A leaked benchmark for AMD’s upcoming Ryzen AI MAX+ 392 briefly shook markets on Wednesday — and could matter to crypto investors watching GPU supply and pricing. Wccftech spotted the test results for the mobile-focused chip, which posted 2,917 points on the single-core run and 18,071 on multi-core. The numbers are strong enough that AMD shares initially jumped about 2% before trimming gains to trade near $219. The Ryzen AI MAX+ 392 is aimed at gaming laptops and other mobile applications and ships with integrated Radeon 8060S graphics. That combination is intended to deliver respectable gaming performance at a lower price point — a notable proposition while demand for discrete GPUs and memory is being driven higher by the AI boom. Higher GPU and memory prices also ripple into crypto hardware markets, squeezing affordability for some miners and buyers. Technically, AMD is testing a key resistance zone: the stock has been trying to clear the $225 level that has held since November 2025. Over the past year AMD has become a more credible rival to Nvidia in the AI hardware race, and the stock has rallied roughly 85% year-over-year on strong server and AI-component demand. Still, the piece notes the start of 2025 was rocky, and chip shares will need a broader sector upswing to push AMD significantly higher this year. Analyst sentiment skews positive. Most firms rate AMD a buy with price targets above the current market price: Stifel — which the article cites as having 97% historical accuracy on price targets — pegs AMD at $280; KeyBanc’s John Vinh upgraded AMD to Buy with a roughly $270 target; Benchmark aims for $325; Raymond James is more cautious with a $200 target. For crypto-market participants, the takeaway is twofold: continued AI-driven GPU demand supports AMD’s growth thesis, but rising component costs can also tighten hardware availability and margins for mining operations. Read more AI-generated news on: undefined/news

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