Qualcommvs.Texas Instruments
QCOM vs TXN · 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.
Texas Instruments is about 1.5× larger than Qualcomm by market cap; Qualcomm trades at the lower P/E (18.7 vs 41.7); year to date, Texas Instruments leads (+49.3% vs −7.3%).
Side by side
| QCOM | TXN | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $173B | $252B |
| Price | $160.56 | $260.05 |
| Today | +1.3% | +0.4% |
| Return YTD | −7.3% | +49.3% |
| Return 1Y | +0.3% | +25.7% |
| P/E | 18.7 | 41.7 |
| P/S | 3.9 | 13.0 |
| P/B | 6.3 | 14.0 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
QualcommQCOM
Snapdragon made Qualcomm the reference point in mobile silicon. Its NPUs run models on the handset or PC itself, and the same platforms now go into cars.
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No one ships more analog chips and embedded processors: the parts that handle power and signal duties inside industrial equipment, cars and consumer electronics.
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