AMD’s data center business is booming while gaming takes a backseat

Driven by demand for AI capacity, AMD’s data center revenue more than doubled year-over-year in its latest earnings report, reaching $6.7 billion. That’s up from $5.8 billion in Q1, and jumping 107 percent from the $3.2 billion it reported for the same period a year ago. During Tuesday’s earnings call, AMD CEO Lisa Su said the company expects “data center segment revenue to more than double year-over-year in 2027,” as well.

At the same time, AMD’s gaming revenue fell 31 percent compared to last year, to $779 million, as price hikes and component shortages slowed sales for the Xbox Series X / S, PS5, and Valve’s Steam Deck. On a call after the earnings were released, Su told analysts that, “Gaming graphics revenue also declined year-over-year, as higher industry-wide component costs contributed to higher graphics card prices and weighed on overall demand.”

“Revenue increased 50 percent 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,” wrote AMD CFO Jean Hu. Its overall PC and gaming business revenue grew six percent compared to last year, with Client revenue up 23 percent thanks to Ryzen processor sales.

“AI is driving a significant expansion in demand for compute across all of our markets, and our leadership portfolio and growing customer visibility position us exceptionally well to capture this expanding opportunity and deliver substantial revenue and earnings growth in the years ahead,” said AMD CEO Lisa Su.

Update, August 4th: Added comments from AMD’s earnings call.