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NVIDIA vs Apple vs Microsoft, 2010 to 2025

At year-end 2025 NVIDIA was valued at about $4.5 trillion, ahead of Apple at $4.0 trillion and Microsoft at $3.6 trillion.

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  • NVIDIA: $9B in 2010, $4,532B in 2025. Its low point was $8B in 2012.
  • Apple: $297B in 2010, $3,991B in 2025 (13× higher).
  • Microsoft: $235B in 2010, $3,591B in 2025 (15× higher). Its low point was $218B in 2011.

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NVIDIA ended 2025 as the most valuable of the three companies, with a year-end market value of about $4.5 trillion against Apple's $4.0 trillion and Microsoft's $3.6 trillion. A year earlier the order was different: Apple led at $3.76 trillion, ahead of NVIDIA ($3.29 trillion) and Microsoft ($3.13 trillion). Year-end 2025 is the first in the series when NVIDIA finished on top.

Market value here is each year's last trading-day close multiplied by shares outstanding from company filings, adjusted for later stock splits, so it can differ by a few percent from data vendors. NVIDIA went from about $8 billion in 2011 to $1.22 trillion in 2023. It fell about 50% in 2022, to $361 billion, then rebounded 3.4 times in 2023. Microsoft edged Apple only at year-end 2018, $779 billion to $744 billion.

The data

Source: Computed: year-end closing price (Yahoo Finance chart API, split-adjusted) x shares outstanding from SEC EDGAR filings (dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding, cover pages), split-adjusted. Retrieved November 4, 2026. Market cap = last trading day close of each calendar year x shares outstanding on the filing cover page nearest to Dec 31 (typically 1-7 weeks away; NVIDIA's nearest cover date is mid-November), adjusted for later stock splits. Excludes dilution/class nuances, so figures can differ by a few percent from data vendors. Ends at year-end 2025; 2026 year-end has not happened.

NVIDIA vs Apple vs Microsoft, Year-end market value, $ billions, 2010-2025, 2010–2025
DateNVIDIAAppleMicrosoft
2010$9B$297B$235B
2011$9B$378B$218B
2012$8B$500B$224B
2013$9B$500B$311B
2014$11B$643B$381B
2015$18B$584B$439B
2016$58B$608B$480B
2017$117B$859B$659B
2018$81B$744B$779B
2019$144B$1,285B$1,200B
2020$323B$2,228B$1,678B
2021$735B$2,898B$2,521B
2022$361B$2,056B$1,785B
2023$1,223B$2,973B$2,794B
2024$3,289B$3,762B$3,133B
2025$4,532B$3,991B$3,591B

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Is NVIDIA bigger than Apple and Microsoft?

By year-end 2025 market value, yes. NVIDIA was worth about $4.5 trillion, Apple about $4.0 trillion and Microsoft about $3.6 trillion. This is a snapshot of the last trading day of 2025, and rankings shift as share prices move.

When did NVIDIA overtake Apple?

Year-end 2025 is the first year-end in this series when NVIDIA's value exceeded Apple's. At year-end 2024, Apple ($3.76 trillion) was still ahead of NVIDIA ($3.29 trillion). Values between year-ends are not shown.

Where does this data come from?

Computed: year-end closing price (Yahoo Finance chart API, split-adjusted) x shares outstanding from SEC EDGAR filings (dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding, cover pages), split-adjusted. Retrieved November 4, 2026. Market cap = last trading day close of each calendar year x shares outstanding on the filing cover page nearest to Dec 31 (typically 1-7 weeks away; NVIDIA's nearest cover date is mid-November), adjusted for later stock splits. Excludes dilution/class nuances, so figures can differ by a few percent from data vendors. Ends at year-end 2025; 2026 year-end has not happened. You can download the full table as a CSV from this page.

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