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Steam Hardware & Software Survey: September 2025

PC Physical CPU details

PHYSICAL CPUS (WINDOWS)

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

1 cpu

0.03%

0.03%

0.04%

0.03%

0.03%

0.00%

2 cpus

3.88%

3.64%

3.69%

3.25%

3.19%

-0.06%

3 cpus

0.24%

0.22%

0.21%

0.18%

0.16%

-0.02%

4 cpus

15.51%

14.81%

14.84%

13.66%

13.59%

-0.07%

5 cpus

0.09%

0.08%

0.09%

0.09%

0.10%

+0.01%

6 cpus

30.67%

30.32%

30.18%

30.64%

29.62%

-1.02%

7 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.01%

0.00%

0.01%

+0.01%

8 cpus

24.01%

24.07%

24.51%

24.41%

25.28%

+0.87%

9 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

10 cpus

6.38%

6.53%

6.58%

7.21%

6.77%

-0.44%

11 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

12 cpus

5.57%

5.51%

5.58%

5.49%

5.52%

+0.03%

13 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

14 cpus

4.87%

5.17%

4.98%

5.13%

5.35%

+0.22%

15 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

16 cpus

4.76%

5.21%

5.04%

5.38%

5.63%

+0.25%

17 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

18 cpus

0.05%

0.05%

0.05%

0.05%

0.06%

+0.01%

19 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

20 cpus

1.54%

1.63%

1.67%

1.75%

1.84%

+0.09%

22 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

23 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

24 cpus

2.36%

2.67%

2.51%

2.69%

2.82%

+0.13%

26 cpus

0.00%

-

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

28 cpus

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.00%

30 cpus

-

0.00%

0.00%

-

0.00%

0.00%

32 cpus

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.00%

36 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

40 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

44 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

48 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

52 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

56 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

60 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

-

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

64 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

72 cpus

-

-

-

-

0.00%

0.00%

88 cpus

0.00%

-

-

-

0.00%

0.00%

96 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

128 cpus

0.00%

-

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

192 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

-

-

0.00%

0.00%

PHYSICAL CPUS (OSX)

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

1 cpu

0.00%

-

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

2 cpus

6.45%

6.06%

6.25%

5.70%

5.30%

-0.40%

4 cpus

7.14%

6.71%

6.67%

6.09%

6.00%

-0.09%

6 cpus

2.66%

2.81%

2.75%

2.45%

2.39%

-0.06%

7 cpus

-

-

-

-

0.00%

0.00%

8 cpus

49.66%

48.50%

47.54%

46.65%

45.22%

-1.43%

10 cpus

19.08%

20.94%

21.70%

23.70%

25.29%

+1.59%

11 cpus

2.21%

2.11%

2.06%

2.09%

2.15%

+0.06%

12 cpus

7.07%

6.95%

6.93%

7.05%

7.19%

+0.14%

14 cpus

3.68%

3.83%

3.71%

4.14%

4.33%

+0.19%

16 cpus

1.70%

1.72%

2.07%

1.81%

1.83%

+0.02%

18 cpus

0.00%

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.00%

20 cpus

0.13%

0.14%

0.12%

0.09%

0.11%

+0.02%

24 cpus

0.14%

0.14%

0.12%

0.14%

0.10%

-0.04%

28 cpus

0.03%

0.05%

0.04%

0.04%

0.04%

0.00%

32 cpus

0.03%

0.02%

0.03%

0.04%

0.03%

-0.01%

PHYSICAL CPUS (LINUX)

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

1 cpu

0.03%

0.03%

0.01%

0.03%

0.02%

-0.01%

2 cpus

5.62%

5.41%

5.87%

5.41%

5.36%

-0.05%

3 cpus

0.03%

0.02%

0.03%

0.03%

0.02%

-0.01%

4 cpus

44.18%

44.05%

41.58%

40.57%

40.96%

+0.39%

5 cpus

0.02%

0.01%

0.02%

0.01%

0.04%

+0.03%

6 cpus

17.16%

17.07%

17.34%

17.78%

17.72%

-0.06%

7 cpus

0.00%

0.01%

0.00%

0.01%

0.00%

-0.01%

8 cpus

19.95%

20.07%

21.47%

22.09%

22.17%

+0.08%

9 cpus

-

0.00%

0.00%

-

0.01%

+0.01%

10 cpus

1.91%

1.96%

2.07%

2.02%

2.08%

+0.06%

11 cpus

0.00%

-

0.00%

-

0.00%

0.00%

12 cpus

4.63%

4.64%

4.83%

5.03%

4.65%

-0.38%

13 cpus

0.00%

-

-

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

14 cpus

1.47%

1.54%

1.60%

1.66%

1.55%

-0.11%

15 cpus

-

0.00%

-

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

16 cpus

3.61%

3.87%

3.79%

3.97%

3.88%

-0.09%

18 cpus

0.04%

0.03%

0.03%

0.03%

0.04%

+0.01%

20 cpus

0.39%

0.39%

0.40%

0.44%

0.43%

-0.01%

22 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

-

0.01%

+0.01%

24 cpus

0.85%

0.78%

0.85%

0.80%

0.93%

+0.13%

26 cpus

-

-

0.00%

-

0.00%

0.00%

28 cpus

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.00%

30 cpus

-

-

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

32 cpus

0.07%

0.05%

0.04%

0.04%

0.05%

+0.01%

36 cpus

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.02%

0.01%

-0.01%

40 cpus

-

0.00%

-

0.00%

0.01%

+0.01%

48 cpus

0.00%

0.00%

0.01%

-

0.00%

0.00%

56 cpus

0.00%

-

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

64 cpus

0.01%

0.02%

0.02%

0.01%

0.01%

0.00%

96 cpus

-

0.00%

-

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

112 cpus

-

-

-

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

128 cpus

-

0.00%

-

-

0.00%

0.00%

144 cpus

-

-

-

-

0.00%

0.00%