Market barometer Q2/2025: Boom in demand for PC systems, notebooks and software solutions

ITscope Marktbarometer Q2/2025 as PDF

The ITscope mar­ket baro­me­ter is based on ITscope GmbH’s own analysis.

With 6,052 clicks, the Apple iPhone 16^e leads cle­ar­ly in the mobi­le pho­ne cate­go­ry. Positioned as a business‑capable mid‑range opti­on, it offers a 6.1‑inch OLED dis­play, a 48 MP came­ra and Apple’s own 5G modem—solid fea­tures at a rela­tively afforda­ble intro­duc­to­ry pri­ce. According to Computerbild, the 16^e deli­vers strong per­for­mance (gra­de 1.4), par­ti­cu­lar­ly prai­sed for bat­tery life, con­nec­ti­vi­ty and processor.

Despite its rela­tively unre­mar­kab­le update, the Apple iPad A16 Wi‑Fi remains the most popu­lar tablet on ITscope. In Q2, the 128 GB vari­ant ran­ked hig­hest. The tablet com­bi­nes a 10.9‑inch dis­play with good per­for­mance and is aimed at users see­king a relia­ble device for ever­y­day work. Chip prai­ses its per­for­mance and build qua­li­ty, though notes that true inno­va­ti­on com­pared to its pre­de­ces­sor is lacking.

The MSI RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC is the most‑clicked new gra­phics card on ITscope – and with good reason. It’s the spear­head of Nvidia’s new Blackwell gene­ra­ti­on, deli­ve­ring a mas­si­ve per­for­mance uplift over the RTX 4090 – but at a hef­ty WSP of €2,300+, signi­fi­cant­ly hig­her than pre­vious top models. In PCMasters’ test, the RTX 5090 impres­ses with up to 47 % more 4K gam­ing per­for­mance and around 33 % fas­ter ray‑tracing. Technically, it offers ever­y­thing curr­ent­ly pos­si­ble: 21,760 CUDA cores, 32 GB GDDR7 memo­ry on a 512‑bit bus, and up to 575 W TGP. Although offi­ci­al­ly laun­ched in February, it only beca­me available on ITscope in May.

Compact, light and powerful: the MacBook Air with M4 chip is the most popu­lar new note­book on ITscope. In Golem’s review, its impro­ved bat­tery life, sup­port for two exter­nal moni­tors, and redu­ced ent­ry pri­ce (WSP from €830) are high­ligh­ted. With 16 GB RAM as stan­dard and solid per‑core per­for­mance, it is well sui­ted for ever­y­day to modera­te­ly deman­ding tasks. Criticism cen­tres on mode­st impro­ve­ments com­pared to the M2 gene­ra­ti­on – if one alre­a­dy owns a recent Air, upgrading isn’t strict­ly necessary.

With 16 Zen 5 cores and AMD’s 3D V‑Cache tech­no­lo­gy, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D sets new stan­dards and is the most‑clicked new CPU on ITscope. According to Hardwareluxx, the pro­ces­sor shows con­sis­t­ent­ly strong per­for­mance in multi‑threaded appli­ca­ti­ons. In pro­fes­sio­nal envi­ron­ments – such as ren­de­ring, data ana­ly­sis or CAD – its extra power poten­ti­al is espe­ci­al­ly noti­ceable. However, its high ener­gy demand neces­si­ta­tes sui­ta­ble coo­ling and power supply.

The UniFi U7 Lite intro­du­ces Wi‑Fi 7 to Ubiquiti’s afforda­ble port­fo­lio and ranks sixth among the most‑clicked new pro­ducts on ITscope. The access point sup­ports dual‑band (2.4 and 5 GHz), 2×2 MIMO and fea­tures such as pre­am­ble punc­tu­ring and multi‑link ope­ra­ti­on (MLO), enab­ling con­cur­rent con­nec­tions across mul­ti­ple bands. Unlike its more expen­si­ve coun­ter­parts, it lacks the 6 GHz band, but reta­ins many Wi‑Fi 7 advan­ta­ges. According to Caschys Blog, the U7 Lite is PoE‑powered and con­nec­ted via 2.5 GbE – ide­al for small to mid‑sized busi­ness envi­ron­ments with modern net­wor­king setups.

The Dell P2725DE is the most‑popular new moni­tor and achie­ved 745 clicks in Q2. This 27‑inch QHD dis­play with 100 Hz is well‑suited to office use and fea­tures USB‑C Power Delivery, HDMI, DisplayPort and a built‑in USB hub. Its IPS panel offers bright­ness levels around 350 cd/m², and the avera­ge WSP is appro­xi­m­ate­ly €260.

The Apple USB‑C 20 W power adap­ter, new­ly lis­ted in March 2025, ranks among the most‑clicked char­gers on ITscope. It is desi­gned as sepa­ra­te access­ories for iPhones and iPads, which no lon­ger include a power adap­ter. This model pro­vi­des basic USB‑C power at 20 W—sufficient for ever­y­day use, but out­da­ted for lar­ger devices or multi‑port fast char­ging. In a recent com­pa­ri­son test by Computerbild, the Apple adap­ter ran­ked lower: it sup­ports only one char­ging stan­dard, lacks extra fea­tures, and is rela­tively expen­si­ve for its output.

As a com­pact com­ple­te sys­tem with an AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5655GE, the Lenovo ThinkCentre M75q Gen 2 leads the PC new­co­mers list on ITscope. The mini‑PC is ide­al for clas­sic office workloads as a space‑efficient work­sta­tion. The com­ple­te sys­tem comes with Windows 11 Pro, 16 GB RAM and a 512 GB SSD at an avera­ge WSP of appro­xi­m­ate­ly €534.

With the 9100 PRO, Samsung intro­du­ces its first PCIe‑5.0 SSD to the con­su­mer mar­ket. The 1 TB model is the most‑clicked new­co­mer in the SSD cate­go­ry. In bench­marks, it impres­ses with very high trans­fer rates and strong ever­y­day per­for­mance, accor­ding to PC Games Hardware. PC‑Magazin awards the SSD a gra­de of 1.3: it ope­ra­tes effi­ci­ent­ly and stays below 55 °C under load with pas­si­ve coo­ling. It is pri­ced at a WSP of around €130—above PCIe‑4.0 models.