CachyOS 64 bit
18.12%
+2.65%

Other
17.37%
+4.26%

System RAM (Linux)
16 GB 
40.85% 
-2.47% 

Less than 4 GB
0.06%
-0.01%

4 GB
1.88%
-0.28%

8 GB
6.09%
-0.42%

12 GB
3.24%
+0.04%

16 GB
40.85%
-2.47%

24 GB
1.94%
+0.08%

28 GB
1.27%
+0.12%

32 GB
32.44%
+2.11%

48 GB
1.07%
+0.02%

60 GB
3.26%
+0.27%

64 GB
5.22%
+0.43%

More than 64 GB
1.77%
+0.11%

Other
0.90%
-0.01%

Processor Vendor (Linux)
AuthenticAMD
 
66.18% 
-0.69% 

GenuineIntel
33.71%
+0.67%

AuthenticAMD
66.18%
-0.69%

Intel CPU Speeds (Linux)
3.7 Ghz and above 
25.60% 
+0.94% 

Below 1.4 Ghz
0.10%
-0.04%

1.4 Ghz to 1.49 Ghz
0.02%
0.00%

1.5 Ghz to 1.69 Ghz
0.19%
+0.05%

1.7 Ghz to 1.99 Ghz
0.26%
-0.04%

2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz
0.42%
-0.01%

2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz
1.11%
-0.10%

2.7 Ghz to 2.99 Ghz
0.99%
-0.09%

3.0 Ghz to 3.29 Ghz
1.30%
-0.09%

3.3 Ghz to 3.69 Ghz
3.70%
+0.04%

3.7 Ghz and above
25.60%
+0.94%

AMD CPU Speeds (Linux)
3.7 Ghz and above 
45.86% 
+3.24% 

Below 1.4 Ghz
0.04%
-0.01%

1.4 Ghz to 1.49 Ghz
0.01%
0.00%

1.5 Ghz to 1.69 Ghz
0.05%
-0.02%

1.7 Ghz to 1.99 Ghz
0.17%
0.00%

2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz
0.68%
-0.04%

2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz
0.40%
-0.03%

2.7 Ghz to 2.99 Ghz
0.28%
-0.03%

3.0 Ghz to 3.29 Ghz
0.87%
-0.07%

3.3 Ghz to 3.69 Ghz
17.82%
-3.73%

3.7 Ghz and above
45.86%
+3.24%

Physical CPUs (Linux)
4 cpus 
28.44% 
-3.85% 

1 cpu
0.01%
-0.02%

2 cpus
4.30%
-0.37%

3 cpus
0.03%
+0.01%

4 cpus
28.44%
-3.85%

5 cpus
0.04%
0.00%

6 cpus
21.48%
+1.59%

7 cpus
0.00%
-0.01%

8 cpus
27.70%
+1.55%

9 cpus
0.01%
+0.01%

10 cpus
2.95%
+0.15%

11 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

12 cpus
5.33%
+0.20%

13 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

14 cpus
1.93%
+0.08%

15 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

16 cpus
5.37%
+0.35%

18 cpus
0.07%
+0.01%

20 cpus
0.81%
+0.03%

22 cpus
0.01%
0.00%

23 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

24 cpus
1.42%
+0.24%

26 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

28 cpus
0.01%
+0.01%

30 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

32 cpus
0.05%
+0.01%

36 cpus
0.02%
+0.01%

40 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

44 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

48 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

50 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

52 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

56 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

64 cpus
0.01%
0.00%

80 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

96 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

144 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

176 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

Video Card Description (Linux)
AMD Radeon 610M
 
11.18% 
+10.89% 

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
0.35%
+0.02%

AMD Radeon PRO W6600
0.32%
+0.02%

Intel(R) Graphics (ADL GT2)
0.20%
-0.02%

AMD AMD Custom GPU 0405
7.46%
-1.82%

AMD Radeon RX 5500M
0.21%
+0.21%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
0.18%
-0.03%

