Intelvs.Western Digital
INTC vs WDC · 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.
Intel is about 3.4× larger than Western Digital by market cap; year to date, Western Digital leads (+152.7% vs +136.5%).
Side by side
| INTC | WDC | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $534B | $157B |
| Price | $87.48 | $450.75 |
| Today | +0.3% | +3.5% |
| Return YTD | +136.5% | +152.7% |
| Return 1Y | +251.9% | +465.6% |
| P/E | — | 16.6 |
| P/S | 9.4 | 12.1 |
| P/B | 6.1 | 17.7 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
IntelINTC
A turnaround with government money behind it. Intel still sells server and PC processors, but the case now rests on Intel Foundry and whether the 18A process makes it a credible Western manufacturing alternative. Gaudi accelerators are the smaller AI piece.
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