AMD's revenue climbs 50% and data center sales doubled, but the stock is down

Cnbc · Aug 04, 2026 · 593 words · By Kif Leswing

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What to know about AMD's revenue climbs 50% and data center sales doubled, but the stock is down

Advanced Micro Devices reported second-quarter earnings on Tuesday that beat expectations, but the stock slumped in extended trading after rising during regular trading hours.

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What happened

Advanced Micro Devices reported second-quarter earnings on Tuesday that beat expectations, but the stock slumped in extended trading after rising during regular trading hours.

Why it matters

Here's how the chipmaker did versus LSEG consensus estimates for the quarter ended June 27: - EPS: $1.66, adjusted, versus $1.62 expected - Revenue: $11.54 billion versus $11.28 billion expected Overall, AMD revenue climbed 50% from $7.69 billion a year ago,…

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AMD's Data Center unit is what is driving the company's growth.

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Claim 1: “EPS: $1.66, adjusted, versus $1.62 expected”

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Two independent sources explicitly state the adjusted EPS was $1.66 versus an expected $1.62 based on LSEG consensus.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — FactSet Research Systems Inc., trading as FactSet, is an American financial data and software company headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States. The company provides integrated data and sof…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gen Digital Inc. (formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock Inc.) is a multinational software company co-headquartered in both Tempe, Arizona (USA) and Prague, Czech Republic (EU). The company…
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web search NEUTRAL — AMD earned an adjusted $1.66 per share on $11.54 billion in revenue in the quarter ended June 27, above analyst forecasts of $1.62 and $11.28 billion.Adjusted profit was $1.66 per share, versus $1.62 …
https://www.briefs.co/news/amd-tops-q2-estimates-shares-slid…

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Claim 2: “The chipmaker sees $1.4 trillion of that coming from AI accelerators, or GPUs, up from a previous estimate of $500 billion by 2028”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the $1.4 trillion AI accelerator estimate.

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Claim 3: “AMD's main CPU rival is Intel”

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Claim 4: “Revenue: $11.54 billion versus $11.28 billion expected”

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Multiple sources confirm revenue of $11.54 billion against an LSEG expectation of $11.28 billion.

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web search NEUTRAL — Revenue climbed by 50% to hit $11.54 billion, and adjusted EPS came in at $1.66. The Q3 midpoint forecast of $13 billion was 3.8% above the LSEG consensus. However, investors had higher expectations. …
https://ts2.tech/en/advanced-micro-devices-nasdaqamd-retreat…

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Claim 5: “AMD revenue climbed 50% from $7.69 billion a year ago”

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Multiple sources confirm a 50% year-over-year revenue increase to $11.54 billion.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It develops central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Microprocessors of the Ryzen brand are a line of x86-64 microprocessors manufactured by AMD, based on the Zen microarchitecture. Ryzen microprocessors include: Ryzen 3, Ryzen 5, Ryzen 7, Ryzen 9, and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Ryzen_processors

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ryzen ( RY-zən) is a brand of multi-core x86-64 microprocessors, designed and marketed by AMD for desktop, mobile, server, and embedded platforms, based on the Zen microarchitecture. It consists of ce…
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Claim 6: “AMD's business selling CPUs and GPUs for consumer devices like laptops and consoles, called client and gaming, was only up 6% year-over-year to $3.8 billion”

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Claim 7: “In July, AMD raised its expectations for the size of the semiconductor industry, saying it could be worth $2 trillion per year by 2028”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a $2 trillion semiconductor industry estimate by 2028.

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Claim 8: “The company will also start shipping Helios, its first rack AI system, this quarter to companies like Meta, OpenAI, and Oracle”

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Claim 9: “AMD said on Tuesday that it expected Helios shipments to ramp up in the fourth quarter”

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Claim 10: “AMD reported $2.3 billion in net income, or $1.38 per diluted share, versus $872 million in net income, or 54 cents per diluted share in the year-ago period”

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Claim 11: “AMD said it expects about $13 billion in revenue for the current quarter, plus or minus $300 million, versus LSEG expectations of $12.52 billion”

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Sources confirm a Q3 midpoint forecast of $13 billion, which is above the LSEG consensus of $12.52 billion.

