Fun fact: Everything in this photo is CGi. Mysterio looks very real.
In Spider-Man: Far From Home, Mysterio is trying to kill Spider-Man by distracting and confusing him until he backs onto the train tracks. In one part of the illusion, multiple Mysterios seem to approach Peter. He punches one, only to discover it's a concrete pillar, and clutches his hand in pain. He leaves a crater in the pillar. It's possible that the pillar itself is also an illusion, but this seems unlikely, and is anyway completely unnecessary to explain the event.
I think this is roughly what would happen if I punched drywall really hard—I'd break it, but it would hurt (my experience certainly seems to match that). At first, I thought I could go off what jackhammers do, but it turns out they do damage in a bunch of quick strokes, and anyway don't have an area of effect anywhere near this.
However, we can roughly calculate the pressure applied by a Spidey-punch.
The minimum compressive strength of concrete is about 15 MPa. Over an area of 8 square inches, this is 75000 Newtons.
Given stronger concrete due to the fact that this appears to be a public or commercial structure, we get 1500000 N, and since the concrete failed, it's probably more.
Therefore, MCU Spider-Man can most likely punch with a force of over 1.5 MN, probably much more, especially considering he was likely not punching full-force.
(I think I did this right, but I could be wrong. I'm not entirely sure how compressive strength works.)
Note: In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Bucky punches concrete as well, with a similar but more limited effect. He was also jumping and swinging into the punch.
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