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NVDA vs QCOM

Side-by-side comparison of NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) and QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both companies sit in the Technology sector. NVDA focuses on Semiconductors, while QCOM focuses on Radio And Television Broadcasting And Communications Equipment.
  • NVDA is the larger of the two at $4.19T, about 22.2x QCOM ($188.93B).
  • Over the past year, NVDA is down 10.3% and QCOM is down 0.1% - QCOM leads by 10.2 points.
  • QCOM has been more active in the news (28 items in the past 4 weeks vs 25 for NVDA).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceNVDA-10.32%QCOM-0.13%
2025-11-12+0.00%2026-11-11
MetricNVDAQCOM
Company
NVIDIA Corporation
QUALCOMM Incorporated
Price
-
-
Market cap
$4.19T
$188.93B
1M return
-23.92%
-0.24%
1Y return
-10.32%
-0.13%
Industry
Semiconductors
Radio And Television Broadcasting And Communications Equipment
Exchange
NASDAQ
NASDAQ
IPO
1999
1991
News (4w)
25
28
Recent ratings
25
25
NVDA

NVIDIA Corporation

NVIDIA Corporation operates as a visual computing company worldwide. It operates in two segments, Graphics and Compute & Networking. The Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise design; GRID software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; and automotive platforms for infotainment systems. The Compute & Networking segment offers Data Center platforms and systems for AI, HPC, and accelerated computing; Mellanox networking and interconnect solutions; automotive AI Cockpit, autonomous driving development agreements, and autonomous vehicle solutions; and Jetson for robotics and other embedded platforms. The company's products are used in gaming, professional visualization, datacenter, and automotive markets. NVIDIA Corporation sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, original device manufacturers, system builders, add-in board manufacturers, retailers/distributors, Internet and cloud service providers, automotive manufacturers and tier-1 automotive suppliers, mapping companies, start-ups, and other ecosystem participants. NVIDIA has partnership with Google Cloud to create AI-on-5G Lab. NVIDIA Corporation was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

QCOM

QUALCOMM Incorporated

QUALCOMM Incorporated engages in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies and products are used in mobile devices and other wireless products, including network equipment, broadband gateway equipment, consumer electronic devices, and other connected devices worldwide. It operates through three segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT); Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL); and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). The QCT segment develops and supplies integrated circuits and system software based on 3G/4G/5G and other technologies for use in wireless voice and data communications, networking, application processing, multimedia, and global positioning system products. The QTL segment grants licenses or provides rights to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which include various patent rights useful in the manufacture and sale of wireless products comprising products implementing CDMA2000, WCDMA, CDMA TDD, LTE, and/or 5G standards and their derivatives. The QSI segment invests in early-stage companies in various industries, including artificial intelligence, automotive, digital healthcare, enterprise, IoT, mobile and networking and investment for supporting the design and introduction of new products and services for voice and data communications, and new industry segments. The company also provides development, and other services and related products to the United States government agencies and their contractors. QUALCOMM Incorporated was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

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