AMDvs.Qualcomm
AMD vs QCOM · both in Chips & accelerators, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Designs and builds the processors, accelerators and memory that train and run AI.
AMD is about 4.6× larger than Qualcomm by market cap; Qualcomm trades at the lower P/E (18.7 vs 123.3); year to date, AMD leads (+113.3% vs −7.3%).
Side by side
| AMD | QCOM | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $793B | $173B |
| Price | $479.18 | $160.56 |
| Today | +4.9% | +1.3% |
| Return YTD | +113.3% | −7.3% |
| Return 1Y | +172.3% | +0.3% |
| P/E | 123.3 | 18.7 |
| P/S | 19.2 | 3.9 |
| P/B | 11.8 | 6.3 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
AMDAMD
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