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Q4 2025 was the quarter AMD proved it can generate record earnings at scale, but investors still need to separate durable operating improvement from the temporary benefit of MI308 China revenue and reserve reversal.

AMD ended calendar 2025 with record revenue, record non-GAAP operating income and record non-GAAP EPS, driven by a much larger Data Center business and a still-strong Client and Gaming franchise. But the quarter also included approximately $390 million of MI308 revenue to China and an approximately $360 million release of previously reserved inventory and related charges. That means the real investor read is not simply that Q4 was strong. It is that AMD's core engine is clearly larger and more profitable than it was a year ago, while the next debate is how much of that improvement can persist once the China-related benefit fades and AI system investment intensity rises further.

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AMD ended calendar 2025 with record revenue, record non-GAAP operating income and record non-GAAP EPS, driven by a much larger Data Center business and a still-strong Client and Gaming franchise.

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AMD FY2025 Q4 Investor Causal Map

Q4 2025 was the quarter AMD proved it can generate record earnings at scale, but investors still need to separate durable operating improvement from the temporary benefit of MI308 China revenue and reserve reversal.

AMD ended calendar 2025 with record revenue, record non-GAAP operating income and record non-GAAP EPS, driven by a much larger Data Center business and a still-strong Client and Gaming franchise. But the quarter also included approximately $390 million of MI308 revenue to China and an approximately $360 million release of previously reserved inventory and related charges. That means the real investor read is not simply that Q4 was strong. It is that AMD's core engine is clearly larger and more profitable than it was a year ago, while the next debate is how much of that improvement can persist once the China-related benefit fades and AI system investment intensity rises further.

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AMD Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results; AMD Q4 2025 Earnings Slides; AMD Q3 2025 Earnings Slides; AMD Q2 2025 Earnings Slides; AMD Q1 2025 Earnings Slides

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1. Q4 was a real scale quarter, not just an optical EPS quarter

Revenue $10.27B; non-GAAP operating income $2.85B; non-GAAP EPS $1.53

AMD did not just print a higher bottom line. It expanded revenue, margins and operating profit together. That matters because it shows the company is now operating at a meaningfully larger earnings base than it was even a year ago.

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AMD Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results; AMD Q4 2025 Earnings Slides

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Revenue kept stair-stepping higher through 2025

Q1 $7.44B; Q2 $7.69B; Q3 $9.25B; Q4 $10.27B

The 2025 pattern matters because it shows AMD was not relying on a single isolated quarter. The revenue base rose meaningfully across the year before finishing at a new record in Q4.

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AMD Q1 2025 Earnings Slides; AMD Q2 2025 Earnings Slides; AMD Q3 2025 Earnings Slides; AMD Q4 2025 Earnings Slides

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The growth was broad enough to matter

Data Center and Client & Gaming both contributed

This was not a quarter where one small product line masked weakness elsewhere. AMD got large-dollar support from both its infrastructure stack and its PC and gaming franchise.

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AMD Q4 2025 Earnings Slides

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AMD FY2025 Q4 Investor Causal Map

AMD ended calendar 2025 with record revenue, record non-GAAP operating income and record non-GAAP EPS, driven by a much larger Data Center business and a still-strong Client and Gaming franchise. But the quarter also included approximately $390 million of MI308 revenue to China and an approximately $360 million release of previously reserved inventory and related charges. That means the real investor read is not simply that Q4 was strong. It is that AMD's core engine is clearly larger and more profitable than it was a year ago, while the next debate is how much of that improvement can persist once the China-related benefit fades and AI system investment intensity rises further.