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AMD Data Centre Revenue Doubles As Gaming Sales Fall 31%

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Tom’s Hardware reported that AMD’s Q2 2026 revenue reached $11.5 billion, with data centre revenue up 107% year over year to $6.7 billion while gaming revenue fell 31% to $779 million. AMD finance chief Jean Hu said Q3 revenue guidance was about $13 billion, plus or minus $300 million, with strong double-digit data centre growth expected.

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AMD Data Centre Revenue Doubles As Gaming Sales Fall 31%
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A $6.7 billion data centre quarter has become the clearest growth signal inside AMD’s Q2 2026 results, while the company’s gaming revenue fell sharply.

Tom’s Hardware reported that AMD’s total Q2 revenue reached $11.5 billion, up 50% year over year and 13% from the previous quarter.

Data centre revenue rose 107% year over year to $6.7 billion, while gaming revenue dropped 31% to $779 million.

AMD's Data Centre Segment Overtakes Gaming Weakness

The chipmaker’s earnings mix now leans towards server processors, AI infrastructure and enterprise CPU demand.

The $6.7 billion data centre result represented more than half of AMD’s total revenue for the quarter.

Gaming moved in the opposite direction.

AMD attributed the lower gaming result to reduced semi-custom revenue, and chief executive Lisa Su said higher industry-wide component costs had contributed to higher graphics card prices and weaker demand.

The broader client business still grew.

Client revenue, including gaming, reached $3.8 billion, up 6% year over year.

Su pointed to Ryzen CPU demand and Ryzen PRO adoption among healthcare, technology, automotive and financial services customers.

AMD did not break out AI accelerator revenue inside the data centre segment.

The next-quarter outlook was tied to data centre demand, but no confirmed shipment volumes for Instinct accelerators or named hyperscale customers were listed.

Gaming Forecast Stays Under Pressure

The gaming decline remained linked to console-cycle timing and component pricing rather than a single product cancellation.

AMD had earlier expected a 20% gaming revenue decline in the second half of the year and finance chief Jean Hu reaffirmed a weaker gaming path during the Q2 earnings call.

Hu guided for a modest decline in the client gaming segment, with slight client growth offset by a strong double-digit gaming decline.

Su said AI PCs would become more important to AMD’s client business in 2026 and that the client market had held up better than many expected.

Those comments left the consumer graphics recovery unresolved.

The available earnings-call material did not name a new discrete GPU launch, new console hardware programme or gaming customer commitment that would reverse the segment’s Q2 decline.

Q3 Guidance Depends On Server Growth

AMD’s next-quarter guidance also points back to server-side demand.

Hu guided for about $13 billion in Q3 revenue, plus or minus $300 million, with the midpoint representing 41% year-over-year growth.

Hu linked that expected increase to very strong double-digit growth in the data centre segment.

The embedded business grew from a smaller base, with Q2 revenue of $977 million, up 19% year over year.

The public earnings material still leaves several operating details outside the record: Q3 data centre revenue by product line, AI accelerator shipment volumes, named hyperscale customers, console refresh timing and a discrete graphics pricing recovery schedule.

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