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (RADV GFX1200)
1.56%
+1.56%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
0.36%
+0.02%

AMD Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series
1.92%
+0.05%

AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT
1.68%
+0.05%

AMD Radeon 780M Graphics
2.17%
-0.05%

AMD Radeon RX 9070/9070 XT/9070 GRE
3.13%
+0.43%

AMD Radeon 610M
11.18%
+10.89%

Intel Intel Arc Graphics
0.28%
+0.02%

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
1.55%
+0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
0.26%
+0.02%

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
1.49%
+0.07%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
0.23%
+0.03%

AMD Radeon 680M (RADV REMBRANDT)
1.47%
+0.06%

Intel HD Graphics 4400
0.23%
-0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
1.96%
+0.09%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
0.15%
+0.15%

AMD Radeon RX 480
1.37%
+0.10%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
0.25%
0.00%

Intel Iris Xe Graphics
1.67%
+0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU
0.36%
-0.02%

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT (RADV NAVI32)
1.28%
+0.12%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
0.49%
+0.05%

AMD Radeon RX 6800
1.24%
+0.08%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
0.29%
+0.03%

AMD HawkPoint1
1.08%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
0.43%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon RX 7600 (RADV NAVI33)
0.97%
+0.05%

Intel(R) Graphics (RPL-U)
0.25%
-0.03%

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
0.97%
+0.06%

Intel(R) UHD Graphics (TGL GT2)
0.24%
0.00%

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
1.17%
-0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU
0.36%
+0.04%

AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics
0.94%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
0.20%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
0.91%
+0.01%

Intel UHD Graphics 630
0.45%
+0.04%

AMD Steam Machine
0.88%
+0.60%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
0.22%
+0.01%

Intel UHD Graphics 620
1.37%
+0.05%

Intel HD Graphics 530
0.28%
-0.02%

AMD Radeon Graphics (RADV RENOIR)
1.36%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Max-Q / Mobile
0.24%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
1.20%
+0.07%

Intel Intel Graphics
0.21%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
0.71%
+0.07%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
0.37%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
1.00%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
0.35%
+0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
0.60%
+0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU
0.53%
-0.03%

Intel HD Graphics 620
0.58%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
0.81%
+0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
0.56%
+0.07%

Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics
0.53%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
0.53%
+0.04%

Intel HD Graphics 4000
0.32%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
1.13%
+0.10%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
0.30%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti
0.52%
+0.05%

Intel(R) Arc B580 Graphics
0.27%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
0.58%
-0.02%

Intel(R) UHD Graphics (ICL GT1)
0.26%
+0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
0.52%
+0.07%

Intel UHD Graphics 600
0.25%
-0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
0.85%
-0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 5500
0.24%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
0.55%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
0.59%
+0.01%

Intel(R) UHD Graphics (CML GT2)
0.58%
+0.02%

Intel(R) Graphics
0.38%
+0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
0.48%
+0.05%

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
0.21%
+0.02%

Intel HD Graphics 520
0.50%
-0.07%

AMD Radeon PRO W6600M
0.20%
-0.02%

AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
0.47%
+0.01%

AMD Radeon 500 Series
0.20%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
0.48%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon Graphics (RADV GFX1013)
0.19%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
0.46%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
0.19%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
0.46%
+0.06%

Intel HD Graphics 630
0.28%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
0.45%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU
0.18%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
0.55%
-0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 4600
0.28%
-0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
0.43%
+0.07%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
0.19%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
1.04%
+0.05%

Intel UHD Graphics
0.81%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
0.73%
+0.05%

AMD Radeon R9 290
0.19%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
0.38%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU
0.18%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
0.37%
-0.02%

