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Advanced Micro Devices Inc.: Q2 FY2026 earnings call

What management said about Q2 FY2026, from the documents filed with the SEC on 4 August 2026: press release. Guidance figures: 2 new. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Revenue and GAAP earnings rose sharply: Revenue rose 50% year-over-year to $11.5 billion and 13% sequentially. GAAP diluted EPS was $1.38, up from $0.54, and GAAP net income was $2.3 billion. Source
  • Non-GAAP EPS reached $1.66: Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $1.66, up 246% from $0.48 a year earlier and up 21% from $1.37 in the first quarter. Source
  • Data Center revenue more than doubled: Data Center segment revenue was $6.7 billion, up 107% year-over-year. Segment operating income was $2.1 billion, compared with a $155 million loss a year earlier. Source
  • Helios racks deployed by many customers: Management said AMD Helios is being deployed by leading AI labs and cloud providers, including Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and Oracle. Source
  • EPYC demand accelerating, Helios ramp starting: Management said EPYC demand is accelerating, Instinct deployments are scaling and Helios is beginning its ramp. Source
  • Free cash flow of $1.6 billion: Free cash flow was $1.6 billion, a 14% margin, down from $2.6 billion in the first quarter. Capital expenditures were $808 million. Source

“We delivered an excellent quarter, with record revenue and profitability as Data Center revenue more than doubled year-over-year,”

Dr. Lisa Su, AMD chair and CEO

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Revenue Sourcethird quarter of 2026approximately $13 billion, plus or minus $300 millionNew
Non-GAAP gross margin Sourcethird quarter of 2026approximately 56%New

What changed from last quarter

  • New guidance: Third-quarter 2026 revenue guidance of about $13 billion was given in this release. Source
  • New guidance: Third-quarter 2026 non-GAAP gross margin guidance of about 56% was given in this release. Source
  • New: Strategic partnership with Anthropic to deploy up to 2 gigawatts of MI450 Series GPUs in Helios racks. Source
  • New: Acquisition of MEXT, adding AI-powered predictive memory technology for AI workloads. Source
  • New: Collaboration with Cerebras to combine Helios with the Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine for inference serving. Source

Results and growth drivers

  • Revenue and GAAP earnings rose sharply: Revenue rose 50% year-over-year to $11.5 billion and 13% sequentially. GAAP diluted EPS was $1.38, up from $0.54, and GAAP net income was $2.3 billion. Source
  • Non-GAAP EPS reached $1.66: Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $1.66, up 246% from $0.48 a year earlier and up 21% from $1.37 in the first quarter. Source
  • Six-month revenue and net income totals: Six-month revenue was $21.8 billion, up from $15.1 billion a year earlier. Six-month GAAP net income was $3.7 billion. Source

Segments and end markets

  • Data Center revenue more than doubled: Data Center segment revenue was $6.7 billion, up 107% year-over-year. Segment operating income was $2.1 billion, compared with a $155 million loss a year earlier. Source
  • Client revenue rose on Ryzen processors: Client and Gaming segment revenue was $3.8 billion, up 6%. Client business revenue was $3.1 billion, up 23%, primarily driven by Ryzen processors. Source
  • Embedded revenue rose 19%: Embedded segment revenue was $977 million, up 19% year-over-year. Segment operating income was $386 million. Source

“Revenue increased 50% year-over-year to a record $11.5 billion, driven by continued strength in our Data Center business, which represented 58% of company revenue in the quarter,”

Jean Hu, AMD executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer

Products, launches and customers

  • Helios racks deployed by many customers: Management said AMD Helios is being deployed by leading AI labs and cloud providers, including Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and Oracle. Source
  • Sixth Gen EPYC server CPUs introduced: AMD introduced 6th Gen EPYC server CPUs for agentic AI, general-purpose and enterprise workloads. Source

Costs, margins and profitability

  • GAAP gross margin up 14 points: GAAP gross margin was 54%, up 14 points from 40% a year earlier and up 1 point from 53% in the first quarter. Non-GAAP gross margin was 56%. Source
  • Operating expenses rose 32%: GAAP operating expenses were $4.2 billion, up 32% year-over-year. Research and development was $2.5 billion and marketing, general and administrative was $1.4 billion. Source
  • Non-GAAP operating margin reached 27%: Non-GAAP operating margin was 27%, up 15 points from 12% a year earlier and up 2 points from 25% in the first quarter. Source

Demand and customer visibility

  • AI demand expanding across markets: Management said AI is expanding demand for compute across all of its markets. Source
  • EPYC demand accelerating, Helios ramp starting: Management said EPYC demand is accelerating, Instinct deployments are scaling and Helios is beginning its ramp. Source
  • Data Center share of company revenue: Data Center represented 58% of company revenue in the quarter, according to the CFO. Source

Working capital and balance sheet

  • Receivables rose in the quarter: Accounts receivable were $7.3 billion, up from $6.3 billion at December 27, 2025. The cash flow statement shows a $1.2 billion receivables build in the quarter. Source
  • Inventories increased: Inventories were $8.5 billion at June 27, 2026, up from $7.9 billion at December 27, 2025. Source
  • Payables more than doubled: Accounts payable were $5.4 billion at June 27, 2026, up from $2.9 billion at December 27, 2025. Source

Cash flow and shareholder returns

  • Operating cash flow of $2.4 billion: Operating cash flow from continuing operations was $2.4 billion in the quarter, compared with $3.0 billion in the first quarter. Source
  • Free cash flow of $1.6 billion: Free cash flow was $1.6 billion, a 14% margin, down from $2.6 billion in the first quarter. Capital expenditures were $808 million. Source
  • No buybacks in the quarter: No common stock was repurchased in the quarter. Repurchases totaled $221 million in the first half of 2026. Source
  • Cash and investments of $13.1 billion: Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were $13.1 billion. Total debt was $3.2 billion. Source

Strategy, partnerships and software

  • ROCm.ai developer platform released: AMD released ROCm.ai, an AI-native developer experience intended to help developers build, deploy and optimize across AMD platforms. Source
  • Microsoft Azure deployment expanded: Microsoft expanded its collaboration to deploy Helios racks at scale on Azure for frontier model inference, and Azure will add two EPYC VM series. Source
  • Cisco collaboration on agentic AI: AMD and Cisco are combining Ryzen AI Halo systems with Cisco networking, observability and security for hybrid and local agentic AI. Source

Coming up, as management said on 4 August 2026

  • Data Center sales to accelerate in second half: Management expects Data Center sales to accelerate in the second half of 2026, driving higher overall revenue growth and continued earnings expansion. Source
  • Socket AM5 support extended to 2029: AMD extended support for Socket AM5 platforms through 2029, alongside the Ryzen 7700X3D launch. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Gross margin (non-GAAP) Source56%
Data Center segment revenue Source$6,718 million
Data Center share of company revenue Source58%
Client and Gaming segment revenue Source$3,841 million
Embedded segment revenue Source$977 million

Risks management discussed

  • Demand: Gaming revenue fell 31% year-over-year, which management attributed to lower semi-custom revenue. Source
  • Regulatory: The prior-year quarter carried inventory and related charges tied to a U.S. export control on the MI308 GPU. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Not stated: The prior release gave this second-quarter revenue expectation. This release does not state whether it was met.
  • Not stated: The prior release expected server growth to accelerate as supply scaled. This release refers to Data Center sales accelerating in the second half.

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.