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Advanced Micro Devices Inc.: Q4 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q4 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 3 February 2026: press release. Guidance figures: 3 new. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Q4 revenue rose 34% year-over-year: Fourth-quarter revenue was $10.27 billion, up 34% year-over-year and 11% sequentially. GAAP diluted EPS was $0.92; non-GAAP diluted EPS was $1.53. Source
  • Full-year revenue reached $34.6 billion: Full-year 2025 revenue was $34.6 billion, up 34%. GAAP net income was $4.3 billion and GAAP diluted EPS was $2.65; non-GAAP diluted EPS was $4.17. Source
  • Data Center revenue rose 39%: Data Center revenue was $5.4 billion, driven by EPYC processors and the continued ramp of Instinct GPU shipments. Full-year Data Center revenue was $16.6 billion, up 32%. Source
  • Export control charges affected full-year results: Full-year 2025 included about $440 million of inventory and related charges from the U.S. export control on MI308. Fourth quarter included about a $360 million release of previously reserved inventory. Source
  • Q4 free cash flow was $2.08 billion: Free cash flow was $2.08 billion in the fourth quarter and $5.52 billion for the full year. Fourth-quarter capital expenditures were $222 million. Source

“2025 was a defining year for AMD, with record revenue and earnings driven by strong execution and broad-based demand for our high-performance and AI platforms,”

Dr. Lisa Su, AMD chair and CEO

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Revenue Sourcefirst quarter of 2026approximately $9.8 billion, plus or minus $300 millionNew
Revenue growth Sourcefirst quarter of 2026approximately 32% year-over-year growth; approximately 5% sequential decline at the midpointNew
Non-GAAP gross margin Sourcefirst quarter of 2026approximately 55%New

What changed from last quarter

  • New guidance: First-quarter 2026 revenue guidance is given in this release. The prior release gave guidance only for the fourth quarter of 2025. Source
  • Ended: The ZT Systems manufacturing business is reported as discontinued operations. It was divested in the fourth quarter of 2025. Source
  • New: AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN announced plans for a joint venture to deliver 1 GW of AI infrastructure by 2030. The prior release did not mention this venture. Source
  • New: AMD announced a strategic partnership with Tata Consultancy Services. The prior release did not mention this partnership. Source

Results and growth drivers

  • Q4 revenue rose 34% year-over-year: Fourth-quarter revenue was $10.27 billion, up 34% year-over-year and 11% sequentially. GAAP diluted EPS was $0.92; non-GAAP diluted EPS was $1.53. Source
  • Full-year revenue reached $34.6 billion: Full-year 2025 revenue was $34.6 billion, up 34%. GAAP net income was $4.3 billion and GAAP diluted EPS was $2.65; non-GAAP diluted EPS was $4.17. Source
  • Q4 revenue above prior guidance: Fourth-quarter revenue of $10.27 billion compares with the approximately $9.6 billion revenue figure given in the prior release, plus or minus $300 million.
  • Non-GAAP operating income reached $2.9 billion: Fourth-quarter non-GAAP operating income was $2.9 billion, a 28% operating margin. GAAP operating income was $1.8 billion, a 17% operating margin. Source

Segment results

  • Data Center revenue rose 39%: Data Center revenue was $5.4 billion, driven by EPYC processors and the continued ramp of Instinct GPU shipments. Full-year Data Center revenue was $16.6 billion, up 32%. Source
  • Client and Gaming revenue rose 37%: Client and Gaming revenue was $3.9 billion, up 37%. Client revenue was $3.1 billion, up 34%. Gaming revenue was $843 million, down from $1.3 billion in the third quarter. Source
  • Embedded revenue rose 3%: Embedded revenue was $950 million, up 3%. Full-year Embedded revenue was $3.5 billion, down 3%, reflecting customer inventory level adjustments earlier in the year. Source

“We are entering 2026 with strong momentum across our business, led by accelerating adoption of our high-performance EPYC and Ryzen CPUs and the rapid scaling of our data center AI franchise.”