Steam Deck GPU
8.60%
-1.88%

Other
7.02%
-0.02%

VRAM (Linux)
8 GB 
19.86% 
+1.74% 

512 MB
7.14%
+0.04%

1 GB
19.20%
-4.36%

2 GB
3.71%
-0.16%

3 GB
1.22%
-0.07%

4 GB
6.42%
-0.08%

6 GB
5.14%
+0.23%

8 GB
19.86%
+1.74%

10 GB
1.49%
+0.07%

11 GB
0.63%
+0.06%

12 GB
9.46%
+0.51%

16 GB
18.70%
+1.55%

20 GB
1.15%
+0.11%

22 GB
0.99%
-0.01%

24 GB
3.65%
+0.32%

32 GB
0.67%
+0.06%

Other
0.57%
-0.02%

Primary Display Resolution (Linux)
1920 x 1080 
36.58% 
+0.97% 

800 x 1280
9.68%
-2.81%

1280 x 800
4.53%
-0.72%

1280 x 720
0.41%
-0.02%

1360 x 768
0.36%
-0.03%

1366 x 768
3.15%
-0.16%

1440 x 900
0.39%
0.00%

1600 x 900
0.70%
-0.02%

1680 x 1050
0.40%
+0.02%

1920 x 1080
36.58%
+0.97%

1920 x 1200
3.64%
+0.17%

2256 x 1504
0.24%
-0.01%

2560 x 1440
17.94%
+1.60%

2560 x 1600
1.70%
+0.09%

2560 x 1080
0.88%
+0.06%

2880 x 1800
0.52%
+0.02%

2880 x 1920
0.23%
+0.03%

3072 x 1728
0.45%
-0.02%

3072 x 1920
0.24%
-0.05%

3440 x 1440
4.87%
+0.28%

3840 x 2160
7.16%
+0.74%

3840 x 2400
0.33%
+0.08%

5120 x 1440
0.81%
+0.04%

5120 x 2880
0.33%
-0.01%

Other
4.47%
-0.02%

Multi-Monitor Desktop Resolution (Linux)
3840 x 1080 
19.32% 
-0.02% 

1920 x 1080
0.60%
-0.10%

1920 x 2160
0.79%
+0.15%

2560 x 2520
0.45%
-0.06%

2560 x 2880
0.21%
0.00%

3000 x 1920
1.90%
+0.17%

3200 x 1080
1.79%
-0.35%

3280 x 1080
0.29%
0.00%

3286 x 1080
0.94%
-0.11%

3360 x 1080
0.46%
-0.02%

3440 x 2520
0.40%
+0.07%

3440 x 2880
0.39%
+0.06%

3520 x 1080
0.52%
-0.14%

3600 x 1080
0.50%
-0.10%

3640 x 1920
2.21%
+0.17%

3840 x 1080
19.32%
-0.02%

3840 x 1200
1.29%
+0.01%

3840 x 1440
0.38%
-0.05%

3840 x 2160
0.45%
-0.04%

4000 x 2560
1.30%
+0.19%

4480 x 1080
0.66%
+0.01%

4480 x 1440
11.85%
+0.08%

4520 x 1920
0.62%
+0.03%

4880 x 2560
0.42%
+0.08%

4920 x 1920
0.49%
-0.02%

4960 x 1440
0.43%
+0.05%

5120 x 1080
0.21%
-0.01%

5120 x 1440
7.87%
+0.47%

5120 x 2520
0.24%
+0.24%

5120 x 2880
0.27%
+0.27%

5121 x 1440
0.25%
-0.01%

5280 x 2560
0.21%
0.00%

5360 x 1440
1.94%
+0.09%

5560 x 1920
0.49%
0.00%

5760 x 1080
1.75%
+0.06%

5760 x 2160
0.90%
-0.02%

6000 x 1440
1.24%
+0.05%

6000 x 3840
0.24%
+0.01%

6200 x 1920
0.22%
+0.22%

6400 x 1440
1.37%
+0.17%

6400 x 2160
0.81%
-0.05%