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web search NEUTRAL — For the current quarter, AMD anticipates revenue between $6.8 billion and $7.4 billion. Wall Street had expected $7.0 billion. AMD shares have struggled throughout the last 12 months, falling 33% comp…
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amd-stock-slides-despite-q4-e…

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web search NEUTRAL — • The State Of AMD. • 1:30:12.TSMC's $40 Billion Arizona NightmareBehind Asia1.2M views • 11 months agoLivePlaylist ()Mix (50+). 13:48. When Ignoring Big Tech Backfires: Dropbox's Broken BusinessLogic…
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web search NEUTRAL — Approximately $12.60 billion. 100%. AI fabrics minimum revenue. At minimum $3.50 billion.Revenue climbed to $3.036 billion, up 37.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Adjusted EPS rose 39.7% to …
https://ts2.tech/en/arista-networks-nyseanet-shares-gain-fol…

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Claim 12: “The chipmaker's stock has nearly tripled over the past year”

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One source claims the stock 'more than doubled over the year', while another source explicitly states shares 'have struggled throughout the last 12 months, falling 33%'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AMD Instinct is AMD's brand of data center GPUs. It replaced AMD's FirePro S brand in 2016. Compared to the Radeon brand of mainstream consumer/gamer products, the Instinct product line is intended to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Instinct

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Claim 13: “Advanced Micro Devices reported second-quarter earnings on Tuesday that beat expectations”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that AMD's second-quarter earnings exceeded analyst expectations.

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web search NEUTRAL — Second-quarter earnings remained the primary driver of the market's advance, with more than 84% of S&P 500 companies reporting results above analysts' expectations, according to FactSet. Disney shares…
https://see.news/wall-street-hits-record-high-as-earnings-ho…

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web search NEUTRAL — $Nutanix (NTNX.US)$Second-quarter results exceeded analysts’ expectations, and the company announced a strategic partnership with AMD, which includes a $0.15 billion equity investment. The hybrid mult…
https://vmvirtualmachine.com/nutanixs-second-quarter-earning…

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web search NEUTRAL — For the quarter ending June 30, Meta reported earnings of $7.14 per share on revenue of $47.52 billion, exceeding analyst expectations of $5.85 per share and $44.72 billion in revenue, according to In…
https://econotimes.com/Meta-Shares-Jump-8-After-Strong-Q2-Ea…

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Claim 14: “AMD CEO Lisa Su said that the company expects its data center sales to double in 2027”

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Claim 15: “server revenue will up more than 80% on an annual basis in the second half of the company's fiscal 2026”

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Claim 16: “The company said it spent $808 million on capital expenditures, a steep increase from $282 million in the year-ago period and $389 million in the March quarter”

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Claim 17: “AMD sells [CPUs] under the brand name Epyc”

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AMD's official product pages and technical sources confirm Epyc is the brand name for their server CPUs.

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web search NEUTRAL — Both AMD EPYC Server CPUs and Intel Xeon CPUs are built on x86 architecture. This makes it easy to migrate at the application level. To migrate virtual machines (VMs), AMD offers a VMware Architecture…
https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/server/epyc.html

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web search NEUTRAL — 2 CPU Value is calculated by taking CPU Mark / Price.
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web search NEUTRAL — The CPU, in particular, is the AMD Ryzen 5 5600G, and the main difference you see between the Zen 3 based Vermeer and Cezanne chips is that the former uses a chiplet design while the latter uses a mon…
https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-5000g-cezanne-apu-first-high-…

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Claim 18: “Data Center sales were $6.7 billion, up 107% on an annual basis”

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One source explicitly mentions a 107% annual increase in data center revenue, but does not provide the specific $6.7 billion figure. Other sources mention data center growth but with different numbers (e.g., $12.6B in a different context).

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Claim 19: “Its embedded segment, which includes chips for industrial purposes, grew 19% on an annual basis to $977 million”

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