AMD posts record $13.38 billion Q3 as data center sales nearly double

Data center revenue jumped 97% to $8.5 billion, and AMD is guiding for about $17 billion in the fourth quarter Advanced Micro Devices just had its biggest quarter on record. The chipmaker reported fiscal Q3 2026 revenue of $13.38 billion after the market closed on November 3, 2026. The engine was the data center business, where sales climbed 97% from a year earlier. AMD also forecast about $17 billion in revenue for Q4. That outlook may be the number investors chew on longest. The numbers behind the record Total revenue, which AMD’s own summary rounds to $13.4 billion, rose 45% from the $9.25 billion it booked in Q3 2025. The result also cleared AMD’s previous guidance, which had called for revenue between $12.7 billion and $13.3 billion. The Data Center segment brought in $8.5 billion, up 97% year over year. That single unit accounted for well over half of the company’s total sales in the quarter. AMD credited strong demand for its EPYC server processors and also pointed to the rollout of its Instinct MI450 Series GPUs, the accelerators built for the heavy parallel math behind AI workloads. Profitability kept pace with sales. Non-GAAP operating income came in at $3.9 billion, and ...