6560 x 2560
0.23%
-0.04%

6720 x 2160
0.21%
-0.06%

7040 x 1440
0.63%
-0.03%

7680 x 1440
0.99%
+0.13%

7680 x 2160
1.91%
+0.20%

8960 x 2880
0.21%
+0.01%

11520 x 2160
0.21%
-0.03%

Other
28.98%
-1.29%

Language (Linux)
English 
82.97% 
+0.43% 

Russian
3.31%
-0.05%

Greek
0.01%
0.00%

Indonesian
0.01%
-0.01%

Norwegian
0.02%
-0.01%

Romanian
0.01%
0.00%

Portuguese - Portugal
0.07%
-0.01%

Swedish
0.07%
-0.01%

Spanish - Spain
1.05%
+0.02%

Polish
0.83%
-0.05%

Spanish - Latin America
1.65%
+0.10%

Simplified Chinese
1.19%
-0.38%

French
1.68%
-0.04%

Portuguese-Brazil
1.71%
+0.13%

German
3.18%
+0.06%

Hungarian
0.09%
-0.01%

Italian
0.45%
-0.03%

Dutch
0.09%
-0.01%

Japanese
0.41%
-0.01%

Finnish
0.07%
0.00%

Ukrainian
0.40%
-0.02%

Danish
0.03%
-0.01%

Traditional Chinese
0.21%
-0.05%

Vietnamese
0.02%
0.00%

Czech
0.16%
-0.04%

Thai
0.01%
-0.01%

Turkish
0.15%
0.00%

Bulgarian
0.01%
0.00%

Korean
0.13%
-0.01%

Malay
0.00%
0.00%

English
82.97%
+0.43%

Free Hard Drive Space (Linux)
100 GB to 249 GB 
23.65% 
-0.14% 

Less than 10 GB
2.69%
-0.16%

10 GB to 99 GB
21.95%
-0.47%

100 GB to 249 GB
23.65%
-0.14%

250 GB to 499 GB
22.42%
-0.03%

500 GB to 749 GB
9.33%
+0.57%

750 GB to 999 GB
9.74%
-0.50%

1 TB to 2 TB
8.26%
+0.53%

2 TB to 3 TB
0.94%
+0.11%

3 TB to 4 TB
0.85%
+0.09%

Above 4 TB
0.17%
+0.01%

Total Hard Drive Space (Linux)
750 GB to 999 GB 
29.99% 
-0.10% 

Less than 10 GB
0.02%
-0.02%

10 GB to 99 GB
2.56%
-0.44%

100 GB to 249 GB
17.60%
-0.39%

250 GB to 499 GB
29.10%
-1.02%

500 GB to 749 GB
2.54%
+0.31%

750 GB to 999 GB
29.99%
-0.10%

Above 1 TB
18.18%
+1.65%

Other Settings (Linux)
CMPXCHG16B 
99.89% 
-0.03% 

AVX
98.52%
+0.17%

SSE4.2
99.63%
+0.01%

SSE4a
66.16%
-0.70%

SSE4.1
99.70%
-0.02%

SSSE3
99.80%
-0.02%

SSE3
99.89%
-0.03%

AVX2
96.35%
+0.30%

AVX512F
24.87%
+2.02%

AVX512PF
0.00%
0.00%

PrefetchW
0.00%
0.00%

CMPXCHG16B
99.89%
-0.03%

LAHF / SAHF
99.87%
-0.02%

SHA
82.50%
+0.15%

AES
98.94%
+0.11%

AVX512VNNI
24.77%
+2.00%

SSE2
99.89%
-0.03%

FMA
96.69%
+0.28%

BMI2
96.34%
+0.29%

NTFS
0.00%
0.00%

BMI1
96.72%
+0.25%

AVX512ER
0.00%
0.00%

F16C
97.86%
+0.20%

AVX512CD
24.87%
+2.02%

HyperThreading
90.85%
-0.17%

FCMOV
98.97%
-0.27%