The Radeon RX 9070 Series, a new generation of GPUs based on the RDNA 4 architecture that may or may not be officially unveiled by AMD as part of a major press conference later this month, will be available for purchase beginning in early March, delivering not only better ray tracing performance, but also support for AI-powered upscaling as part of AMD’s aim of bringing high-quality 4K gaming to mainstream players, according to new comments that Dr. Lisa Su (Chair and Chief Executive Officer at AMD) shared during an earnings call presentation yesterday for its fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial results.
“In Gaming Graphics, revenue declined year-over-year, as we accelerated channel sellout in preparation for the launch of our next-gen Radeon 9000 series GPUs,” Su revealed before telling investors and other participants how AMD might improve its gaming business with RDNA 4.
“Our focus with this generation is to address the highest volume portion of the enthusiast gaming market with our new RDNA 4 architecture,” she continues. “RDNA 4 delivers significantly better ray tracing performance and add support for AI-powered upscaling technology that will bring high-quality 4K gaming to mainstream players when the first Radeon 9070 series GPUs go on sale in early March.”
AMD’s financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2024, which the company released yesterday, show gaming segment revenue in the quarter as being $563 million, down 59% year-over-year.
“For 2024, Gaming segment revenue was $2.6 billion, down 58% compared to the prior year, primarily due to a decrease in semi-custom revenue,” an additional bullet point reads. (See below for all of the highlights that AMD shared.)
Segment Summary
- Data Center segment revenue in the quarter was a record $3.9 billion, up 69% year-over-year primarily driven by the strong ramp of AMD Instinct GPU shipments and growth in AMD EPYC CPU sales.
- For 2024, Data Center segment revenue was a record $12.6 billion, an increase of 94% compared to the prior year, driven by growth in both AMD Instinct and EPYC processors.
- Client segment revenue in the quarter was a record $2.3 billion, up 58% year-over-year primarily driven by strong demand for AMD Ryzen processors.
- For 2024, Client segment revenue was a record $7.1 billion, up 52% compared to the prior year, due to strong demand for AMD Ryzen processors in desktop and mobile.
- Gaming segment revenue in the quarter was $563 million, down 59% year-over-year, primarily due to a decrease in semi-custom revenue.
- For 2024, Gaming segment revenue was $2.6 billion, down 58% compared to the prior year, primarily due to a decrease in semi-custom revenue.
- Embedded segment revenue in the quarter was $923 million, down 13% year-over-year, as end market demand continues to be mixed.
- For 2024, Embedded segment revenue was $3.6 billion, down 33% from the prior year, primarily due to customers normalizing their inventory levels.
Recent PR Highlights
- AMD continues expanding its partnerships to deliver highly performant AI infrastructure at scale:
- IBM announced plans to deploy AMD Instinct MI300X accelerators to power generative AI and HPC applications on IBM Cloud.
- Vultr and AMD announced a strategic collaboration to leverage AMD Instinct MI300X accelerators and AMD ROCm™ open software to power Vultr’s cloud infrastructure for enterprise AI development and deployment.
- Aleph Alpha announced that it will leverage AMD Instinct MI300 Series accelerators and ROCm software to enable its tokenizer-free LLM architecture, a new approach to generative AI that aims to simplify the development of sovereign AI solutions for governments and enterprises.
- Fujitsu and AMD announced a strategic partnership to develop more sustainable computing infrastructure to accelerate open source AI.
- AMD expanded strategic investments to advance the AI ecosystem and solutions, including investments in LiquidAI, Vultr and Absci.
- AMD is accelerating its AI software roadmap to deliver a robust open AI stack for the ecosystem:
- AMD released ROCm 6.3 with numerous performance enhancements enabling faster inferencing on AMD Instinct accelerators as well as additional compiler tools and libraries.
- AMD shared an update on its 2025 plans for the ROCm software stack to enable easier adoption of and improved out of box support for both inferencing and training applications.
- Dell and AMD announced that AMD Ryzen AI PRO processors will power new Dell Pro notebook and desktop PCs, bringing exceptional battery life, on-device AI, Copilot+ experiences and dependable productivity to enterprise users. For the first time, Dell will offer a full portfolio of commercial PCs based on Ryzen processors, marking a significant milestone in the companies’ collaboration.
- AMD expanded its broad consumer and commercial AI PC portfolio:
- New AMD Ryzen AI Max and Ryzen AI Max PRO Series processors deliver workstation-level performance and next-gen AI performance for gaming, content creation and complex AI-accelerated workloads.
- Expanded Ryzen AI 300 and Ryzen AI 300 PRO Series processors bring premium AI capabilities to mainstream and entry-level notebooks, as well as enhanced security, manageability and support for Microsoft Copilot+ experiences tailored for business users.
- Additional Ryzen 200 and Ryzen 200 PRO Series processors offer incredible AI experiences, performance and battery life for everyday users and professionals.
- More than 150 Ryzen AI platforms are expected to be available from leading OEMs this year.
- AMD extended its leadership in high performance computing (HPC), enabling the most powerful and many of the most energy efficient supercomputers in the world:
- The El Capitan supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory became the second AMD supercomputer to surpass the exascale barrier, placing #1 on the latest Top500 list.
- The Hunter supercomputer at the High-Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart (HLRS), powered by AMD Instinct MI300A APUs, began service, delivering HPC and AI resources for scientists, researchers, industry and the public sector.
- AMD EPYC processors and AMD Instinct accelerators power many new supercomputing projects and AI deployments, including the Eni HPC 6 system, the University of Paderborn’s latest supercomputer and the Sigma2 AS system which is slated to be the fastest system in Norway.
- AMD powers incredible experiences for gamers across a broad range of devices:
- At CES 2025, AMD announced new AMD Ryzen 9000X3D, Ryzen Z2 and Ryzen 9000HX processors, extending its leadership in desktop, mobile and handheld gaming.
- AMD shared the latest version of AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition, 24.9.1, continuing to enhance gaming experiences with AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 and AMD HYPR-RX.
- AMD continues to deliver leadership compute performance and capabilities at the edge with an expanded portfolio of solutions:
- New AMD Versal Gen 2 portfolio with next-generation interface and memory technologies for data-intensive applications in the data center, communications, test and measurement and aerospace and defense markets.
- AMD Versal RF Series adaptive SoCs, combining high-resolution radio frequency data converters, dedicated DSP hard IP, AI engines and programmable logic in a single chip.
- Vodafone and AMD announced they are collaborating on mobile base station silicon chip designs to enable higher-capacity AI and digital services.