Dr. Lisa Su, AMD chair and CEO

Products and customer wins

  • Instinct MI440X announced for enterprise AI: At CES 2026, AMD announced the Instinct MI440X GPU for enterprise AI. The release also cites an early look at the Helios rack-scale platform. Source
  • HPE to adopt Helios system: HPE said it will be one of the first system providers to adopt Helios. It also plans to deliver the Herder supercomputer with MI430X GPUs and EPYC Venice CPUs. Source
  • Ryzen 7 9850X3D gaming processor: AMD introduced the Ryzen 7 9850X3D gaming processor, built on the Zen 5 architecture with 3D V-Cache technology. The release calls it the fastest gaming processor. Source
  • AWS instances on 5th Gen EPYC: AWS launched new instances powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC CPUs. The release describes them as delivering the highest x86 performance in the AWS cloud. Source
  • Zyphra model trained on MI300X GPUs: Zyphra's ZAYA1 was trained entirely on Instinct MI300X GPUs, Pensando networking and ROCm open software. It is described as the first large-scale mixture-of-experts model trained that way. Source

Costs, margins and export charges

  • Export control charges affected full-year results: Full-year 2025 included about $440 million of inventory and related charges from the U.S. export control on MI308. Fourth quarter included about a $360 million release of previously reserved inventory. Source
  • Non-GAAP margin excluding China and reserve release: Excluding the reserve reversal and MI308 China sales, fourth-quarter non-GAAP gross margin would have been about 55%. Reported non-GAAP gross margin was 57%. Source
  • Non-GAAP operating expenses rose 42%: Fourth-quarter non-GAAP operating expenses were $3.0 billion, up 42% year-over-year, or 29% of revenue. GAAP operating expenses were $3.8 billion. Source

“Our record fourth quarter and full-year results demonstrate AMD’s ability to deliver profitable growth at scale,”

Jean Hu, AMD executive vice president, CFO and treasurer

Capital, cash and inventory

  • Q4 free cash flow was $2.08 billion: Free cash flow was $2.08 billion in the fourth quarter and $5.52 billion for the full year. Fourth-quarter capital expenditures were $222 million. Source
  • Cash and short-term investments of $10.6 billion: Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were $10.55 billion at year-end, compared with $5.13 billion a year earlier. Total debt was $3.22 billion. Source
  • Inventories rose to $7.9 billion: Inventories were $7.92 billion at year-end, compared with $5.73 billion a year earlier. Source
  • Divestiture proceeds and buybacks: Proceeds from the divestiture were $1.36 billion in the fourth quarter. No common stock was repurchased in the fourth quarter; full-year repurchases were $1.32 billion. Source
  • Full-year share repurchases recorded: Repurchases of common stock were nil in the fourth quarter of 2025 and $1.32 billion for the full year 2025. Source

Strategy and partnerships

  • Stepped-up strategic investments: The CFO said AMD achieved record non-GAAP operating income and free cash flow while increasing strategic investments in its high-performance and adaptive computing portfolio. Source
  • Helios rack-scale platform early look: At CES 2026, AMD gave an early look at the Helios rack-scale platform, described as the blueprint for yotta-scale AI infrastructure. Source
  • Tata Consultancy Services partnership: AMD announced a strategic partnership with Tata Consultancy Services to co-develop and deploy enterprise AI solutions. Source

Coming up, as management said on 3 February 2026

  • Next guidance covers first quarter: Management gave first-quarter 2026 non-GAAP gross margin as about 55%. The documents give no later-period guidance. Source
  • Oracle 50,000 GPU deployment from Q3 2026: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is to begin an initial deployment of 50,000 AMD GPUs starting in the third quarter of 2026, per the prior release.
  • Joint venture targets 1 GW by 2030: The planned AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN joint venture is intended to deliver 1 GW of AI infrastructure by 2030. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Non-GAAP gross margin, Q4 2025 Source57%
Data Center segment revenue Source$5.4 billion, up 39%
Client revenue Source$3.1 billion, up 34%
Gaming revenue Source$843 million, up 50%
Embedded segment revenue Source$950 million, up 3%

Risks management discussed

  • Regulatory: U.S. export controls on MI308 led to about $440 million of inventory and related charges for full-year 2025, partly offset by a fourth-quarter reserve release. Source
  • Demand: Full-year Embedded revenue declined 3%, which management tied to customer inventory level adjustments earlier in the year. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Not stated: AMD announced plans for the joint venture. The documents do not state progress against it. Source
  • Not stated: HPE said it plans to be one of the first system providers to adopt Helios and deliver the Herder supercomputer. No progress is stated. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.