Jim Cramer Highlights NVIDIA as Top Pick, Says AMD Is “Fantastic” on Mad Money

CNBC personality Jim Cramer told viewers on Mad Money that NVIDIA remains his favorite stock, while also describing AMD as “fantastic” during a segment that featured multiple audience stock calls and a review of recent market activity.

The discussion, aired in connection with a wider set of stock picks and comments on what Cramer called “worthy” companies, included AMD as one of the names he singled out positively even though his top choice was NVIDIA. A caller asked whether they should buy AMD, prompting Cramer to respond with an endorsement framed around confidence in the company’s position.

Cramer’s remarks came as part of a broader on-air checklist he used to evaluate individual stocks, alongside commentary that also touched on the year’s IPO market. The segment did not include new company disclosures or balance-sheet detail in the post, focusing instead on Cramer’s judgment about which names he believes merit attention at current levels.

For investors tracking NVIDIA and AMD, the exchange effectively placed both chip designers in the same conversation, with Cramer emphasizing his personal preference for NVIDIA while still indicating that AMD is performing well enough in his view to be worth serious consideration. In practical terms, that means the host is not positioning AMD as an inferior alternative, but as a credible option even if it is not his first pick.

The backdrop to those comments is the continued scramble for compute capacity tied to artificial intelligence workloads and data center infrastructure. NVIDIA and AMD are both suppliers in the AI computing ecosystem, and they tend to rise and fall in investor sentiment when expectations shift around AI chip demand, product roadmaps, and competitive dynamics. Cramer’s on-air framing reflects that these stocks remain central to how many retail and mainstream investors think about the AI trade.

Still, the segment as described in the post does not provide specifics on what drove Cramer’s view of AMD on that day, such as any particular product cycle, contract win, guidance change, or earnings datapoint. It also does not quote AMD management or cite a new NVIDIA development in the portion summarized here. That means viewers get a directional opinion from Cramer, not a structured set of new facts.

NVIDIA, meanwhile, maintains an active news channel through its corporate blog, which regularly publishes updates across data center, gaming, and other technology areas. However, the post tied to Cramer’s remarks does not indicate that his comments were directly triggered by a particular NVIDIA announcement posted around the same time.